Supplement to put you in the zone

There have been big advances in medicine allowing researchers to peer into the inner workings of the living human brain. I think a valuable objective would be to ascertain exactly what neurochemical magic occurs to put you "in the zone".

We've all experienced being in the zone and it is a wonderful feeling - albeit too rare for my liking. Interestingly, this zone-ness works for physical or mental challenges equally well, although I suppose it is ultimately a cognitive phenomenon. When I have that feeling I can rip through paperwork at a breakneck pace while simultaneously solving some logistical problem. Or, I KNOW I can knock a ball out of the air with another ball without a problem.

I suspect it is adrenal related, as an emergency situation will often instantly put you "in the zone", where it seems you have all the time in the world to avoid the multitude of objects which have just suddenly fallen off the truck in front of you. If researchers can distill this ability into a pill, the market would be enormous. Productivity in offices and research labs would go through the roof and I suspect the military would be interested as well.

I do expect nature has a reason for being frugal with this abilility because there must be some offsetting cost such as some sort of burnout or energy cost. On the other hand no one would desire to be "on". All I know is that it is an ability I'd like to have more often.