Comment · Sat, July 18, 2015
Just got violently ill for about twenty minutes (Maca Root?)
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StrangeAsAngels66 · 3 points
This is the second time this week this has happened. The first time was the day I added Piracetam and Maca Root to my morning pill routine (thyroid meds, wellbutrin, spirulina, turmeric and some vitamins).
The first time it happened (a couple of hours after I took it), I felt tremendous pain in the center of my upper abdomen. I felt a little nauseous but mostly I keeled over and sweat profusely. When I went outside and got some air, I started to feel better.
I assumed it was the raw maca root I had taken so I stopped taking it and got gelatinized maca root instead. I took that for two days with no problems then today, I had another episode similar to the first only worse.
In addition to the abdominal pain, I felt pain between my shoulder and neck. I then started dry heaving. I thought I was going to throw up but I didn't. In twenty minutes, it passed---the nausea, the stomach pain. Now I feel fine. Totally normal.
Incidentally, I took 1 gram this morning with no problem, then another gram this afternoon and it triggered this sickness. I did that yesterday also with no problem.
Has this happened to anyone else before from gelatinized Maca Root? I know it's common wi…
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Some people have an allergy to Maca. I built one up after using raw for a few weeks. Even a little bit of Maca now and I go into violent stomach convulsions. Take it from me, stop taking it immediately. It took me 4 weeks to get back to normal after the first time the pains hit. I liked the effects too, but the side effects are agonizing! It's not worth it.