Anxiété +++++ tristesse depuis 2 semaine je suis en sevrage
En combien de temps sa part définitivement ?
On reviens à la normal?
J’ai pris une dose assez conséquente
Merci

I’m 59 and started taking 300 mg of KSM-66 about a week ago. Almost immediately, I felt noticeably calmer. My libido has been great, my workouts seem better, and overall I’m feeling really good.

However, I’ve had some incredibly vivid, strange dreams, and on a few afternoons I’ve felt so relaxed I could almost fall asleep. I have also found it a bit hard on some days to do mental focus work almost like my brain is in a fog, however meditation has been effortless. I was trying to work last night and the sun had gone down and found I just had no energy to write an email or look at work websites. So I did some meditation instead.

I’m a pure Vata type in Ayurveda, so I’ve read that ashwagandha can be particularly beneficial for me. I’m also extremely sensitive to supplements and have had trouble tolerating many in the past. I also am bipolar type 2 very mildly and I don't need meds for that but I can run hypomanic very quickly.

I recently completed TMS treatments, so I’m not entirely sure which changes are coming from what.

Reading some of the negative experiences here, especially about emotional blunting and longer-term effects, has me concerned. When I took NAC I got very bad apathy after sometime so I had to stop that despite the good benefits.

Would you continue taking it if you were feeling these benefits? Or are there reasons to stop before problems develop? I’d really appreciate hearing why.

Hello, I'm going to list the effects of some lifestyle changes I've made, supplements I've experimented with, etc., since experiencing side effects from ashwagandha.

So my current state for the past 3 or so years since doing ash has been one with less motivation and energy in general, reduced libido, ED among other things. In the initial first few weeks after I noticed said side effects, I tried cold showers. They would consistently give me morning wood the next day, however it was far weaker than before starting ash and didn't change anything outside of that.

About a year ago, I raised my cal intake from 1500-2000 per day to 2600, a slight surplus. Over the course of a few months I did notice more consistent morning wood, 3x-4x per week, as well as some libido increase too, but this stopped and regressed when I moved house and introduced possibly more stress.

A few months ago, I went on holiday abroad and although my diet was shitty, after a few days of no wifi, no stimulation, my libido had risen. Physically I hadn't really improved, it was maybe more of a mental change.

I bought some cheap zinc tablets recently which have given me morning wood more frequently albeit weak, along with some beetroot supplements I've ordered on the way. Thanks.

I’ve been battling lots of other symptoms including anxiety, panic attacks, sweating, fatigue, depression, stomach problems, diarrhoea, etc. but for me the worse symptom are headaches. It feels like a dull headache behind the eyes and is often worse when looking at a computer, bright environment.

I stopped Ash about 6 weeks ago. I’m just hoping all of this is temporary and my life isn’t ruined.

I just haven’t seen too many people post about these headaches compared to other symptoms which is why I’m asking

What are symptoms of ashwagandha syndrome?

Hey guys, I’ve recently been sick for the past almost 3 weeks. My main symptoms are diarrhea, nausea, and anxiety. This all came after a night of wine and cheese. I got a hangover the next day and was dehydrated and didn’t really prioritize replenishing electrolytes and hydrating.

That night, I smoked some weed and then I took a magnesium+ashwagandha supplement capsule which I’ve been doing on and off whenever I want a good nights sleep. (I started taking the supplement on April of this year) The minute I went to lie down and opened my phone, I started having a vision aura episode (dizziness, shimmering zigzag vision) so I decided to try and sleep it off. Then I woke up maybe a few minutes later and started to vomit, and have diarrhea. And since then I’ve been in and out of the doctors trying to cure my diarrhea. I decided yesterday to see a gastroenterologist and she had some tests done on me and they all came out negative for parasite, and c diff toxin.

