Supernova Naturals - Siberian Rhodiola Rosea 500mg - 60 Vegetarian caps

I am pretty busy, so I have to be really compelled to write a review, but I felt it important to share my experience. When I initially tried this supplement I took the entire capsule and it made me irritable, more anxious and drowsy. I almost gave up then but decided to lower the dose to 1/2 a capsule. That wasn't as bad but maybe a little too much so I halved that amount. I either pour it into a shot of water or scoop it into veggie capsules from Doterra. Wow! This supplement has drastically improved my life. Several years ago I developed a highway driving phobia. I started taking 100-200mg before driving, and it kills that physical anxiety response that proceeds a panic attack. I am now able to drive all over town on the highway. I was taking occasionally to help with he driving, and then I noticed that if I took it before tackling a to-do list or doing a task I dreaded that it made it so much easier ;less foreboding. I began taking it more regularly since I noticed that it greatly decreased my generalized anxiety as a whole, yet keeps me sharp, focused, and on task. Most of the time it helps with my lack of mid-day energy, too. I have hypothyroidsim and by 1 or 2pm I am exhausted. Occasionaly that still happens when I take this, but not as much. My husband is a physician, and he hypothesized that my anxiety was exhausting me, and perhaps that's why this supplement helps with the afternoon crash? I am not sure, but it really doesn't matter. A couple more things to mention: this supplement does wonders for one's sex drive and the ability to... well, you know! It makes me hyper sensitive, in a good way. It also decreases my social anxiety and makes me feel confident and competent. I just began to take this regularly after getting the green light from my hubby who "thinks it seems safe"- by the way, traditional docs really don't know much about herbs so take their advice or lack thereof with that knowledge in mind. After taking for a few days in a row I started to feel an eclipse of happiness come into my life, the likes of which I don't think I've felting years. Not euphoria, but just calm, peaceful contentedness characterized by the absence of anxiety. I am hopeful that with regular use I can feel that way most of the time.

This is great quality based on what is recommended of this product, and does help with elevating moods. I didn't ever experience any problems with sleep if taken too late, never had any hyperactive reactions whatsoever. It did, however, give me a natural energy boost that helped whenever my moods would rather I stay in bed!I started with one a day, then went to two after a few days, and am finishing up my second bottle. One thing I would recommend is every other weekend taking a break from these...actually, every two to three weekends I don't take any supplements. But, these in particular started to give me restless sleep after three weeks straight.UPDATE: I'm on my fourth bottle of this product, and about halfway through. Every single time I take one of these now I get super fatigued and agitated. I don't know about long-term effects, but I'm guessing my body doesn't take well to these long term. I'm going to stop and possibly pick them up at a later time, if needed!

First of all, let me introduce myself since it's the first time I make a review on amazon. I'm from Switzerland and I'm in my fourth year of pharmaceutical sciences in university. I have study botanical and my teachers talked to me about Rhodiola rosea, so I decided to give it a try for 3 weeks in an exam period (sorry for my english).Rhodiola Rosea is called the "tundra's ginseng" because of it's adaptogen effect, this plant is very resistant and grow naturally on mountain up to 3000 meters (9 842 feet) in Europe. I used for 3 weeks and I'm very pleased with the effects.I felt more energy, nothing like caffeine but more like motivation energy and intellectual energy, this has been proved that Rhodiola rosea reduce cortisol and increase concentration.In vitro, studies also show an inhibition of the acetylcholineesterase, this can explain the stimulation effect on the central nervous system.It has also a little effect antidepressant this can be explain because it can have an inhibitory effect on the monoamine oxydases A and B, this study have been make in vitro but recently a study on rat show a clearly improvement on the depression.The most ingredients that have the effects are the phenylethanol derivate called salidroside and the phenylpropanoïdes (rosavine, rosin and rosarine).The brand is good and the shipping was very good.I recommend this product for exam period at school or person that are often stress. The dosage I took was 1 g a day in divided dose.If you have any question, let me know and I'll try to answer it.Adrien