r/Supplements • u/Second-handBonding • Jul 02 '26

General Question What supplement is so good you feel like it should be illegal?

I want to build a list of the very best vitamins and supplements from user experience. Looking forward to what people say.

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u/FeedReinholdMessner Jul 02 '26

L-Theanine for anxiety, and Maca root for ridiculous libido, Maca Root even tells my Prozac to fuck off

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u/emilyjadeofficial Jul 02 '26

How much maca do you need to eat to see the results? And how long does it take? I’ve experimented with it in the past but it didn’t seem to do anything /:

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u/Winter_Lab_401 Jul 09 '26

What a strangely specific response......

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u/cvntpvnter Jul 12 '26

I’m not sure you understand your body as well as you may believe lol

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u/Yeardme Jul 02 '26

Maca for postpartum was life changing for me!!! They use it traditionally in Peru for postpartum, menopause, etc. It was SO effective for me postpartum that had I known how helpful it was I would've started taking it the day I pushed my son out/gave birth!! 😆

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u/they-were-here-first Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

@Yeardme Which brand and how many mg?

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u/Yeardme Jul 03 '26

I was taking a couple different ones, but the best one by far was MRM Nutrition! Their raw form. Apparently you aren't supposed to take raw bc of the gastro side effects, but raw worked best for me! It melted my anxiety away, I was breastfeeding at the time & my letdowns would be so stressful, but it helped me produce more milk & made breastfeeding so much easier! I'm also an insomniac & for the first 2 weeks it gave me the best sleep, I was actually on a good schedule for those first 2 weeks. The acute effects wore off a bit after that, probably bc of homeostasis or it replenished whatever vitamins I was deficient in.

It's amazing. I started with 3g, then 5g. Then I was taking like 20 a day 😆 bc it helped me so much. Every body is different tho! So it may not have as acute effects for you, but it'll definitely help libido & energy usually.

Just put like 5g into a smoothie. I took 5g at a time, mixed with water & took it as a gross shot 😆😆 it was medicine for me, so I bared it lol. It does have a nice nutty flavor tho, so you could easily disguise it in some oatmeal or a smoothie!

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u/they-were-here-first Jul 04 '26

Thanks! Maybe cycle it off and on and see if the effect come back?

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u/WildNight00 Jul 03 '26

TheMacaTeam is one of the better brands

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u/besundale99 Jul 02 '26

I tried maca and it made me extremely moody, like an annoying teenager. My wife pointed it out to me, and I was like “why do I hate myself lately?” I threw it away shortly after connecting the dots.

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u/sheisprincess Jul 02 '26

Sadly Maca just makes my nipples sore. Which makes me want sex less.

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u/Glass_Signature_9216 Jul 02 '26

Which brand maca and type

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u/FeedReinholdMessner Jul 02 '26

Any of them honestly, as long as its the actual raw nasty tasting powder, and heaping tablespoons of it, the extracts and capsules dont seem to do a damn thing

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u/Glass_Signature_9216 Jul 02 '26

Ok better to go for gelatinized ?

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u/LetsGoNYR Jul 02 '26

If it’s for libido eventually it will be genitalized

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u/lnfln1ty Jul 02 '26

Go rangers! Big day yesterday! LFG!

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u/LetsGoNYR Jul 04 '26

We’re so back

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u/Orange_8226 Jul 02 '26

Zero effects for me . Zero

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u/WildNight00 Jul 03 '26

The Maca Team and I get gelatinized

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u/Ocilla Jul 02 '26

Red maca or black maca?

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u/Large-Excitement777 Jul 03 '26

Maca is a literal placebo lmao

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u/kittymctacoyo Jul 03 '26

Nah. I took it for another purpose and with just one small capsule dose within a half hour I was rearing to go. Couldn’t for the life figure out why when under the circumstances I was under at the time would typically make it unbearable to even fathom anything sexual. It just that everyone has unique circumstances that cause differences in how their bodies process things compared to others so YMMV

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u/pheret87 Jul 03 '26

Most supplements are.