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Having just gotten out of university I can thank a few helpful items: Cognihance, Heads Up, Multiple Essential / Alive Whole Foods Multivitamins, high potency b-complex
Cognihance helps you to retain what you know better (it's up to you all to get distractions out of the way) and Heads Up helps you to stay up. As always don't mix with alcohol and in particular for Heads Up . DON'T Use with Caffeine or anything that would cause similar effects (possibly taurine) There is a herb in the called Guarana which has similar effects to the caffeine in coffee, except it won't make you crash(well I didn't crash and I was running over weeks with barely a couple hours sleep). Make sure and get as much rest as possible though (Yes I know you said all-nighters but yknow try to catch a couple hours here and there) and get a good whole food multivitamin such a Multiple Essentials 2-A-day Multivitamin or Alive Whole Foods Energizer.
High Potency B-Complex will aid you with dealing with stress so your nerves won't be acting up for lack of sleep.
In addition to these, try to take in at least a tablet (1000mg) of Vit C a day to help build your immune system. Drink enough water and try to keep away from the junk foods that'll make you feel sluggish after you eat. Over my university time when I wasn't on campus I ate 5 small meals a day which was mostly stir fried veggies.

Sorry it's so long but I hope this helps. They are all natural, legal, non-prescription and they work.
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DMAE is a form of choline that is reported to be well -absorbed by the brain. It has been used to treat ADD/HD symptoms and help with focus and concentration. You can also add the fatty acid DHA from a plant source (algae) or from fish oil. As mentioned above, fatty acids have to be taken for some time before they are fully effective. Kava Kava, while calming, is not a sedative and it helps increase alertness in many people. Be sure to stay hydrated because dehydration can make you feel sluggish - and eat small regular meals to avoid a dip in your blood sugar (sure to make you drowsy and have trouble focusing) If you are stressed out vitamin B6 (taken with B-complex to avoid any nutrient depletion) may be useful to help with energy levels, mood and alertness. Exercise has been shown to improve memory, even if done in short bursts - it is believed to increase BDNF a chemical that helps to "bond" connections between neurons that hold memory.

As for precautions: Too much B6 may keep you awake too long or cause bizarre dreams. It's also a diuretic so don't take too much the morning of your exam! DMAE taken by a person who stutters, might make stuttering worse. Both potential problems resolve upon stopping the supplement.

Good Luck!

These nutrients are used often by nutritional medicine providers. See book by James and Phylllis Balch: Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing. More articles at my site, www.HealthyBrainForLife.com

Aniracetam stacked with centrophenoxine and choline works for a while but it can make you lethargic and its effects vary depending on an individual's brain chemistry: it works mainly by increasing activity in the corpus callosum, allowing faster information processing between the two hemispheres of the brain. L-Huperzine A is advertised for memory; I've found it useless. Fish oil and Flaxseed oil taken consistently in moderate excess (two or three times the "recommended" dosage) will show effects in about 5 days. Sulbutiamine is also useful, but can lead to mild agitation, and consistent overdose might result in a mild motor disorder. It also tastes dreadful. Ginko biloba, eluethero and rhodalia root work by improving circulation and oxygen uptake, and are inexpensive, easy to find, and extremely effective. Again, the recommended dosage is a suggestion, and you may need to take more.
Also, heaps of creatine, running four miles a day and sleeping less than four hours a night will solve pretty much any problem you can imagine.

I can't believe I've actually tried all of this.

In all honesty, a 5 hour energy. Those things work really well, they definitely helped me through some all nighters and have very little caffeine.

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There aren't any. If there were everyone would be taking it.