Tried Dichloroacetate, Great Energy Return But Chemical Taste to It
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Oct 2017
Summary
XenForo took about 580mg of DCA on two separate occasions and got a marked energy boost lasting from afternoon into the next morning, allowing a late-night concert he couldn't normally manage, but crashed badly afterward and could not reliably reproduce the effect on a second attempt, concluding the benefit did not hold.
What they credit
Credits Low-dose naltrexone, Dichloroacetate (DCA).
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