Could AHCC make me feel worse?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Apr 2015
Summary
AHCC supplement taken for several months, and separately Maitake mushroom supplements taken for about a year. Illness duration and severity beforehand are not stated. She reports no reactions whatsoever, good or bad, from either supplement. There was no improvement or relapse to describe since there was no effect, and the post gives no further follow-up.
What they credit
Credits AHCC and medicinal mushrooms (reishi, shiitake, maitake).
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