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6,092 first-hand quotes, shortened but never edited — each links to the original discussion.

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GingerMostly positive
“Ginger is a natural antihistamine. I find adding ginger powder... helps with my histamine issues”
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GingerMostly positive
“This and taking a ginger pill with every meal has helped me a ton”
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GingerMostly positive
“Nothing helps. My pain is getting worse, im crashing constantly.”
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GingerMostly positive
“Curcumin + peperin and ginger tea. The strongest natural anti inflammatories in my experience.”
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GingerMostly positive
“My brain feels crystal clear after chewing on a slice of Ginger.”
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GingerMostly positive
“The only cognitive effect that I have experienced from its use is hypoglycemia severe enough to make me pass out when taken on an empty stomach.”
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GingerMostly positive
“Since taking one 550mg ginger capsule daily, they are gone! One capsule left in my first bottle and I am buying more now.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I used 3g MSM daily and felt no signs of dry or achy joints at all.”
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MsmMostly positive
“It's so good for my skin, nails and hair, but the side effects terrified me.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I take it everyday for joint pain. If I miss it for a couple of days I notice the pain starting to return. For me it works great.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I've noticed improved sleep and liver function, increased hair growth, more mental and physical energy, and better skin quality.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I've been on about 30g a day - 4g an hour, for the past week and the energy and wellbeing is insane!”
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MsmMostly positive
“MSM: I initially took it for possible skin improvement. It was 3 months in when I realised I stopped needing my allergy pills, and even cut back on my inhaler.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I have also tried glucosamine and MSM for 6-month periods, and they never seemed to make any difference.”
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MsmMostly positive
“I second the MSM! I have had issues with dryness, and MSM helps with increasing mucus (the healthy kind).”
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MsmMostly positive
“For last 2 weeks I supplemented collagen and MSM for joints and my skin improved slightly.”
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MsmMostly positive
“MSM for me, big time... when I'm taking MSM I look so much better I can't believe it.”
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MsmMostly positive
“Some people take glucosamine and MSM but these are suspect in my book. Why? They've worked for me, and others I've recommended them to.”
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MsmMostly positive
“tbh MSM was doing a decent job of that on its own...it seems to calm me while MSM gives me an energy boost”
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MsmMostly positive
“I have tried a LOT of supplements (glucosamin, chondroitin, MSM, boron, boswellia, serrapeptase, turmeric, fish oil, D3, K2, celadrin...) and nothing helps”
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MsmMostly positive
“MSM, Chondroitin and Cissus seems like a safe bet. I know Cissus has been found to be helpful for a decent amount of stuff, and MSM and Chondroitin don't have any known potential side effects”
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MsmMostly positive
“I have tried three supplements so far: Creatine, MSM, and magnesium glycinate, but only creatine had any effect on me; the others didn't do anything”
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MsmMostly positive
“without phenylalanine, tyrosine, taurine, MSM, and a lot of phenylephrine from cold capsules, I have zero energy or strength at all.”
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“I used it every single day with almost no breaks for a whole year in the row and didn’t even develop the tiniest amount of tolerance. It permanently changed my brains response to triggers and I no longer have anxiety 4 years later, socially atleast.”
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“At first it was fantastic. Motivation out of the blue high energy clear thinking. After a few weeks on selegiline I started to get very agitated, everything bothered me.”
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“Selegiline makes me noticeably more motivated. It makes me sleep even more, which sucks.”
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“I've been taking it consistently for over 2 years to lower prolactin. 1.25 mg sublingual, 5x/week... Very easily aroused and stronger erections. Reduced refractory period... I sleep like absolute shit.”
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“a low dose of selegiline/deprenyl has helped me with motivation. ... I only take 1.25mg-2.5mg a day and have the positive effects.”
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“Other things are in that gray area like sulbutiamine, racetams, selegiline, and nicotine have helped me.”
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“Motivation has been my major focus in searching for nootropics. Racetams have been useless in this regard for me, but...The one drug I've found to be incredibly useful is selegiline.”
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“I feel quite more sociable and talkative while normally even with uridine, I don't talk much, so I will definitely keep taking selegiline.”
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“I personally like it. Gives me a lot of drive and energy. Too much can make you antsy but if you titrate to the right amount it can work wonders. I take a sublingual dropper with 1mg / day.”
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“I started taking high dose selegiline and moclobemide with d,l-phenylalanine... my anxiety as well as anhedonia have been abolished.”
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“Selegiline at high doses (it worked wonders for me at 30mg/day). 3-4 days of that and i was sleeping better and waking up at 6am ready to start the day.”
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“I find that selegiline has less raw focusing power than ritalin, or especially adderall. But I have much more control over the focus.”
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“I have played with taking selgin, which inhibits the breakdown of dopamine, therefore greatly increasing dopamine across the board, and it did literally nothing for me.”
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“I have given very few of them fair trials, as I can't deal with the side effects for that long.”
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“It would make me feel good for 0-3 days... then it would start to make me feel shitty. Towards the end it got so bad that I had unending feelings of impending doom”
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“I was trying out Selegeline (primarily MAO-B)... it had instantly obliterated all of my depression symptoms and Improved my motivation, overall life outlook, energy levels”
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GlutathioneMostly positive
“IM 600mg 2x week. My head is clear, my energy is so much better and my skin is glowing!”
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