 What exactly happened after weeks and months of supplementing ashwagandha? Well, let's find out. Hey, what's up, Greg here, the founder of your Inception. Welcome to my channel. If you want to learn top secrets about nitropics and supplements, then subscribe below to study your journey. Today, I'm going to share with you my experience with ashwagandha. Now, I've been taking it for a while as an individual compound in different forms, which I'll mention soon, and I'll also try it out as part of a more complex supplement for anti-stress and anti-anxiety. And today, I want to tell you what kind of benefits I got, how I took it, and at the end of the video, I'm going to tell you if I really recommend supplementing ashwagandha or not. So if you're ready, let's just begin. Now, the first thing you have to know about ashwagandha is that this is an adatogen herb that has been used for centuries in traditional Indian medicine. So whenever we talk about a herb that has been used for centuries, then we can kind of convince that it must be more or less a pretty safe supplement to take, at least now and then. Now, it's hard to say if this is really true until we put it to the test, but at least we know this is not a synthetic compound, man-made compound, but it's something naturally confined and has been used for a long period of time. Now, many people supplement ashwagandha because of two main benefits. The first one is it can reduce stress and anxiety, and the second one is that as a consequence, it can boost your energy. Now, if you want to learn more about the benefits, I made another video which you can check up here and there we dive deep into the benefits of ashwagandha. Now, the reason why I decided to test ashwagandha as an individual compound was because I was really stressed out in the past couple of months. I had so much to do and I wanted to see if ashwagandha is one of the herbs that I tested that could potentially help me out. So I was mainly searching for the subjective benefits that I would feel and I wanted to see if it really provides some kind of benefits, if you can really feel the benefits. By the way, guys, have you ever tried ashwagandha? And if yes, did it work for you? Let me know in the comment section below. That would be really interesting to know. So during my test, I actually tried three versions of ashwagandha. I tried just the basic normal one, which is a whole plant extract. I don't want to show you the brand because it really doesn't matter. But just so you know, that's something I was taking. Then I tried Sensoryl, which is a branded extract. And then I tried the famous KSM66, which is probably the most potent and the most well-known branded extract of ashwagandha. By the way, if you want to know the difference between those, I'll make another video very soon and you'll be able to see it up here. So stay tuned, subscribe, and you'll be able to see what's the difference between those versions of ashwagandha and which one is the best. So here's how I started my test. I took about 200 to 400 milligrams of ashwagandha in the morning with food. When I was taking the whole plant extract, this one, in the liquid form, I took about 400 milligrams. I think that was about 56 drops of ashwagandha. And I just put it on a spoon and I swallowed it. It doesn't have the best taste, but it's kind of all right. And when I was taking the KSM and the Sensoryl form of ashwagandha, I took a bit lower dosage, about 100 to 200 milligrams per day because this is a more potent, in general, more potent version, and you can take a lower dosage. And I also took it with food in the morning, usually. I tried it out in the afternoon, but also tried out in the evening. Based on my experience, the best time to take ashwagandhas in the morning with food, because you can then expect to have a whole day long of benefits and positive effects. And that's why you're taking this compound in the first place anyway. Now, some people ask me before if you can take ashwagandha in the evening to improve the quality of your sleep. Now, I checked out the studies and there aren't that many studies showing the positive effects of ashwagandha on sleep quality. And if you don't take really high dosages, we're talking about grams of ashwagandha. It's not going to make you sleepy. So you can easily take it in the morning or during the day. But if you take it in the evening, that's fine as well. I didn't experience any kind of side effects or whatever. So that was just good. Now, the main benefit I noticed when I was supplementing ashwagandha was that I felt more relaxed. It wasn't like this instant effect that, you know, when I swallowed the drops that I just kind of, you know, I was able to breathe like if you take some other less legal compounds. But it was more like after taking ashwagandha for a couple of weeks on a daily basis, more or less, I was able to deal with stress easily. And that's the point of adaptogenic herbs. That's how they work. They don't necessarily provide this short-term kick or anti-stress effect, but it's more like they work. They provided more long-term benefits in a way that I've just explained. So you can deal with stress easily. You have more energy, feel more relaxed, you feel happier. Now, I've also found some comments of people who said that they feel immediate benefits. Now, I didn't do that. But, you know, I think this really depends from person to person. Now, in general, I was really satisfied with ashwagandha. I felt really good after weeks of testing it. And based on that, I would definitely recommend trying it out. If you work under severe stress, if you want to have a bit more energy, feel a bit more relaxed. And, you know, keep in mind that ashwagandha provides a whole bunch of benefits. So, yeah, it's a very potent and very effective compound. Now, the question is, can you take ashwagandha daily? So every single day for years or whatever. Now, based on the studies, we don't really know. Ashwagandha has been studied a lot. There are a lot of human studies done, but we don't really know what happens if you take ashwagandha every single day for years. Based on the fact that ashwagandha has been used in traditional Indian medicine for centuries, I think it's very safe also for long-term use. But until we know, yeah, one way to do that, to avoid any kind of potential side effect is to just cycle it. So you can take it for five days on, stay off of it two days. So you take it from Monday to Friday, then you don't take it from Saturday to Sunday and then repeat the cycle. That's what I usually do with compounds. And it's, you know, it's really good to do it that way because kind of a stay on the safe side. Of course, to kind of test a bit what works for you. But in terms of pure science and science studies that we know, we can't confirm that you can take ashwagandha for in a longer period without any kind of side effect, but it seems to be. Super safe. Now, when it comes to dosages, it kind of depends if you only going to supplement ashwagandha or if you're going to combine it with our compounds like Bacopa Monerii. You can check my full review up here or with Yola Roséa, another review up here. I recommend both adeption herbs because they're really effective. But you know, check out the videos and you will see for yourself. If you're going to combine ashwagandha with those compounds, then yeah, you can probably take a bit lower dosage. Somewhere between 50, 100 to maybe 200 milligrams. It depends on the version of ashwagandha that you have. But if you take it on its own, you can take a higher dosage up to 400 milligrams per day because the other compounds won't really provide the compound effects. So it's only ashwagandha that provides the effects. And as I said before, it's recommended taking it with food. During the day, it's probably the best time to take it. Now, one funny thing is that since ashwagandha can also improve your cognition, you can find it in some brain supplements. But what's more interesting, you're going to find it more in anti-stress supplements. And the reason for that is because yes, even though it can slightly improve your cognition by making you less stressed, it's more of a compound for anti-stress supplements than for brain supplements. So yeah, my final recommendation, yes, absolutely ashwagandha in any kind of form is really, really good. It's really beneficial. It can help you out, but you need to try it out for yourself. You need to test it. And then you will see if it works for you or not. Take it for a while. Don't expect to provide any kind of magical benefits after you take it only once. But if you take it for a while, it's going to build up in your system. And I think you're going to be really satisfied as I was. All right, guys, that's it for this video. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to subscribe to this channel. I have some really cool videos coming up soon. Don't forget to follow your reception on Facebook, Instagram, and I hope to see you soon, guys. Take care.