hi everyone.
so, i had a phone appt with dr.b yesterday and she told me to start rhodiola. i'm a bit nervous to start. some people posted that they felt shortness of breath and i've experienced that once last month for 10 mins. and it was pretty scary. can anyone share their experience with it?
thank you. :o)
Hi. For me rhodiola is great, i never had any bad experience with it, it actually helped with my anxiety. Good Luck!!!
I have been on and off Rhodiola for a couple of months and it is wonderful! Instantly helped elevate my mood. It just kind of installs a "bottom floor" in the sadness and really helps keep things in perspective. I have not had any side effects from it!
Hi Junie, Yes! I put the rhodiola in water and take the RP in capsule form.
As for my analogy... All I mean is that if there are different levels of sadness/depression then the lowest form is the "basement", which I don't fall into when I am taking the rhodiola. I stay on the first floor;)
In other words... it doesn't take away sadness or anxiety, but it does not let you get too low or sad. Make sense?
I hope you have a wonderful experience with it- I have not had any troubles falling asleep with it at all,
Katie
that's interesting, katie. i mix the rhodiola with my probiotics and take siberian in capsule form 3x a day.
thanks for explaining, i understand now. :o)
so far it's good. :o)
I'm on rhodiola and R.P. right now too...I take them all in capsule form.
I am one who notices shortness of breath and difficulty falling asleep. It's like, just as I begin to drift off, I jolt awake because I need to catch my breath. Sometimes I even feel like I might throw up, but it's not from a sick stomach. I don't know what it is, some kind of anxiety or something. I have been on it for roughly 3 months and it was worse in the beginning and has definitely improved, or maybe I'm just more used to the feeling and don't get as scared. I do agree that it elevates your mood slightly. Good luck.
I'm not one of Dr. B's patients, but I follow the posts. The jolting awake is anxiety related, because I experience it too and I'm not taking the drug. I also seem to have anxiety spasms that diminish or go away more when I am not as anxious. I have found that it helps if I listen to self help tapes while falling asleep.
I had my appointment with Dr B yesterday and she started me on rhodiola. I am in agreance with everyone who commented about the bad potpourri taste! Hard to choke down, but my question is did anyone else experience awful dry/cotton mouth when taking it?
thanks veronica and fahlmank. i feel better knowing that people are having positive results from this. some have complained that they had difficult time falling asleep, too. i hope i won't experience that tonight, it's bad enough i have to wake up every hr to pee.
fahlmank, sorry i didn't understand where you wrote, "it kinda installs a "bottom floor" in the sadness."
ladies, did you open the capsule and mixed it in with the probiotics? that's how i'm taking this, but i didn't do that with rehmannaie peonie (sp). if you had to take or on rehmannaie peonie, did or are you taking it in capsule form? mmm....just wondering.
thank u.
~if i can do it, so can you.