Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 2, 2006, at 3:26:47
In reply to Re: Meri-Tuuli Re: Rhodiola, posted by Mistermindmasta on July 31, 2006, at 9:36:30
Hey MMM!
Glad to have found another rhodiola fan. I was worried that I might be the only person out there....and that there was some abstract on pubmed that said it was totaly unsafe or something, and I had missed it....
> Might be. My "anxiety" was purely emotional, not physical. I just tend to feel increased fear, directed at nothing, when it wears off.
My anxiety is also purely emotional. But I can get around it usually.
> Yeah, well I've gone up to 1,000 mg a day. I took one of the new chapter ones that has 300 mg in it and took 3... so that's actually only 900 mg but it's still a high dose. A dose that high of the new chapter brand definitely will make you feel less stressed.What does it feel like at these higher dosages?
> Yeah, I've had the same results. But the problem is that it wears off later in the day (at ANY dose), which for me, is not much better than using guarana as a little mood brightener.I actually spoke to a herbalist about this, and she seemed to think that herbs don't really wear off. Maybe its not so much the herb wearing off, but maybe the herb accentuates the natural energy you have during the day, and then at night it sort of fades out, as its not supporting the relaxing tired phase at night. If you kinda get what I mean.
> Interestingly, I find the opposite. For me, it tends to cancel out the things that I love about caffeine. For example, being super energized and feeling like you have a lot of energy and you can take on anything... that all seems to go away when I'm using rhodiola. But then again, maybe rhodiola is acting as sort of a mood stabilizer which would fit it's adaptogenic profile I suppose.Probably! Who knows. We all react completely differently! I generally tend to be sort of sensitve to caffine anyway.
> I've tried it with other things. I've taken it many many times on and off for the past few years and I generally get consistant results.Thats good to know! I haven't come across anyone here who has used it like this. BTW do you need to take breaks whilst taking it, like some of the ginsengs? Nowhere I've read says that you should, but then, its not that well known.
>The brands tend to vary in their "feel", regardless of what the label says. New chapter definitely is the best though, without question. I've tried 6 or 7 different brands, possibly more.
Well, its good to know that I've gone straight to the best brand! Yeah the guy who owns this quirky little supplement shop rated New Chapter rhodiola over Solgar rhodiola, which I thought was surprising, because Solgar are meant to be pretty good.
I'm also taking a tincture of stuff this herbalist I saw drew up containing: Schrizandra, rosemary, damiana, ginkgo, siberbian ginseng. I'm hoping it'll work nicely with the rhoidola, but I'm taking tiny amounts every day. I'm completely paranoid about any adverse interactions!
> Also, I don't take pharmaceuticals.
No me neither. I've tried various SSRIs etc, all horrible.
> I'm also a kid in college and a manager at a restaurant so I need to be at my best at all times.
I'm going back to college in the fall to do a masters - I'm hoping rhoidola will be good to use all through it! :o)
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