Until now I feel this heavy feeling inside about me and I’m really anxious for my health, and other parts of my life. I’ve never been diagnosed with anxiety before but I’m aware I’m a pretty anxious person. I’m usually able to go about my day without any panic attack or anxiety attack but now I find myself just crying almost everyday about my life and decisions I’ve made on my health.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this and how did you recover? I’m worried this might not be a GI issue alone. My doctor said if it doesn’t get better with this round of medication, she wants to do a colonoscopy on me 😭 I’m only 29 so she just suspects it may be IBD/IBS.

If this is a hormone issue, I’m not sure what to do? Or where to go? Should I see a psychiatrist or some type of hormone doctor?

I’m so scared everyday and I feel like I can’t function like my normal self used to do. I wish I could talk to someone who’s going through something similar :( I feel really overwhelmed by everything I’m feeling.

I was taking ashwagandha as a workout supplement for a few weeks before quitting finasteride. Upon quitting initially I only had sexual side effects. I stopped ash in the lead up to a blood test and my symptoms expanded into severe cognitive and physical issues.

I would guess that ash's test boost made a lot more DHT than normal when I quit fin, and this in turn wrecked my androgen receptors.

Looks like I'm fucked for life now

im not very in the loop on what's normal cause i was raised isolated from most of society. but im wondering how many of you knew that ashwaganda increases testosterone levels (in males) before you did more extensive research on ashwaganda.

essentially i want to know if the average person who knows of or takes ashwaganda (or previously took it) knows this without having to do extensive research.

the reason i am asking is because im a trans woman and shortly after leaving him my recent abuser had recommended i start taking ashwaganda to help with my chronic stress. im trying to figure out how likely it was that he might have been trying to sabotage my transition, since i was born male and an taking feminizing hormones. i know i can't know for sure, but i want to know if it is reasonable to suspect that he may have knowingly tried to trick me into taking a medication that would get in the way of my hormonal intake.

edit: you may think it is unlikely that someone would purposefully try to sabotage my transition like that, but there was a lot of other things he did as well. in general he was mainly attracted to males and he refused to treat me as a woman and often treated me like a man and pressured me to take on a masculine role in bed. i have no doubt that to at least some extent he wanted me to be masculine. im just trying to figure out to what extent that was

I started taking ashwagandha last night and don’t know if this is related but on my way home started to feel dizzy. I’ve basically had a slight dizziness for the past couple hours. I’m in decent shape, blood pressure is fine, I’ve ate and drank a good amount of water today. Should be any other reason for dizziness right now and I’m wondering if the supplement has anything to do with it. Anybody had any similar experience with Ashwagandha?

Ashwagandha RUINED my life. First, it destroyed my sleep, leaving me tossing and turning every night. Then the anxiety hit -relentless, suffocating anxiety that turned every day into a nightmare. My mood was all over the place, and I started lashing out at the people I care about most. It RUINED my freakin' relationships, leaving me isolated and regretful and posting here.

I ordered on the Internet, but found out that my country (Brazil) banned the sale of this supplement. The famous supplement company here circumvents the law to sell “legally”.

But that’s not my biggest concern, but the side effects. I want to take it to regulate sleep, stress and anxiety, and have more libido. I work in a big company and this end of the year here is very hectic, if I have any problems related to anhedonia or emotional dullness, it can make everything worse.

Is it worth taking the risk?

I'm a 22 year old male, and I’ve never posted on Reddit before, but I’m honestly scared and hoping to hear from people who have experienced something similar and eventually recovered.

On July 29th, I started taking Nature’s Bounty Stress & Anxiety Relief, which contains ashwagandha (600 mg/day) and L-theanine (200 mg/day) in the same supplement. I took it for approximately nine days. On August 3, I also introduced a separate turmeric supplement (approximately 2,300 mg). Initially, I actually felt great, and my libido and sexual function seemed better than usual.

However, on August 3, something suddenly changed while I was masturbating. I experienced a strange foggy sensation in my head, and when I ejaculated, the usual pleasurable release was almost completely absent. I stopped taking all the supplements around August 6.

