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Topic Title: Day 3 on Rhodiola :(
| |  "Day 3 on Rhodiola :("
, Sat 26 Apr 00:22
Hi
I am around my 3rd day on Rhodiola. I guess I was hoping for more reaction than I am getting. Today was decent, but not good. I noticed some decent energy throughout the day. However my social anxiety and anxiety in general still was ever present.
I'm taking 500 mg of Nature's Plus.
I decided I really needed to go to the grocery store store, but was anxious about it. Sure enough, I got anxious walking in. It just wasn't comfortable. I got really anxious at the register, because I felt like everyone was analzying all of my food purchases in detail. Not logical, but very real to me.
And just this whole day I've been feeling this lingering anxiety. I wasn't getting this 5 days ago when I was taking the SJW. The problem with the SJW was that I was really foggy headed, which I can't have because of finals coming up. I can't concentrate at all with SJW. Maybe that is a side effect that will go away, but I can't test that out now.
Tonight I went out with some friends. And I just felt dead. I didn't have anything to say. It was a fun atmosphere and there were a few moments where I felt compelled enough to talk but not enough.
Paxil was the one thing that made me feel good. It erased my social anxiety completely, and made me feel so good. Its unfair how something as simple as Rhodiola can work for you as good as Paxil , Bach, but not work as good for me.
I'm just hoping that it will get better. I've been trying to find an alternative to Paxil since it stopped working for me last summer. This struggle is getting hard to deal with.
Maybe the SJW that is still in my system is messing with the postiive effects of the Rhodiola, but I doubt it.
Hoping for a miracle...
Posts: 6 | | Registered: Tue 22 Apr 2003 14:19 |
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| | "Re(1):Day 3 on Rhodiola :(" , Sat 26 Apr 21:18
Today was my 3rd day. Yesterday, day 2 was pretty good. I was a little tired. I took my Rhodiola first thing in the am. A few hours later I took 3 Siberian Ginseng caps. About 4 I took 3 more Ginsengs. I didn't take my usual half a diet pill. I was a little tired, but focused. I like this better than the SJW, which is likely still in my system...
Today, I took the Rhodiola first thing. Got to work and took a whole diet pill! I don't know why they're "diet" pills. I don't need to lose weight and they certainly don't curb my appetite, but it's the ephedra/guarana combo that I like. I guess it's my ADD that makes me need that boost in order to make me focus. I felt FAB today!! I worked late, wasn't tired, was focused. Maybe it's just month end, quarter end and I've got work to do/and didn't have a date! I felt great though.
Anyone ever take more than 500 mgs of Rhodiola? I like that initial feeling I get a few minutes after I take it in the morning, but it wears off. My caps are 500 mg's and I can't break them in half. I read that too much could make me cranky, but I wonder what that "too much" is.
Jules ;-)
Posts: 33 | | Registered: Tue 8 Apr 2003 19:7 |
| | | "Re(2):Day 3 on Rhodiola :(" , Sat 26 Apr 21:25
Jewels, that's a lot of stimulants you are taking right there! Rhodiola, ginseng, ephedra, guarana ... are you drinking coffee too? All that's missing from the list is speed.
Sorry to sound like your mum.
Epyx
Posts: 534 | | Registered: Mon 3 Dec 2001 22:11 |
| | | "Re(3):Day 3 on Rhodiola :(" , Sun 27 Apr 21:05
Yes Mum, I'm drinking coffee too...Starbucks no doubt! Thank you for being concerned. But, really I'm okay. I had the "official" ADD diagnosis done 2 years ago, although I knew I had an issue 10 years ago. Ritilin is what I was prescribed. My better judgement told me not to get hooked on another drug. I've been drug free for 20 years. That doesn't count what I can buy at the store. Coffee calms me for whatever reason. I think it's the stimulant and my ADD. Then I found this diet pill at KMart that has absolutely nothing in it too make one lose weight. It has a very minimal amount of ephedra and guarana. The Rhodiola is not a stimulant at all to me, and it's supposed to be. So, today I only had coffee, no ginseng, no diet pill. I was FABULOUS! And I layed in the sun...SJW must be out of my system. Too much info...but thanks again! Jules ;-)
Posts: 40 | | Registered: Tue 8 Apr 2003 19:7 |
| | "Day 2 on Rhodiola" , Sat 26 Apr 15:44
I think I am having the similar reaction you do. I felt anxious today my second day on Rhodiola. I'm going to persist with mainly the Rhodiola. Now I know I don't usually feel exceptionally good on stimulants alone. I am taking SAM-e along with Rhodiola right now. It was still hard to focus today at work. Talking to people was difficult. I couldn't focus long enough to listen and respond in full it seemed. Hence anxiety. My dilema with SJW is I feel relaxed but it's difficult to be productive if need be. I want to try adding the NADH to see how this makes me feel. Prozac gives me a very good sense of well-being more like I am high on occasion. But the strength of it gives me the added focus which I need at times. But the chemical feeling is definately present. Which is why I seek other choices. Does anyone feel like these energy/well-being type herbs are more like a stimulant than a seratonin uptake type drug/herb? I guess time will tell for me.
Posts: 13 | | Registered: Sun 13 Apr 2003 1:44 |
| | | "Re(1):Day 2 on Rhodiola" , Sat 26 Apr 15:45
oh ya, and I'm taking the GNC version of Rhodiola Rodea right now (Rhodax).
Posts: 14 | | Registered: Sun 13 Apr 2003 1:44 |
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