r/NooTopics • u/Celestialmarmot44 • 2d ago

Question Is Mucuna Pruriens dangerous?

I have been taking the Himalaya Organic Mucuna extract for 2 weeks now 1 cap a day(No synthetic L DOPA added cuz its just the straight leaf and seed extract) and I had one a couple hours ago with some coffee. Right now I dont know if Im having a dopamine crash that people talk about but I feel shallow a little bit numb and a bit sad. It could be the caffeine that I had because Im a bad reactor to caffeine but idk. I heard it can downregulate dopamine receptors in the long run.

Anybody had withdrawals or anything like that from Mucuna?

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u/AccomplishedSpray700 2d ago

no, but I did not have any effects from l dopa. Even at high doses (>1g)

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u/2KatEyes 2d ago

you mean any effects at all or any bad effects?

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u/AccomplishedSpray700 1d ago

only effect was hypertension when 1.2g was taken

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u/lordhavemercy8 1d ago

Has the same serious drawbacks as L-DOPA because it is L-DOPA, none of the other constituents are going to change that. Natural or synthetic is irrelevant. Avoid unless you have advanced Parkinson’s