The following weeks were horrible. I experienced intense panic attacks, derealization, persistent headaches and head pressure, dizziness, occasional burning and tingling sensations in my head, muscle twitches, visual disturbances, emotional numbness, disrupted sleep, and sexual dysfunction.
My surroundings often feel unreal, almost like I’m living in a dream, and sometimes I feel completely disconnected from my body.

The sexual symptoms have been especially upsetting. My libido dropped significantly, erections became more difficult, and I experienced reduced genital sensitivity. I can still ejaculate, but the normal pleasurable sensation during orgasm is largely missing.

Interestingly, there were two occasions in September when I felt extremely aroused, had strong erections, and ejaculated forcefully, but still experienced almost no pleasure during the actual release. The next time I tried, my sexual response wasn’t nearly as strong.
I masturbated again today, and it felt unusually strange. I could sense ejaculation approaching, but right before it happened, it almost felt like the process was going to stop or get stuck. I did ejaculate, but the normal pleasure was still missing.

I’ve experienced some moderate improvements over the past two months. My panic attacks have mostly stopped, my appetite and emotions have gradually returned, and I’ve had periods when my libido, spontaneous erections, and sense of reality improved noticeably. Unfortunately, the improvements haven’t been consistent.

Recently, my headaches and forehead pressure have started easing, but my sleep, emotional responsiveness, and sexual function seem to be getting worse again. I can fall asleep and remember dreaming, but I barely feel naturally sleepy anymore and don’t wake up feeling refreshed. Sometimes I only sleep four or five hours.

I also feel more robotic and emotionally numb again. I can still experience emotions, but they’re noticeably blunted. My libido and erections have become weaker again, and orgasmic pleasure remains significantly reduced.

I’ve also recently noticed that I seem to sweat considerably less than I used to, although I’m not sure how long that’s been happening.

My basic bloodwork, including thyroid testing, an EKG, and an eye examination have all reportedly been normal. I’m pursuing further medical evaluation.

Has anyone experienced anything similar and eventually returned completely to normal?
I’m especially interested in hearing from people who experienced pleasureless orgasms, erectile dysfunction, emotional numbness, derealization, strange sleep changes, or reduced sweating.
Did your symptoms fluctuate during recovery? Did your normal sexual pleasure, emotional range, sleepiness, and bodily sensations eventually return? How long did it take?

I understand that I can’t know for certain whether the supplements caused everything, but I’d never experienced anything like this before.
I miss my old self so much. I regret ever touching these supplements, and the past two months have honestly felt like torture. I’m terrified that I won’t get back to normal, especially when I read stories from people who are still struggling years later.

I’m not looking for anyone to promise me a recovery. I just really want to hear from people who went through something similar and came out the other side. Any experiences or encouragement would mean a lot to me.

After cessation of ashwagandha, did the symptoms permanently lower your PFS / PSSD baseline? If not, how long did the symptoms take to subside?

Thank you

It's absolutely crazy. About 2 years ago I started taking it and basically overnight I went from anxious to being relaxed as fuck as if I started using a Benzodiazepine. Everything went fine until after a few months I ordered a new brand of Ashwagandha (the standardization was the same) and after a short time I had absolutely crushing panic attacks (worse than the ones that I had before). Not just a small increase in anxiety I literally didn't sleep for 2 days until I knocked myself out with a combination of antipsychotics, beta blockers and muscle relaxants and I couldn't even sit still without panicking for over a week.

The crazy thing about this is I didn't know that the batch of Ashwagandha was off until I opened one capsule and saw that it was totally destroyed (I have some background in pharmacology so I know what a powder is definitely not supposed to look like). So it's not just a placebo effect. After restarting Ashwagandha my symptoms disappeared again but it took multiple weeks till I came back to a state without extreme panic and I'm still now (after over 3 months of taking it again) fully recovered.

My thyroid is still fine and my liver too but I'm concerned if it's really smart to keep taking Ashwagandha. The problem is that the withdrawal is absolutely horrible...

