Comment · Fri, August 5, 2022 · ND Owner
Can I be a non responder to tongkat and cistanche?
Original post in this thread
chitownkidd23 · 4 points
I’m taking 200mg tongkat Ali 5 times a week, and 400mg cistanche every night before bed. Should I bump the tongkat up to 400mg?
I got my testosterone checked twice, the results actually came out lower this time for some reason before I started taking anything. It went from 463 to 413.
The cistanche does give me good quality sleep, and CRAZY vivid dreams, so I will keep taking it regardless. It has been better for me than any sleeping pill I’ve ever taken; but for some reason i get anxiety about 45 minutes after I take it when I lay down. That’s just a little side issue though; if anyone would know why that happens I would appreciate it.
What they were answering
Phonafied · 2 points
Wow here I thought it was a real stuff. I feel dumb. Thank you for posting the test results!! You guys are the best! I love the transparency.
Question: I haven’t read through why ND chose 400mg daily dosage of cistanche but would I be able to take 2-3 grams daily of it for my next run? I also plan to supplement with 6-12 raw egg yolks to synergistically boost my testosterone.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
It was actually another customer that wrote us asking to test that product. He said it felt like no other cistanche he had taken, and he wanted to know why. Well it's not cistanche, that's why! LOL
200mg is a good dose of ours, because our echinacoside and verbascoside are so much higher than other extracts. It's just like the maca we released. We dosed that at 200mg because it has 71 times more macamides than the next most potent extract. When you do potent extracts like these, you have to set your dosage for the potency. I would not take 2-3 grams of ours. That's way too much. You can take 400mg if you like. Taking with eggs is fine, too. Another thing that multiple people have noted is that if they take their cistanche dose with phosphatidylserine, it works much faster and stronger.
https://nootropicsdepot.com/smart-ps-phosphatide-complex-softgel-capsules-100mg-phosphatidylserine/
So I have been telling people to take our SmartPS with it.