Comment · Fri, August 15, 2014 · Ceretropic
Dissociative or Anxious sensation with Ashwagandha?
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[deleted] · 11 points
After reading up on here, and a very positive reaction to a little Ashwagandha given me by a friend, I ordered a half pound of powdered root online to add to my daily routine. Day one, at a dosage of 1/2tsp, I noticed the same positive cognitive effects that I had found in my initial experience, followed by, several hours later, a dissociative sensation and feeling of very mild anxiety. Day two, I reduced the dosage to a little more than 1/4tsp, and 100mg of L-theanine (as a precaution against anxiety, but which is not normally part of my routine), and experienced the same detached, uncomfortable, dreamy feeling, eventually accompanied by an even more intense anxiety, that I had to combat by removing myself from the situation I was in and doing a breathing exercise.
I eat a plant-based diet, so I supplement with Vitamins B and D, as well as Zinc, Magnesium, and Creatine. Occasional Iodine drops to help maintain thyroid health. I drink coffee but do not normally experience anxiety with the quantity that I drink. No drugs. While I'm supplementing with Ashwagandha for its cognitive benefits - which I really dig - and not for it's anxiolytic properties, the panic I experienced is a t…
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Lapsang_Souchong · 7 points
This will be my answer to pretty much every question from now on. "Honey, why aren't you at work? - The same reason the chimpanzee ate the face of that woman"
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic
Because you had a paradoxical reaction?