What people actually say

“Berberine has done zero for my pre diabetic glucose levels or weight. Metformin has and I changed nothing else.”

“2 days with Metformin and that’s gone. I feel like I did when i was in my 30’s.”

“Recently, he stopped because it was found to interfere with some other important function (muscle building?, I can't remember), so he stopped taking it. He said the benefits did not outweigh the costs.”

“Personally, I used metformin for 2 years, though I stopped for a multitude of reasons.”

“Terrible side effects for me stomach wise and didnt particularly impact my blood sugar either...A1c went from 5.9 to 5.6 on metformin.”

“Been on it for 17 years. Only recognizable benefit is to reduce my blood sugar. No side effects noted, dosage for 14 years has been 2,000 mg a day, split half in morning and half in evening.”

“I had brutal diarreah and stomach aches for weeks and then I stopped it. Can't handle it.”

“My doctor prescribed it for life extension purposes / increase insulin sensitivity. The main reason I stopped to was that it reduced exercise performance.”

“My ex used to take it (PCOS). It fucked her stomach up pretty badly so she stopped after a while.”

“Metformin: 500 mg nightly. Mainly for theoretical longevity benefits... I recently reduced the dose because I value exercise adaptation, recovery, and performance.”

“Metformin (2 months, hoping to reduce hunger or increase energy), and there is way many more and others I can't remember.”

“Metformin has a list of side effects whereas (for me) berberine has zero side effects.”

“I have never taken glp but was having similar nonsensical results and metformin fixed it instantly.”

“Recently I've had stomach issues return which can happen on metformin so I've stopped it for a few weeks”

“Uneasy stomach and loose stool for maybe 3-4 days but after that haven't noticed anything. I take 1g extended daily usually with a meal”

“The next day, my legs felt amazing. I could walk again without feeling like my legs were deadweight.”

“I've tried various forms of magnesium over the past year including threonate, glycinate, citrate, oxide, and taurate. They all give the same negative side effects.”

“I was taking crappy magnesium oxide supplements for years with basically no effect, besides diarrhea if I took too much magnesium oxide. Magnesium oxide has basically no bioavailability.”

“If it's oxide, which has 4-5% bioavailability, will probably do nothing for you like it does for me.”

“Oxide has shit bioavailability but that didn't bother unless I too ka fairly large dose, it's basically a diuretic.”

“I feel emotionally blunted when I take magnesium during the day, but it's great at night.”

“I'm taking 250mg of magnesium oxide twice daily to see if it could help with my depression/anxiety/fatigue combo. Well, it has.”

“I have tried magnesium oxide and citrate and react fine to both, but neither seem great for sleep.”

“I also taken Magnesium Oxide but it was horrible, messed up my bowel movement and it didn't have any effect on my sleep at all.”

“I had heart palpitations for 20 years and just recently started taking magnesium oxide about 4 months ago. Life changing.”

“I was previously taking magnesium oxide but that gave me runny shits on the daily, but I kept taking it because it completely stopped my migraines.”

“Magnesium Oxide kept me up all night! A friend told me to take it before bed for better absorption but it wired me.”

“The first night I took it I slept so deep and long it was like I was drugged...My mood lifts every time, I get more energy, negative intrusive thoughts go quiet”

“No magnesium helps for sleep. I tried magnesium citrate, magnesium oxide, magnesium glycinate”

“I've never had any negative side effects from it (ie gut distress, diarrhea etc), that only happens when you use Oxide and maybe Citrate”

“I tried magnesium oxide 500mg (first) which made me feel like ass”

“i find valarian helps me stay asleep, if you can get past the smell.”

“I then tried raising GABA instead, using Valerian, Passion Flower, L-Theanine etc. All at max dosage, no effect whatsoever.”

“For years I struggled with post workout insomnia. PS along with valerian helped.”

“Valerian/chamomile (also calm, but not as much, chamomile in particular seems to be amazing when im actually very stressed out but not much otherwise)”

“Negative effects on sleep quality came from valerian...valerian vastly improves my latency but quality drops significantly.”

“kava, CBD, and valerian feel the most mentally soothing to me without also making me okay with neglecting my life like SSRIs did.”

“I've tried boosting GABA with Passion Flower, Valerian, L-Theanine, B-complex and more. No effect.”

“I then tried raising GABA using L-Theanine, GABA, Valerian, Passion Flower etc. No effect. None.”

“There are peer reviewed studies that absolutely document benzo like withdrawals from valerian. I definitely think it's safe to say that benzo withdrawals are worse...I can't say there was even a real withdrawal syndrome in the first place.”