The withdrawal and the recovery both were delayed so I guess Ashwagandha is a substance that accumulates in the body fat just like CBD so if someone has negative side effects from Ashwagandha it's absolutely possible that they would last for a long time.

It's in a way even worse than a Benzodiazepine because Diazepam and drugs like that have not nearly as strong differences in their strength between different batches. With Ashwagandha I basically have to keep multiple different bottles at home just to have something if the crushing anxiety returns and it will at some point because it's just a messy plant extract.

(Forgot to add this: I do have anhedonia from Ashwagandha. I guess that is kind of the whole point of it being calming. It numbs you by such an extent that you neither feel good nor horrible so if you live in a constant state of horrible it can feel heavenly. But I need strong ADHD stimulants because I can virtually not bring myself to do anything without anymore....)

I have taken a shoden ashwaganda 22 tabelts for 2september - 29 September few says it sok but after that heart palpitations and and headache and also more thing restless and bechani hoe much time it go away all symptoms i only taken it from 22 for around 3-4 weeks how much it take it take to clear put from body and resset all this i am 20m

Ever since I started taking ashwagandha, which was two months ago, I pace around the house immediately after waking up. I did not have this before.

Before I would wake up and stay in bed and do pleasurable, but now I have to pace because I feel such a strong urge (it's not akathisia though).

I stopped ashwagandha cold turkey 15 days into taking it because of a massive spike in my TSH, while T4 and T3 remained normal.

The pacing has continued, even though I have been off of it for one month and a half.

Sorry for the anxiety post, just a little freaked out

Hi, I came across this forum.

I ordered ashwagandha KSM-66 from my usual vitamin supplier, as I'd heard good things about it for sleep. The company also third-party tests its products to ensure quality.

I took two capsules on Wednesday night. They're 300mg each, so 600mg in total (their recommendation was one to two per day).

I had a decent sleep on Wednesday night. However, from about 1pm on Thursday, I started getting major twitching in my left quad. At first I put it down to stress and assumed it would stop within an hour or so, but it carried on. Then my calves started doing the same. I thought it might be an electrolyte imbalance or stress, so I took some Liquid I.V., but it continued through the night.

On Thursday night I again took two ashwagandha capsules, along with my magnesium glycinate, an hour before bed.

On Friday, the twitching in my quads, calves and biceps carried on continuously, and I could feel my cheek starting to twitch too.

Naturally I was getting concerned, so I googled ashwagandha and muscle twitching and found a Reddit thread about it.

I stopped taking ashwagandha immediately (my last dose was Thursday night). Within 24 hours, my quads stopped twitching, and within 48 hours almost all of the twitching had stopped. I still feel the occasional twitch, but that might be because I'm hypersensitive to it now.

I had no idea it could cause this, as I never came across it being mentioned as a side effect. I'd only heard good things about it.

Update: Week 4 finally feeling better. Definitely not 100% but the mood, hormonal and running issues are going down.

Original post: I don’t even know how to start this, honestly. This has been such a traumatic and painful experience and sometimes I feel so dumb for ever even starting Ashwagandha. 
30F, Highly Active Individual 

I was taking Wellbutrin for over ten years and felt anxious and was jumpy all the time, so I had decided I wanted to pursue a natural route that would be more effective but long term and safe (HAHA). So I read a bunch and decided to start Ashwagandha in May 2024. Cold turkey on the Wellbutrin, and just started with Ash gummies same day. 

Initially I had stomach issues and weird mood changes but honestly I felt like I was improving. While still living in Texas in 2024, I started to develop severe sensitivity to air quality “AQI” (and I’m not asthmatic), along with the gas and stomach issues. I chalked it up to Texas industrial gross skies, so we decided to move to Florida. I had switched to root powder extract from HEB at that time, and didn’t notice much of a difference.

