Thanks a million for posting this, about Ephedrine. In 2004, my boyfriend and I faithfully committed to the Body For Life program, as we were going to work the program and be healthy together. We were pressured to buy and consume their supplements, one of which was Ephedrine (I forget what their label on it was, but the headlining ingredient was ephedrine). I am incredibly drug sensitive, and while the pounds melted off, my boyfriend and I noticed that my personality completely changed. I felt like I was on drugs, I was shaky and irritable, I couldn’t sleep, and it threw me into a tailspin. I became depressed (!!!) and suicidal, and I felt so anxious.
We wondered if it wasn’t because we were on such an intense workout program, that my body was changing, and with those changes, became a temporary change in my moods.
Not so.
My boyfriend, while not so drug sensitive, noticed that he was having adverse reactions to the supplements and ephedrine regime we were on, as well. It was scary, for both us, and we couldn’t figure out what was going on.
After my hair started to fall out, and my mood swings and depression increased, we also noticed that I had stopped menstruating! I am a young woman (I’m in my mid 30s), and this was all very scary.
After some research, we realized it was the ephedrine, and we immediately threw it out. We also wondered if the creatine we were on was also an aiding and abetting factor to what was happening, and that too, went into our garbage bin.
A scary conclusion to story was that the ephedrine interrupted my body’s chemistry and menstruation, and only by help from my physician, did my body return to normal again. Finally, 5 years later, my body’s chemistry has returned to normal.
Please think about my story, before you consider using ephedrine for any reason.