WHY GOLDMIND
Why Goldmind exists.
Goldmind started with a problem I kept seeing in psychiatry: capable people who could still think clearly, but had a harder time staying with one thing long enough to do their best work.
A pattern of constant switching.
By the late 2010s, more professionals were coming to my clinic asking whether they had developed ADHD. Some had. Others were describing a different pattern: a workday built around switching—email, messages, meetings, feeds, notifications, and a constant expectation of immediate response.
Medication has an important place in psychiatry, but it does not address the work environment itself. I wanted a better framework for people whose attention problems were being driven in part by constant switching and interruption rather than simply untreated ADHD.
I noticed the same pattern in my own work.
In 2024, I noticed the same pattern in myself. I could still do difficult work, but I was reaching for the next tab, message, or interruption before I had finished the thing in front of me. I went back through the literature on attention, behavior, sleep, exercise, digital habits, and supplements and rebuilt my own routine around what seemed most useful, research-supported, and practical.
Goldmind:Focus and Defragging Your Mind.
That work became Defragging Your Mind, Goldmind’s free guide to the behavioral side of protecting attention. It also became Goldmind:Focus, a stimulant-free daily supplement with research-supported core ingredients in clearly stated amounts.
Defragging Your Mind addresses work structure and behavior. Goldmind:Focus addresses the supplement side. Sleep, exercise, and deliberate work habits still matter.
How Goldmind evaluates a formula.
I start with published human evidence, choose amounts that can be stated plainly, and avoid proprietary blends. I also separate findings from inference and try to keep the routine simple enough to use consistently.
Those principles guide Goldmind’s product development.
About Michael Vagts, MD
Michael Vagts, MD, MBA, MA, is a board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Goldmind Health. He studied physics at UCLA and UC Berkeley, earned his MD from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and his MBA from UCLA Anderson, and completed psychiatry residency with San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. He previously served as Medical Chief for San Mateo County BHRS and continues to practice psychiatry as Medical Director of The Baywood Clinic.