{"id":81189,"date":"2025-05-07T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81189\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:48:45","slug":"ive-taken-lions-mane-supplements-for-3-years-im-more-focused-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81189\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve Taken Lion’s Mane Supplements For 3 Years & I’m More Focused Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was it lion\u2019s mane or placebo? I didn\u2019t know \u2013 or care. I\u2019d gone from sluggish (even on Concerta, a methylphenidate ADHD<\/a> medication) to energised and focused.<\/p>\n

\u201cLion\u2019s mane acts on our brain, repairing it and making it grow, a process we call neurogenesis. Many patients say they feel more clear-headed and that they can focus for hours,\u201d explains Raquel Britzke, registered dietitian and founder of Britzke Nutrition<\/a>. Britzke recommends mushrooms to patients when they complain of mental fatigue, difficulty concentrating and as a healthier replacement for coffee.<\/p>\n

How do I take lion\u2019s mane mushroom?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lion\u2019s mane is available as powders, coffees, gummies, capsules, tinctures, even transdermal patch stickers. (Recently, I\u2019ve been loving Kind Patches Focus Patches<\/a> for long writing stints.)<\/p>\n

\u201cPowders and coffees are a good way of getting it \u2013 then it has the potential to interact with the gut, and that can have a positive impact which can link to brain health,\u201d nutritional therapist and founder of Nourish&Be<\/a>, Helena Barham, tells Glamour. \u201cBe careful with gummies \u2013 you don\u2019t know what fillers they\u2019ve put in there.\u201d A capsule or liquid version (e.g. a tincture), will likely have a higher concentration of the key ingredient, and also help with absorption.<\/p>\n

Confession: I was obsessed with apple-flavoured Dirtea Lion\u2019s Mane gummies<\/a> when they launched last year, but I\u2019m convinced anything that tastes better than Percy Pigs must be dangerous, so I\u2019ve swapped to Dirtea\u2019s Mushroom Coffee<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s like superpowered Nespresso, and I drink half the coffee I used to.<\/p>\n

Other lion\u2019s mane brands with ardent fan bases and positive reviews include The Nue Co,<\/a> Balance<\/a>, Sixways<\/a> and Protein Works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>What\u2019s the link between lion\u2019s mane and ADHD?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Receiving an ADHD diagnosis in my late-30s<\/a> was heartbreaking and empowering at once. Medication turned things quickly, but in autumn 2024, my NHS pharmacy ran out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Was it lion\u2019s mane or placebo? I didn\u2019t know \u2013 or care. I\u2019d gone from sluggish (even on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[105,388,4326,16,15,2488],"class_list":{"0":"post-81189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-medication","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wellness"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114465217115549728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}