Comment · Sun, September 26, 2021 · ND Owner
Anyone here who solved the fatigue with Tongkat Ali?
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spread_nutella_on_me · 10 points
There have been multiple reports here, for whom TA causes fatigue and sleepiness. I've seen suggestions for stacking DHEA and Iodine but had no success with that myself.
Anyone got a success story to share after running into the fatigue issue?
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spread_nutella_on_me · 4 points
Stronger with 10%, but oddly neither of those had the side effect when I first started taking TA. I was fine for the first couple of weeks, alternating between 2% and 10%, and after that whenever I dosed a capsule or a tablet, it consistently knocked me into lethargy.
I first tried experimenting by adding 10mg DHEA and 250mcg Iodine per day, but no dice.
I've currently pumped it up to 25mg for DHEA and 12mg for Iodine, but haven't tried TA again with this stack. Can't risk losing another day's worth of productivity, though I have been flirting with the idea.
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Interesting! I wonder if it linked to cortisol? You said it keeps you awake if you take it at night? I could see some cortisol/prolactin modulation causing both lethargy and insomnia. Let me speak to my product specialist and see what he thinks.