It‘s day 2 (!) of taking Panax Ginseng (500mg extract, of which 100mg are ginsenosides). I started with the belief it will be not working just as everything else I tried, just wanted to use it as I paid it and it was laying around too long, expiring soon. But strangely the last 2 days I experienced a big very significant relief in my symptoms of my diagnosed depression and anxiety.

AS it‘s ONLY DAY 2 and very very common for people to placebo after starting some supplement and then be claiming really early that this works wonders and cures diseases after just starting, I just want to ask you guys about

• your experiences with ginseng (similar?)
• and knowledge about its psycho-pharmacological properties that might be influential and affecting mental health, depression and/or anxiety (to the level or type that I noticed now).

First day, yesterday, hour or so after I took the first Ginseng capsule, I noticed my depression (low unstable mood, anhedonia, lack of drive, negative thought/spirals etc.) and anxiety (generalized,
social anxiety) was suddenly much much better. Like a lot.

Mood is stable and good, positive. Anxiety is away. I can get out of bed again, go into public and out of my apartment again, I answer call/ and do calls again, I shower and brush my teeth again, I move, I don‘t lay in bed all day anymore, I make myself something to eat and eat more again, I find pleasure in these things and others and have a better outlook again, my thoughts are way more positive, I have a lot of more energy in comparison (also physical - before I was almost wheelchair level regarding my physical energy and movement a day, not trying to exaggerate, before even moving a finger was like oh man this is kinda exhausting). I also have a better focus again and can think clearer, remember stuff and feel way less brain fog.

Today, second time I took it, is the same.

Of course I would come back after prolonged trial of this and post about my experience if it really works and gets clearer that I really experience this insane symptom reduction of Ginseng.