Topic Title: Rhodiola and Fake High and Mania
| |  "Rhodiola and Fake High and Mania"
, Sat 11 Jun 12:30
Day 5 on Rhodiola Rosea. I took it because my anxiety for the past 2 years has been unbearable and I though I might go insane. What happened? As soon as I took it, a cloud lifted, I felt like "me", a capable person, my sense of things sharpened, even smell was sharper, I could remember details like my brain was a clear line cutting through all superfluous material, and my voice changed. This was the interesting part. Instead of my slow sad depressed voice, I talked faster and up, cheery. It was almost too cheery. I feel artificially happy on this drug, even if I sound genuine. I just detect somethign odd in my voice now. People are respondning to my new energy, but I know it is NOT me, I am aware it is all the herb, and also aware that the real me was not QUITE so up. Ugh. HOw to explin. I read that rhodiola induces mania in the bipolar (I am not) but I have noticed a startling overlap with those symptoms: grandiose thinking, feeling of being invincable, talking nonstop, almost a romantic attachment to myself, feeling I could do absolutly anything and gte away with it. Its weird. The whole poitn of Rhodiola is that it's super and makes champions and the Russians loved it for years, but I just dont know if I quite get it. So, my question is has anyone had that experience on Rhodiola of feeling happy but a bit out of your mind. And how do you handle that feeling that you were somehow more authentic when depressed?
I could just go and go and go on this phony high, without stopping. I could go forever. I also wonder if this is mania, or is this just normal.
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Sat 11 Jun 2005 11:41 |
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| | "Re(1):Rhodiola and Fake High and Mania" , Tue 19 Jul 22:18
I have never heard of this herb, it sounds very interesting. My son has problems with anxiety. Does it really help with the anxiety, or does it make you feel like you are on speed?
Posts: 4 | | Registered: Wed 25 Aug 2004 18:15 |
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