Reviewer: SecretCharm, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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Caused stomach pains, nausea, terrible headaches. I have only being taking it for 4 days but I have to stop!

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Caused stomach pains, nausea, terrible headaches. I have only being taking it for 4 days but I have to stop!
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Reviewer: Starcandy, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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I started taking this twice a day about a week ago..once in the morning and once in the evening. So far i can tell a big difference. im sleeping way better at night... my anxiety seems to have decreased alot... ive been on celexa , zoloft, wellbrutiun, effexor and buspar... buspar worked but gave me AWFUL headaches. i would rather take this over any of those drugs.

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I started taking this twice a day about a week ago..once in the morning and once in the evening. So far i can tell a big difference. im sleeping way better at night... my anxiety seems to have decreased alot... ive been on celexa , zoloft, wellbrutiun, effexor and buspar... buspar worked but gave me AWFUL headaches. i would rather take this over any of those drugs.
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Reviewer: nmh9977, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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This review is for the product Organic Ashwagandha by the company Himalaya. From the label it contains: 380mg ashwagandha powder (root); 280mg ashwagandha extract (root); and 10mg ashwagandha supercritical CO2 extract. I read about ashwagandha as having a therapeutic effect on anxiety in a controlled study and I thought it might help me. It is also supposed to give energy and claims to have an eff ... Show Full Comment

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This review is for the product Organic Ashwagandha by the company Himalaya. From the label it contains: 380mg ashwagandha powder (root); 280mg ashwagandha extract (root); and 10mg ashwagandha supercritical CO2 extract. I read about ashwagandha as having a therapeutic effect on anxiety in a controlled study and I thought it might help me. It is also supposed to give energy and claims to have an effect on adrenal function. I have been previously diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder, and I suspect panic disorder as well. I am a 32 year old female at 120lbs, not on any medications, and I do not smoke, drink, or take illegal drugs. I followed the directions and took 1 caplet before food just before my dinner. I felt strange within just a few minutes, beginning with an unpleasant lightheaded sensation which startled me, and I began to feel panicky -- on a scale of 1 to 10, around a 7 or 8 in severity. It felt like I had drank about 3 or 4 cups of coffee at once. I am familiar with my anxiety levels and this was noticeably more intense. To be more precise I actually felt "drugged." It took 2 hours to come down from this feeling of panic with some deep breathing. I lost my appetite but I could still force myself to eat. It was a very uncomfortable experience for me. Currently, about 4 hours later, I still feel some effects -- slight but noticeable dizziness, very small headache, tense muscles in head and neck, tiredness, and mild anxiety. I'm amazed that an OTC supplement could have such a potent psychoactive effect; I was not expecting this at all, much less the opposite of the promised antianxiolytic effects. Everyone reacts differently to therapeutics, but I would seriously urge anyone interested in trying ashwagandha to start much smaller than the recommended dose, especially if you have anxiety disorders or are "reactive" by nature. I think it's just bad body chemistry in my case and I will not be taking ashwagandha again.
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Reviewer: Nim, 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)

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After 2 days of tak8ng this, my whole body got itchi. Like allergic reaction. So itchi. My body felt warmer and stomach got upset. Not worth it for me.

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After 2 days of tak8ng this, my whole body got itchi. Like allergic reaction. So itchi. My body felt warmer and stomach got upset. Not worth it for me.
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