Condition protocol
An ADHD supplement stack backed by evidence, not Reddit consensus
Six supplements, each with a stated evidence level. Iron only if your ferritin is actually low. Checked against stimulant medication before it reaches your stack.
Search ADHD supplements and you get 15 things from a dozen different threads, most with doses nobody tested. Stack Almanac's ADHD / Focus Protocol is the opposite: a curated set of 6 supplements, each with a stated evidence level (strong, moderate, or emerging), built from the same meta-analyses and RCTs that back the omega-3 and ferritin literature.
It shows up automatically. Add "ADHD," "ADD," or "focus" to your bio profile's health conditions or primary concerns, and the protocol surfaces in your Protocols tab as a match, not something you have to go hunting for.
This is a nutritional starting point, not a replacement for medication or behavioural therapy. The protocol's own disclaimer says so, and the advisor repeats it every time it personalises the stack for you.
The challenges
Community stacks are 15 supplements deep and mostly unproven
Racetams, lion's mane, mega-dose everything. Fun to read about, thin on ADHD-specific human trials. It's hard to tell which 3 of the 15 are actually doing anything.
Iron gets recommended without a ferritin test
Low ferritin is genuinely common in ADHD and iron is a real cofactor for dopamine synthesis, but supplementing blind risks iron overload. The protocol marks iron as non-essential and ties it to a test-first note.
Nobody checks your stack against your stimulant
L-tyrosine stacks in the same direction as Adderall or Vyvanse. Iron next to your morning coffee absorbs at a fraction of the dose. These interactions are easy to miss when you're managing your own routine from memory.
You add supplements faster than you can tell if they work
Without a baseline and a re-test date, a stack just grows. Four weeks after starting magnesium threonate, most people can't say whether it did anything.
How Stack Almanac helps
A curated protocol, not a supplement dump
Omega-3 (high EPA) 1.5–2g, magnesium L-threonate 2g, L-theanine 200mg, and zinc 25mg as the core four. Iron and phosphatidylserine sit alongside as optional, evidence-graded add-ons. Every item states its evidence level, so you know which parts of the stack are strong RCT territory and which are still emerging.
Ferritin-gated iron, not blind iron
Iron is marked non-essential specifically because it should only be added if a recent ferritin test comes back under 30 ng/mL. If you haven't tested, the advisor flags that before recommending you start it, rather than defaulting you onto a supplement that can cause overload if you're not actually deficient.
Contraindication checks against your medications
Log your prescriptions in your bio profile and the stack detail view flags conflicts inline: iron's interaction with zinc absorption (2+ hour separation), and anything in your medication list that the advisor should account for before suggesting a dose.
Bio-profile matching, not a static PDF
Add "ADHD" or "focus" to your health conditions or primary concerns and this protocol surfaces as a match in your Protocols tab automatically, alongside a note on how many of the 6 supplements you're already covering with what's in your current stack.
The Advisor personalises it, it doesn't just hand it over
Ask the Almanac Advisor to personalise the protocol and it starts from this exact base, then adjusts for your medications, genetics, and diet rather than inventing a new stack from scratch. It will not suggest stopping a prescribed stimulant, and it always tells you to loop in your prescriber before changing anything meaningful.
The ADHD / Focus Protocol
Strong evidence: omega-3. Moderate: magnesium L-threonate, L-theanine, zinc, iron (if deficient). Emerging: phosphatidylserine. £40–60/mo estimated.
The list above is free. This is what isn't.
- Iron only gets added once a ferritin test confirms you're actually deficient, never a blind recommendation.
- Flags the interaction with your stimulant medication before it becomes a problem, not after.
- The Advisor personalises this exact base protocol to your bio profile, and re-checks it as your medications or bloodwork change.
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