Comment · Wed, March 4, 2020
Doubts about Gotu Kola's potential side effects
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faxmulder · 4 points
Hi folks,
M34, normal-weight, bloodworks (overall parameters and hormones) fine, except low vit D and LH levels (the latter probably caused by low-grade varicocele).
I'd interested in trying Gotu Kola for my issues, i.e. focus, brain fog, mild anxiety and repetitive checking/OCD behaviours, dry skin, cold hands.
I've seen that GT is often advised for "being more in the present", thus I believe it could be useful in my situation.
My current daily stack is: multivitamin, resveratrol, curcumin, vit D, chlorella, N-Acetyl Glucosamine, polygala, agmatine, magnesium, grape seed extract and ornithine (for deeper sleep).
Pre-workout stack: PanaMax ginseng (cycled with rhodiola and cordyceps), alpha GPC, dynamine, citrulline, taurine and forskolin (I'm considering adding also carnosine/beta-alanine).
I have a few questions:
* Do you see any potential bad interaction or overlap by adding Gotu Kola to my daily stack?
* GT's effects on libido and testosterone production: I've seen a reference on Examine and some scary stories about testicle shrinkage :-/
* Is it okay to take agmatine daily, or would it be better to take only on workout days?
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edefakiel · 2 points
Thank you for the links, I will read them carefully. I was referring just to the hormonal issue, I admit that I didn't make it clear. English is not my first language and I still struggle to be precise.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
No worries. Just realize that we can't use the lack of human trials with null results in relation to the hormonal thing as evidence they might exist. That's a huge issue with our scientific system. Scientists just don't publish their null results. So we don't know if there were human trials that tried to see if gotu kola had effects on these things in humans, but got null results, because those studies likely would never have been published at all. It's stupid. I think any results should be published as long as the study design was sound. That way researchers don't have to keep redoing studies that were already done, but never published.