[Charlie_girl]

Just started day three of Maca and it's not agreeing with me :-/ I'm feeling jittery and anxious! Anyone else feeling this side effect?

Anxious is definitely how maca made me feel. I started adding it (raw powdered form) to my post-workout smoothies at the end of last year because I'd heard it could help build muscle. The first time I had it I ended up feeling so anxious that I was curled up on the bed in tears with an overwhelming sense of worry and panic. I didn't connect it to the maca at first, so added it to my smoothie the next time I worked out. Same thing happened again. I think I was maybe using too much; I understand it's very potent. But that experience was so scary and unpleasant that I didn't touch the stuff again. I've got loads of it left and maybe it'd be ok for me in tiny, tiny doses.

You shouldn't use the raw form. You should use the geletanized form. That, and the fact that you probably took way too much, is why you had that reaction. That's why everyone says to start with 1/2 the recommended dose (or even less), then work your way up very gradually (as in, slightly bump it up every week). Too much of anything too fast will give you some kind of unwanted side effects usually.

I'm sorry you had that reaction. If you try maca again, PLEASE get the geletanized kind (NOT raw), and read what the dosage says, then cut that in half and start there.