I did everything right. And at 11pm, I was still looping.
ERP helped. The medication helped. And at 11pm I was still looking for the missing layer.
I had the diagnosis. I had a name for it. I had the medication, and I had done the hard, unglamorous work of therapy.
And most days, it was genuinely better. The volume came down. I got pieces of my life back.
But there was a gap nobody warned me about. Late at night — the medication taken, the therapy tools used — a thought would arrive, my brain would flag it as dangerous, and I’d be back in the quiet checking and replaying, hunting a certainty that never comes. ERP helped. The medication helped. And at 11pm I was still looking for the missing layer.
If that’s you, I want to say the first thing first: doing everything right and still looping does not mean you failed. It means you found the edge of what one layer can reach.
You are not your intrusions — and you’re not back at the start
The loop coming back at night is not proof the work didn’t take. The distress you feel about the thought is still evidence of your values, not against them. You are not your intrusive thoughts, and a hard evening doesn’t erase the progress.
You’re not alone in this exact spot, either — a lot of people on medication, doing the work, describe the same late-evening gap.
Why the gap exists (the mechanism)
Here’s the mechanism that made sense of it for me.
The loop runs on more than one brain pathway. SSRIs reach part of it — the serotonin layer — and for many people that helps a great deal. But the loop also runs on glutamate signalling, a separate layer that the serotonin route doesn’t fully reach. That’s often where the stubborn evening loop lives.
The missing piece, for a lot of people, is a non-serotonergic daily layer — support for the pathway the medication wasn’t built to cover. The studied building blocks for that layer were measured in grams, not the milligrams on most shelves. We call that support the Loop Brake: support for the regulation that’s already trying to happen, not a cure or an off-switch.
Built to sit alongside, never to compete
This is the part that matters most for you specifically.
“Built for the layer the work couldn’t reach — alongside it, not instead of it.”
Why it’s so stubborn — and the dose
What’s inside, honestly — gram-scale, trial-range, every dose printed:
- Myo-Inositol 15 g — gram-scale and in the trial range (the foundational OCD trial used 18 g; we dose 15 g once daily for tolerability).
- NAC 1,200 mg — carried on its glutamate / antioxidant mechanism, not as a proven OCD fix (the adult evidence is mixed and we won’t pretend otherwise).
- Plus magnesium, zinc, B6 and B12. Every dose printed.
Studies referenced are about the ingredients, not the finished product.
The person who read the trials
Still exists because one person watched someone she loves do everything right — the therapy, the medication — and still hit the late-evening gap. So she read the actual trials and the dose tables, and kept finding the same thing: the studied building blocks for that other pathway were measured in grams, and built non-serotonergic so they could sit alongside an SSRI, never against it.
So she built the layer she couldn’t buy — one morning sachet, every dose printed, designed to sit alongside the care you already have.
— Maggie, founder of Repose
What’s inside (the label is the marketing)
One morning sachet in cold water. Natural Mixed Berry. Contains soy — we list it. No “proprietary calm blend” hiding the amounts.
- Myo-Inositol15,000 mg
- NAC (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine)1,200 mg
- Magnesium Glycinate150 mg
- Zinc (Zinc Gluconate)15 mg
- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl)25 mg
- Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin)500 mcg
Contains: Soy. Magnesium, zinc, B6 and B12 contribute to normal psychological and cognitive function. No 5-HTP — non-serotonergic by design, built to sit alongside an SSRI. Studies referenced are about the ingredients, not the finished product.
The honest part — what this is not
What this is not
Still is daily support to sit alongside your therapy and your medication — never instead of either. Please don’t start, stop, or change anything you’re prescribed without your prescriber, and bring them this page if it helps.
It is not a cure. Give it two to four weeks, and some people feel nothing. Still contains no 5-HTP and is designed to sit alongside an SSRI — but always confirm new supplements with your clinician, especially if medicated.
If your thoughts feel unmanageable, please reach out to a professional or a crisis line now. In the US you can call or text 988; in the UK call 111 or the Samaritans on 116 123.
The only fair way to ask
Take it for 60 days. If you feel no different, send the empty pouches back for a full refund. No survey, no questions. We only ask you to risk the postage.
Send the empty pouches back. We only ask you to risk the postage.
The next step
If the late-evening gap sounds like yours, there’s a 60-second check that reflects the loop back privately, confirms Still is built to sit alongside what you’re already on, and shows you how much of it fits.
You did the work. This is built for the layer the work couldn’t reach — alongside it, not instead of it.
Built non-serotonergic — designed to sit alongside your SSRI. The check confirms the fit, privately.