Comment · Wed, February 12, 2020
Question for MYASD
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Ballam86 · 33 points
First off, I want to thank you for the time you've given me in the past when I had asked you questions via PM.
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I finally bit the bullet back in December and ordered myself a large box of products from your company as a christmas gift to myself. I have been super impressed with my experimentation thus far.
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After doing lots of lurking and seeing your posts here and in the nootropics reddit, I have also been impressed with your candid and open responses to others questions.
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I am curious however, what is your own stack or go to products? I get the impression you've probably used a lot of the products you sell for yourself. What do you use and why? What are your favorite products?
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Thanks!
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Ballam86 · 1 points
Totally understandable MYASD, and I can wrap my ahead around where you are coming from. Thankfully there are a number of these products which have a wide range of benefits and fall into the general wellness category as well.
Can you describe more about how effective Tongkat Ali has been for you in general? I know you aren't taking it for sexual effects, but more the general wellness and testosterone boosting properties and wondered if you could expand on your experience with that in a little more detail. I'd assume based on the fact you mention including it as part of your stack moving forward that you've had a really positive experience with it, so how excited should we about your Tongkat Ali product coming in the future?
Thanks again
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
So tongkat ali's effects vary drastically by the specific extract you are using. I have been trying out some of our competitor's stuff, and it is NOTHING like the extracts we are considering releasing. They are crap, to be honest. If you took these as your first time you would likely think tongkat ali was kind of shitty. The standard extracts you find out there in most products give a light boost to energy, motivation, and general wellbeing. It's a nice addition to a stack to boost testosterone levels over time, but nothing that blows you away. LJ100 is similar. A nice light boost to energy and motivation. The extracts we are considering are in a whole other ballgame. Those gave me immediate and strong boosts to my motivation and mood. I felt fantastic while on them. Basically textbook response to increased testosterone levels. I was able to wake up better, more motivated, in the zone, and yes it made me feel younger on the sexual desire side of things. The biggest thing that clued me into how well it was working, and how strongly, was when I ran out. I was basically using it every day for months in high dosages to get a feel for it, then ran out of the sample we go in for testing. I was kind of on auto-pilot and didn't realize how much it was affecting me in a positive way. After a couple days I felt super down. I was not motivated, had no energy, and a bit confused as to why I was so depressed. I thought it was some of the other products I was trying, but after some trial and error with removing or adding the ones I thought it was, I was not feeling any better. I was not even really thinking about the tongkat ali. Then it hit me. Perhaps I was rebounding from my never baseline on the testosterone side of things. I was able to find some left in the bag I was using, and took one last solid dose. Within an hour or two I was back to feeling good again. That's when I knew this was something much more potent than anything else I have tried, save for some of my maca trials. I immediately went out and bought a bunch from a bunch of our competitors to trial.
I have trialed about 4 different ones from competitors, and 2 different ones I am trying to decide on for our product. I would say LJ100 was the best of the ones from the competition, but also the most expensive. I was taking double the normal dose and it felt probably 1/3 as strong as the stronger of the two we are considering releasing. The others were around 1/4 as strong, even at double the normal dose. So they did help, but it was nothing compared to the effects I was getting with really potent extracts we are considering. Now I am just trying to understand exactly what in it is doing the bulk of the effects. I am not sure it is as simple as just the eurycomanone content. That's a big part of it, but I don't want to miss something obvious analytically.