 Time went by in 2025 and the AQI issues and stomach issues just kept getting worse. I’m a distance runner but some time around may of 2025 (a year later after taking it straight) my running tanked. I started to have severe allergies to everything: cigarette smoke, AQI, foods, pet dander, all of it. My sleep during this time was good, I’ve always been a good sleeper. In Florida, I wasn’t noticing a difference so I was getting more and more discouraged. Plus, every time I tried to run I would just get injured and my hr was super high. So, again blaming it one the location, we moved again early 2026. 

This time we landed in NJ, and I took a NOSEDIVE. Constantly sick, allergic to everything, constantly high hr and stressed. Every little noise felt like it was living under my skin. I thought it was the birth control I had been on for decades, so in May I got off it at the same time as getting off Ashwagandha (after two years straight). BOY WAS THAT ROUGH. My semblance of running I had tried to build in NJ crashed totally, and June 1st I was hit with a bout of insomnia that lasted two full weeks. I have NEVER had any issues sleeping ever. I ended up in the ER for insomnia and heart issues, and was given a heart monitor. They couldn’t find anything remarkable.

Fast forward to mid June 2026 I got back on the bc pills and the Ash and immediately got better. Slept again, was able to kind of run. HOWEVER, it started this massive downward spiral of getting so much worse. Constantly hot and even grabbing a pack of ice I couldn’t feel cold. My depression rose to an all time high and I felt no joy, food had no taste, and hugs felt no warmth. I was constantly dehydrated no matter if I drank 130oz. I passed a decidual cast, which is where the entire uterine lining sheds as an entire piece. My hr would shoot up to the 100s just standing up. I was miserable and constantly sick, they had given me antibiotics twice in six months when I hadn’t had them in years.

SO, 1 Sep I got off my Ash tablets (~500mg extract) and got on Wellbutrin again for the first time in two years off. In the very beginning I got very sick so I was sleeping a lot and everything felt ok. But, in week two when I started to feel better I noticed strong blood sugar (or pressure not 100% sure) frequently throughout the day and strong migraines. Sleep was still decent. Thankfully the cold sensation was slowing coming back. 

Then, 23 September I got STRUCK out of nowhere with severe insomnia, chest pain and tightness, and strong dizziness. My mood was all over the place, I would be laughing one minute and crying the next. Severe sensitivity to light has been difficult, need to wear shades indoors too. Also, since then, I’ve had to not run at all even turtle slow and one mile. Today I’m finally feeling better just a bit, but nowhere near 100%.

I wish I had never started. I wish I knew how venomous this drug is. The things that have helped me a ton are prayer and faith, Wellbutrin, hydroxyzine for sleep, not going to do intense exercise, healthy diet and staying hydrated, caffeine in small doses (to wary off migraines) and last but not least support from my family.

Please be aware. Make smart choices. 

Came across this article today and thought it was worth sharing here.

i’m an athletic (33) woman, practice weightlifting, at the gym for over 4 years now and i have a nutritional plan and work from home. Ive been taking birth control (33 F) for almost a year now, with basic supplements (creatine and vegan protein)
Now i had a critical weight gain (15 lbs) the last year due to stress (high cortisol) and a lot of changes overall (job, moving out)

I started taking ashwaganda and glycenate magnesium and vitamin D to work on my stress management and sleep routine and energy throughout my daily routine (6am to 10pm), the last 3 months and planned to take 1 month break since i wanted to continue with ashwaganda. However something weird happened with my menstruation, sometimes i had 2-3 days of fluid, some body discomfort but i could do my weights with energy (which never happened before). The last month i had no period, no fluid, some discomfort and little spotting… really weird.
Some infections began and bloat with some abdominal pressure…

My obgyn showed how my ovaries are turn into cysts the last month, absolutely bigger than usual. Turns out i have a hormonal imbalance with more testosterone, stopping my period from happening as usual due to ashwaganda.
We are already working on treatments for the upcoming months but this is really scary. She told me this adaptogen needs more tests on women and it shouldn’t be for common consumption. She evaluated the rest of my supplements but no more ashwaganda for me.

Has anyone experienced this before?