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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StrangeAsAngels66 · 1 points
The stuff I took today was not raw. The episode only lasted about 20 minutes which is why I don't think its an allergy. I also had no adverse reaction two other days that I took it. Aside from these brief spells, I feel fine the rest of the time.
I'm wondering if this is my hormones reacting to the maca root. I am taking more than what's suggested on the bottle (2g is what I take).
If my body will adjust to the maca root, then I am willing to go through 20 minutes of distress until my body adjusts because there are so many benefits.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Alrighty then. I've never had GI pain that bad before, and my stomach really hasn't been the same since. I literally passed out from the pain. If you are willing to risk it, just be very careful.