BulkSupplements.com Rhodiola Extract Powder - 3% Salidrosides, Rhodiola Rosea Extract - Herbal Supplement, Gluten Free, 200mg per Serving, 250g (8.8 oz) (Pack of 1)

Truly a great and high quality product. I've been using the Rhodiola Salidroside powder for about two weeks and has been giving the extra kick I need. Great for someone who likes to have clean long lasting energy throughout there day, in small doses I would recommend this product to everyone. The benefits of Rhodiola include energy, stamina, strength, shortening recovery time, depression, social anxiety and sexual function. In my personal experience, I have felt all of these benefits and will continue to use this product daily.My main use being social anxiety. I feel I can approach others, chat with people more comfortably and honestly, and be less in my head in the process. I also use it prior to my workouts to improve my endurance and focus. Rhodiola doesn't change my personality or how I act which I love. I've used many other things such as Adderall, Tribulus, and Phosphatidylserine but they same to change my personality or habits.Sometimes, I use just a pinch in the morning with my coffee, other times I find myself taking 1/4 a teaspoon. Not sure that is recommended because due to its stimulant effects may make others overly anxious.

This is my first re-order of this supplement - the first was complimentary for writing a review for another supplement I have purchased from BulkSupplements. As with the Acetyl-L-Carnitine that I have been taking for about 2 years, the quality and effectiveness have been exceptional, not to say anything about the great price. Back to the Rhodiola Rosea, I selected this from a large selection of supplements that was offered by BulkSupplements based upon customer reviews of the product. The thing that caught my interest was its purported property to calm and provide focus and energy. After taking for about 2 months I did not notice anything in particular so when I went on a month long trip to China, I did not bring it with me - even though I did take all the rest of my daily regimen of other vitamins and supplements with me. That is when I noticed a difference in my mood and overall feeling of well being. Without the the Rosea I felt somewhat down and not as upbeat. I believe that it is one of those things that you don't notice a big difference when you start taking it and the overall benefits are so gradual that you don't feel it so much as your overall sense of well being increases but you do notice it when you stop taking it. Additionally, there were other purported health benefits so I will definitely continue to take Rosea.

Does not taste good. Very strong flavor.incredibly effective controlling stressRaises my energy level (cannot take in the evening)First, this supplement drove me to buy a capsule machine. It's incredibly effective and was triggering nausea. It got so I couldn't eat and had to stop all supplements to recover.Once encapsulated, I wondered why I'd ever had a problem. Until I burped. Never mind.I use 1800 mg of this at a time. That is the therapeutic dose recommended by Daniel G. Amen in the first edition of his book, "Healing ADD". I've also tried ginseng, ashwagandha, Relora and holy basil. I've found that as long as you stick to therapeutic doses, they all work.I purchased all of these adaptogens because I have ADHD so severe I have frequent, brief episodes of amnesia. I might be at a meeting and remember everything except 5 minutes. Those 5 minutes will cease to exist for me. I've been told by my doctor that I'm perfectly cogent during these episodes but the memory is lost.Being the little scientist that I am, I dug into brain biochemistry and discovered phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine both precursors for critical neurotransmitters linked to memory/recall and alertness/focus respectively. Supplementation with these two was partially successful. I increased my memory/recall much more than my concentration/focus could handle. My own recall would overwhelm my focus and I'd get confused as the information crowded in too fast. I'd also forgotten *working memory*. I don't know of any neurotransmitters involved but I knew stress could reduce working memory. I'd had mine measured and it was crap - at least 2 standard deviations away from expected based on my IQ.I had ordered the rhodiola, ashwagandha and ginseng, so basically threw all of the at the problem.1800 mg of the rhodialia1000 mg of American ginseng1000 mg of ashwagandhaAll of it taken in the morning. It would been better to split the doses, but there was no way I could have remembered.Within 3-4 days of this admittedly heavy dose, things started to ease up. The confusion from thinking slowed down. After about 3-4 weeks I noticed I was feeling almost "empty-headed" and constantly had the feeling that I'd forgotten something.Then I noticed my driving had improved. Radically.I've always been a slow, road boulder driver. My friends won't let me drive, because they can't stand to watch me hesitate, almost-panic, take completely unnecessary precautions. One day, I noticed I was driving like a normal person. I could merge into formerly impossible small spaces. I could match speeds quickly and easily. One of my friends exclaimed "You drove at --- mph! You drove like a GERMAN. I am proud of you." German????!!! As in the Autobahn german?I was mystified until I realized the working memory and also processing speed must have increased. It couldn't just be memory and concentration. And the only thing that I KNOW can affect that is reduction in stress levels.I experimented with using adaptogens 3-4 times during the day and discovered they will control stress eating. All of the adaptogens I tried controlled my stress eating. The desire to nibble on things that would start at about 4 PM and continue until I fell asleep was stopped cold if I took any one of them at 2 - 4 PM. But I found 1800 mg of the rhodiola was too stimulating keeping me up to 2 AM. With such a heavy therapeutic dose, it's good for eight hours. BTW, it also increases blood flow to the brain. You might not want to combine with gingkoI tried the ashwagandha and also holy basil at 10 - 11 PM along with taurine (a sleep aid) and it was the best night's sleep in a long, long time. Basically, I'm stressing in my sleep - I grind my teeth, tense up my muscles until they cramp, and have nightmares (i'm a screamer).Basically, I think all of these adaptogens will reduce stress. The rhodiola is great for daytime use. It definitely gives you an energy boost besides controlling stress. It's too energizing for evening use. If you want to buy the powder, you DEFINITELY want to encapsulate. (Bulksupplements does sell the Capsule Machine but on their website, not on Amazon).