Clip from a YouTube interview (Vishen Lakhiani with Shawn Wells) discussing supplements to support psychedelic experiences. Shawn outlines three phases—pre-journey (2–3 days before), peri-journey (during/morning of), and post-journey (recovery)—and recommends fasting/ketone elevation and adaptogens pre-journey; hydration, electrolytes, magnesium, B-vitamins, and theanine during; and electrolytes, Zembrin (natural SSRI), 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (neuroplasticity), adaptogens (rhodiola or ashwagandha), antioxidants (glutathione, NAC, vitamin C), and 5-HTP post-journey (with a preference for Zembrin and a combination of 5-HTP + Zembrin).
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Psychedelic stacks actually work. Ketones are elevated, especially when you've done things like fasting. You know, going into the journey. When you go back through history, people were doing many day fasts and then doing this plant medicine journey, this holy experience. The deeper you are in that fast, the more elevated your ketones are. Those also help with neuroplasticity and those are turning on your brain cells that prefer ketones for fuel over glucose. This is pre journey adaptogens. They help us normalize and regulate what happens. There is you're getting greater resiliency, you're improving that stress bucket, you're becoming harder to kill with these adaptogens. They're the most legendary herbs of all cultures like maca in South America, rhodiola in Russia, ashwagandha in India. These are the legendary herbs because they do everything. When you optimize your body, you improve your stress resilience, you function better, you have a bigger stress bucket, allostatic load and you are harder to kill. And that will help normalize your stress levels going into a journey. During the journey I don't do a whole lot. I do hydration, electrolytes, magnesium, B vitamins, a little bit of theanine to relax, a little bit more if needed. That's it. Pre journey would be like say two to three days before the journey and then peri journey would be what you'd have in your water bottle or what you would take the morning of the journey. Correct. And then lastly post journey now this is about bouncing back. So we have our B vitamins, electrolytes, magnesium, things that help bring serotonin back online. 5 HTP is saffron D3 Sammy Zembrin, a natural SSRI serotonin reuptake inhibitor helps bring serotonin back online in combination with these other ingredients. Antioxidants now would be ideal. Things like glutathione, nac, vitamin C. NAC is N acetylcysteine. This may be a long list for a lot of people. If you have to Recommend the top 4 on this item for post journey, what would you say that would be the top four and the easiest to get? I would say the electrolytes zembrin as an SSRI make your normal levels of serotonin come back online much much faster. I would say that 7, 8 dihydroxyflavone for the neuroplasticity Rhodiola or Ashwagandha as the adaptogen. SO5 SO5 HTP, which is the most common one didn't make the list in the top four because I guess Zembrin. Zembrin is more effective, right? It's more effective, but I love the stack of the two, because if you're making more serotonin with five HTP and then you're keeping it around longer with the Zembrin, that's a win. That's amazing, Sean. Thank you so much. This has been such an incredible podcast episode. We have to have you back as a guest more. If you guys found these ideas interesting, check out the energyformula.com it's energyformular.com check out Sean's book. You are going to absolutely love it.
