Comment · Thu, October 9, 2025 · ND Owner
Catuaba crazy libido and feel good mood
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No-Belt4313 · 26 points
Lately i got pretty low libido and bad sleep , despite on point diet and heavy lifting.
I gradually improved my sleep hygiene and almost on track ... with still meh sexdrive.
After casually trying Catuaba Bark extract( 5 bucks dirt cheap from swanson ) , it got same day crazy high libido and amazing mood following days. Much higher drive what i consider my baseline.
Taking 1 cap day , roughly 800 mg.
So i guess my libido issue was caused by very low dopamine , maybe drown by few days terrible sleep.
Does anyone has experience with Catuaba , maybe a superior extract ?
Quite surprised such drastic effect , since i respond pretty average to black maca and trib for example.
My hormonal panle was in check last time i've done bloods ( 580 total test , estro etc in middle range . I dont remeber all the details).
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Pretty-Chill · 5 points
Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a real species.
To add to this, remember the conversation we had with one of our Brazilian suppliers that we've been in contact with, who says he's been looking for Erythroxylum vaccinifolium for years because he wants to find it personally, but has never come across it? He's very well connected, and seemed very skeptical that Erythroxylum vaccinifolium has ever been on the market. Would of course be the holy grail, since it's in the coca family, and thus it likely contains stimulating tropane alkaloids, such as the catuabines.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Yeah, definitely. Just because it exists in theory doesn't mean it exists in practice. Also, consistency is key. If one batch has catuabines, and then the next doesn't, people are going to get random effects based on when the buy it. So scientific validity, proper identification, and batch-to-batch consistency is key.