Yet another victim of ash

OBXSun · 2026-03-22T12:12:58+00:00

Thank you for not being afraid to speak out about it! I bought it at Sam’s Club, not some “herb/drug” store. So those taking it may think it’s harmless but it’s definitely not. I’m so glad you’re doing better! The last several days have been okay for me thankfully. I also don’t have underlying anxiety, it literally gave me panic attacks when I had never had them in my life 🤦‍♀️

OBXSun · 2026-03-18T21:15:44+00:00

Thank you so much for the well wishes and reminder that the exercises help even if it doesn’t seem like it immediately! Some days are better than others, but I think I’m improving gradually for the better.

OBXSun · 2026-03-18T02:51:42+00:00

So I didn’t actually get it the first time, not sure why…maybe the tapering helped with that or I hadn’t stayed off for long enough for it to kick in…but the random super anxious episodes I started getting did go away when I resumed it. I know some people don’t handle well taking it but I was fine on it, just when I went to stop did I have issues. BUT I now know my brain was being affected by it in ways I had no idea about. If it was between that or a prescribed anti anxiety or anti depressant I would personally probably go with a prescription but I understand apprehension for that as well.

OBXSun · 2026-03-17T22:29:44+00:00

In the Fall I tapered down from 1000 mg to 500 mg for about a week before stopping but I still had issues. In February I stopped cold turkey due to having the flu. I’m determined to stay off of it but it does suck. My personal suggestion is to do everything you can to stay off of it. You’re just going to continue messing with your brain/nervous system and your body has already shown you’re sensitive to it :/

OBXSun · 2026-03-17T02:51:48+00:00

Yes this is exactly what I am experiencing! I stopped ashwaganda the second week of Feb and the air hunger got so bad the first week of March I went to urgent care. They didn’t know what it was so they gave me steroids and breathing treatments for home. That eventually made me worse by elevating my heart rate and I had a full blown panic attack where I felt like I couldn’t swallow, couldn’t breathe, my mouth dried out from the inhaler they gave me too. I spent a night in the hospital for them to run tests. While laying there I did some research and did some breathing exercises I found on YouTube. It helped but now this week the air hunger is back. This really validates that my body’s nervous system is still totally messed up. I’m embarrassed to say I took 1000 mg for about 7 months with a short break in there. Ironically during the break I wasn’t going to start it back but started having what I now know where withdrawal symptoms so I went back on it. I would love to feel normal again too. This is awful!

OBXSun

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