Vitamin B6
Improves mood, PMDD, and treats side effects of lithium/antipsychotics (tremor, hyperprolactin, akathisia, EPS, TD)
Sexual-free
Acetyl-l-carnitine
[ALC] Depression, especially recurrent/TRD, history of child-trauma, or with medical illness or elderly [2]. Alcohol (mood/memory/cravings) [2]
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Saffron
Well-studied in depression [1], sleep, cognition. Small trials in ADHD [3], OCD [3], weight loss [3], sexual dysfunction [3].
l-Carnosine
For depression [3], ADHD [3], OCD [3], cognition [3], schizophrenia negative symptoms [3],
Chamomile
Improves sleep quality [3] and postmenopausal sexual function [3], but barely effective in anxiety [4].
Palmitoylethanolamide
[PEA] For mania [3], and augments antidepressants in unipolar [3], autism, neg symptom schizophrenia, migraines and chronic pain.
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Lavender
[Silexan] First-line for generalized anxiety, Prescription and approved outside US. Well-tolerated, safe in bipolar.