Anyone else get sleepy from Cordyceps?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Mar 2016
Summary
Cordyceps, 500mg of a Host Defense product taken at half the recommended dose, was tried by perchance dreamer, who described herself as really sensitive to supplements generally. No illness duration or severity detail was given beyond that self-description. The cordyceps made her extremely sleepy rather than providing any energizing effect. She considered switching to a bedtime dose to work around the sedation rather than stopping outright. No further follow-up on whether she retried it at bedtime was given in the thread.
What they credit
Credits AHCC and medicinal mushrooms (reishi, shiitake, maitake).
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