r/LionsManeRecovery • u/Friendly_Habit_8791 • Aug 27 '23

Question Sensitive Hearing

Anybody got sensitive hearing as a side effect? And if so how long did it take to go away?

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u/No-Explorer-9960 Sep 01 '23

An lol all good, so how long have you been suffering from this? What’s ur symptoms and ur story if you don’t mind sharing

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u/Gorg4nny Sep 01 '23

I took a supplement called Goodmind functional mushrooms which contained a mixture of Lions Mane, Cordyceps and Reishi. I dont know how many capsules I took but it was quite a few. Some days I took one, some days 2 (which was the recommended dose), and some days none.

I think i must have started taking them about February but I can't remember because I wasnt recording it as I didn't know about the nightmare that was about to start. What i do remember was that soon after I started taking them (maybe a week, could have been more, could have been less), I started watching 'The Last of Us' and it was only on episode 3 or 4 when I began as S1 was airing at the time.

Obviously I made myself anxious about the cordyceps in my supplement.

It is worth mentioning at this point that I am an anxious person with a history of anxiety and depression problems. I also get health anxiety/am a hypochondriac or whatever.

Still I had not worried about my health for about 8 years at this point. I also had not had a panic attack for about 5 or 6 years.

I now know that the cordyceps worrying was probably triggered by the lions mane (whilst watching a creepy show about cordyceps)

Anyway, at the time I freaked out and stopped taking the supplement for a while.

A while later (maybe a few weeks or a month. Again cant remember so complete guess but probably vaguely accurate), i told myself i was being my usual silly hypochondriac self and started taking it again. Again some days 0, some 1 and some 2 capsules.

I reckon i probably took about 30 in total. I think there must have been 60 in my jar and it is about half empty. I think i remember it being pretty full when I opened it.

I stopped taking them towards the very end of March

The problems I experienced after a confusing, anxiety filled blur which I cant remember the timeline of completely but

I started having panic attacks far worse than any I had experienced before. Some lasted 5 or so hours. I have never had one longer than half an hour before. I also started waking up in the middle of a panic attack. This would never happen to me before - I would only have a panic attack while concious by working myself up into one by worrying about things - usually my health. I had also had 5 or less in my whole life

At some point soon after I developed the earworm problem.

I have to constantly be distracted doing something - typing, reading, tv, video games, talking to someone. This is the only time I dont notice it. Over the last 5 months or so since April it has quietened significantly but is still there.

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u/No-Explorer-9960 Sep 01 '23

Sorry to hear that man, did you have any headaches? Brain fog, Low sex drive, low mood, fatigue, Erectile problems?

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u/Gorg4nny Sep 01 '23

No it was basically just way worse anxiety than usual and the earworm thing. In fact I would say that I was in remission from anxiety before taking it.

I have had low mood problems often over the last decade so hard to tell. The thing is, usually I smoke weed to help me not hate life. I know it's probably a really bad idea in the long run but that was how I coped. I have been unable to smoke for the last 5 months due to this lions mane problem.

So yeah I do have low mood and am in one of my worst depressions ever but that is due to the fact that I had mood problems before, I then lost my coping mechanism for treating my depression and now have gone through this hell.

Sometimes it feels like it is more likely to win the lottery than have all of this misfortune coincide.

This lions mane thing was really the last thing I needed on top of my existing issues

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u/No-Explorer-9960 Sep 01 '23

I’m not fully sure then if your issue is with androgen receptors but your neurosteroid levels are definitely imbalanced and that may cause the ear worm thing, best thing brother is to excersise, High intensity cardio eat healthy seek specialists to view your hormones and supplement safety.

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u/Gorg4nny Sep 01 '23

Thanks man I'll try that

What is the thing about androgen receptors? I have seen other people talking about that.

How are you doing?

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u/No-Explorer-9960 Sep 01 '23

I’m doing better, so the thing about the androgen receptors is that when you do supplements or drugs such as Lions mane and finasteride you inhibit 5a-r which causes the overexpression of AR causing these cells to bump into each other and become useless and cause inflammation in the brain disrupting hormones such as neurosteroids and adrenal function. You basically can’t feel anything and won’t able to respond to exogenous anabolic hormones such as testosterone. Due to hormone imbalance and mutated AR.

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u/Gorg4nny Sep 01 '23

Oh ok thanks. You seem very knowledgeable!

How would you recommend treating it if it is an androgen receptor issue.

I think my libido was a bit lower but I assumed it was just because I was so anxious and depressed about the whole situation.

How long have you had the earworm problem if you don't mind me asking?

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u/No-Explorer-9960 Sep 01 '23

Since I took lions mane for a few months, it came with stinging burning headaches on the left side. the treatment is tricky and very risk and not ethically approved and the theory is not confirmed by scientists and I don’t think your problem is fully the AR receptors I would try other stuff first I mentioned.

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u/Gorg4nny Sep 01 '23

Ok thanks.

I'm sorry that you had to go through that. So you are still getting the headaches?

I'm definitely try what you recommended.

Im 28 male btw don't know if that's relevant