Comment · Fri, September 1, 2023 · ND Owner
Erinamax libido anecdote
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FritterHowls · 20 points
I feel silly making a post about this but I'm one of the people who's libido is completely obliterated by the LM extract, as well as most curcumin extracts I've tried. Despite this I bought a bottle of Erinamax and have been taking between 1 and 2 tablets for about 2 weeks now and while I can't say if the extract is having any profound cognitive benefits yet that aren't placebo, I'm experiencing no reduction in libido, in fact it's been a bit higher than normal the past few days.
Just wanted to throw my experience in, in case anyone out there is avoiding Erinamax because of that common lion's mane side effect. 29 yo Male.
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Wanderer_651354 · 5 points
What do people even mean by "libido". It's a term that's so vague that I'm sure the definition varies from person to person, which therefore means that it ends up meaning nothing. If they mean Erectile Dysfunction, then they should they that, and things would be all the clearer. Imho, as it stands anything "libido" on this sub is completely overblown and psychosomatic.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Most people when they talk about libido are referring to desire for sex. However, there is a community of people that have worked themselves up into thinking that even single doses of lion's mane can cause permanent sexual dysfunction. The head mod of that sub literally took lion's mane one time, and says it has caused all his problems, and now spends his whole time trying to convince other people it's doing it to them, too. I have no doubt that some people have side effect from lion's mane, but the idea that it is chemically castrating men after a few or even one dose is asinine.