Your experiences with grape seed extract.
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Nov 2018
Summary
Pycnogenol, a grape-derived extract, taken at a high initial dose of four capsules before later dropping to a lower maintenance amount; duration of illness and severity are not stated. He described an intense bodily reaction at the high dose, a fizzing sensation spreading through his body, followed by feeling fantastic. At the lower maintenance dose he noticed no effect at all, and he later concluded grape derivatives need higher doses than typically recommended, spaced 3-4 days apart. No sustained or lasting improvement is reported beyond that dose-dependent, transient response.
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