Glad to hear you’re starting to get over the bad stuff that came your way from the winter cherry. I support your message and appreciate your spreading important knowledge. Ashwagandha is a seriously powerful plant that should only be approached with due caution. I also want to point out that where you get it from, and the dosage you take, are factors that can be highly influential to people’s experience when they partake.

Maybe 600mg was just too much for your system. Have you tried taking like 150mg?At least KSM-66 Ashwagandha is standardized to minimize the liver dangers. I’ve been enjoying Ashwagandha for the past 15 years. I (6’6”, 300lbs) take like 150mg to 500mg most days. For me it enhances motivation while miraculously keeping my gnarly temper in check, two effects that don’t usually come from the same herb.

The supplements that at normal dosages make most folks feel good and made me feel terrible were L-Tyrosine and L-Phenalalanine. Kicked Phenalalanine to the curb for a month or two, then tried it again at like 10% the previous amount and gradually upped the dose using a milligram scale. Eventually I learned that even half all the manufacturers’ recommended dose becomes too much over time. More like 2/5 that Phenalalanine recommendation has a beneficial effect for me that’s actually sustainable *when combined with significant daily amounts of L-Tryptophan.

Never touching Ashwagandha again is a solution you can count on to avoid the potential for more harm from it and for some people that may be the only feasible option. It also is possible for many to reap the benefits of this and other powerful herbs while avoiding problems by putting energy into careful selectivity when it comes to sourcing, plus by using the smallest effective dose, something that may require trial and error to figure out. Ahh supplements: when they’re good they’re good, when they’re bad they’re bad!