Maca suppliment has caused worsening side effects.

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#1

Hi long time lurker. Waiting to get blood tests before I post in new members.

Ive been suffering from what many of you have for two years. While looking for help I saw a great number of people on this site who reported positive results from the suppliment maca so I bought a bottle and followed the directions. Within 24 hrs I noticed my sexual side effects had gotten worse. I only took the supplement for two days.

Propecia had caused my sexual satisfaction to drop to 2 on a scale to 10. I could have sex but I had little desire or penis sensitivity. Now after the maca I’m so numb i literally have no feeling. Its a zero out of ten and not able to have sex.

I’m kicking myself because I messed with my chemistry by taking propecia in the first place and now by trying to fix things Ive again taken a pill and its destroying me alloveragain.

Ive done a search and seen no other reports of this. Is my body the only one whose reacted like this. Can anyone at all relate?

#2

Maca does absolutely nothing for me, and has at times worsened things and made sleep worse yes.

#3

Hello seandoug,

A fall from 10 to 2 is a pretty nasty drop, indeed.

I never fell all the way down to 2, but I was close, so I can most definitely feel your pain.

Anyway, I wouldn’t write off supplements entirely just because you had a bad experience with Maca.

I consider Maca to be an average sex booster, especially when compared to supplements like Tongkat Ali, Catuaba Bark, or Macuna Pruriens.

All 3 of these herbs put Maca Root to shame in the libido department, unless you’re a woman that is, as this herb can work magic in a woman’s body, especially around period time.

I’d suggest passing on the Maca for now, and switching over to the 3 herbs mentioned above.

Do this, and I have a feeling your opinion on supplements will change dramatically.

Just make SURE you cycle them all, otherwise you’ll build up a tolerance, and they’ll stop working entirely.

Good luck
Mark

#4

i took supermiraforte supplement for about a week, maybe two weeks. it has 160mg of maca in it. i also have seen a decline in sexual performance as well. i got a swollen epididymis and i feel random aches down there. i have been off it for almost a week now, and i think it is getting better. i’m hoping it will continue to reverse…