Posted by guttersnipe on March 29, 2004, at 16:07:31
In reply to Re: anybody know about ginseng????, posted by Stryker88 on March 29, 2004, at 4:39:41
As I said, I'm not an expert, but that would be my recommendation (I take American ginseng on an occasional basis -- not daily, but a few times per week). On those days when you really need a pick-me-up or a dose of solid Yang energy, you might take some Chinese or Korean ginseng.
Frankly, if I were you I'd be a lot more worried about the Effexor than the ginseng -- apart from exacerbating my bi-polar condition (which hopefully is not a problem for you!), when I was on Effexor I gained weight, completely lost my sex drive, and could not achieve orgasm no matter how long I went at it or how sexy or good in the sack my companion was. Now that I'm off the stuff (after going through a withdrawal that was worse than when I quit smoking tobacco, and worse than when I quit shooting heroin), I have no problem achieving orgasm -- the problem is that now I come too quickly (hopefully, in time, may brain will re-wire itself back to sexually normal ...).
But then again, I've heard that some people do really well on Effexor. Good luck with it!
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