Swanson Full Spectrum Ashwagandha - Natural Stress, Energy, Sleep & Immune Support* - Traditional Ayurvedic Supplement - Gluten-Free & Non-GMO - 100 Vegan Capsules

I love this stuff. In the last few years I've had significant depression coupled with anxiety. My fuse has been very short and I am extremely bitchy when I am alone (as my pets can attest, having to listen to me). I am also subject to crying jags, where if I have one, then I will cry all day. ALL DAY. I was at the end of my rope and found Ashwagandha. I figured... for less that $10, it's a cheap experiment. Well, it works! Within just a few minutes of taking this, I no longer feel emotional extremes and this is a god send to me. No more crying, no more frustration... just blissful even feelings. I want to build a monument to Ashwagandha! This is great stuff. If you have similar issues as I do, $10 could buy you the relief you need. I won't ever be without it now. I consider this medication - that's how reliably it works for me. I haven't tried other brands and I'm kind of scared to because this works so well for me. If this has helped you, please mark it helpful. Thank you :) UPDATE: I've tried other brands since posting this review and I always come back to this one. The others I've tried have black pepper in them and I don't feel like those are as effective for me as this brand, which does not have black pepper. With other brands, I don't feel like I experience the noticeable "smoothing out" within a few mins. I feel better still, but I don't notice them kicking in. I couldn't get this brand on auto-ship before, which was why I tried other brands, but I'll stick with Swanson for as long as they keep offering Subscribe & Save.

Good dosage easy to swallow

Great product

Didn’t know I was highly sensitive to anything “mind hindering” was supposed to relax me but gave me panic attacks. NOT the products fault it works amazing for my brother which is why I gave it 4 stars. I wish it had a warning for that. Please be careful to those who are sensitive to caffeine, chamomile tea, or even weed or alcohol. It can cause panic attacks and distress

I've taken Ashwaganda for a month now. It's great. I immediately felt less stressed with everything going on in my life. I have recently paired it with Rhodiola and I have to say I am much calmer, more able to deal with issues rather than ignore them. My procrastination is not as bad. I attempt to face issues rather than ignore. So I have to say this is definitely a great herb. Surprised I haven't thought of using before. Happy I stumbled onto it. I take 2 capsules of Ashwaganda and 1 capsule of Rhodiola a day. (separately) UPDATE: I've been on Ashwaganda for a year now. I have to say I still rate it with 5 stars. I have long hectic days and have low stress tolerance when not taking this. but I am still patient with my dosage of ashwagandha. I take mid morning - before lunch and it helps me get through my day. Sometimes if my day is very long I'll take another one before dinner. This has also been helping me with my thyroid disease. It keeps me balanced and after a year I have no complaints. P.S. the diarrhea never came back!

I started taking Ashwagandha a while ago to help relieve anxiety symptoms. I work from home, and sometimes I can feel like the walls are closing in on me. Not all the time, but when it does hit me it's a terrible feeling. I get very shaky and nervous, and imagine all sorts of more serious problems are at hand from the slightest ache or pain, which can very well see the situation spiral out of control. (The old "feeling of impending doom" thingy that true anxiety sufferers know all too well I'm afraid). Though I have taken a mood support supplement in the past for years, it never made me feel so totally relaxed as when I started combining it with Ashwagandha. I actually couldn't believe how good I felt after taking it the first time. I just felt so relaxed, unhurried, and content. It was as good as any miracle drug could be at the time I promise you. And I have been taking it ever since, and still feel its working continuously at taking the edge off and making me feel more secure and relaxed all the time. One capsule morning and night it all it takes. And you will even sleep much more soundly with it. I only wish I had found it years ago... I have tried several brands of this in the past, and keep coming back to the Swansons for the price, and more importantly the brand has never disappointed me. I've taken other supplements by them as well, and still do, (including Lycopene and CoQ10). The price is very reasonable, as well as always available and shipped quickly here on Amazon, and as mentioned before, consistently effective. If you have a problem or a history of stress/anxiety disorders I highly suggest you try this before that horrible feeling of the deep end being just up ahead overwhelms you. I can't promise it will be as effective for you, but for me personally it's working wonderfully, and I won't be without it again... : )

Let me start by saying, I was very skeptical that any natural products can heal you. I will also give a run down of my ailments. I have 2 ruptured disks in my back, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, anxiety and panic attacks, and I never sleep. I was on a huge list of meds that I absolutely hated taking, but had no choice. I read up on the Ashwagandha Root and decided to try it, what did I have to lose? I started with 2 capsules at bedtime. Now normally at bedtime, I took a Xanax, a muscle relaxer, and narcotic pain medicine just to be able to relax, keep my pain manageable, and get about an hour of sleep before I woke up. I did this every night, slept an hour, woke up an hour, slept and hour, etc. The first night I took the Ashwagandha, I didn't take the Xanax, muscle relaxer, or narcotic. I slept for 3 hours before waking. That sounds bad, but it was so much better than the usual. I repeated this every night. Not only am I more relaxed, my pain has somewhat subsided. Not completely, but it's tolerable. Better yet, I'm not putting those awful drugs in my system. I have not had a Xanax or narcotic in 2 weeks and counting. I have had to take a muscle relaxer now and then when the pain gets unbearable from muscle spasms, but much less frequently. I can't say much about the Ashwagandha root making me feel out of it or loopy like other reviews, it did not have that effect on me, I never felt drugged or out of it or loopy. I have noticed my tolerance for idiots and my patience has increased since taking it, so it does provide a calming effect without the "glassy, loopy eyes, who cares", effect Xanax has. Read the ingredients, it's all natural, why not give it a shot and just see if it makes a difference in you? It did for me and the biggest plus was getting off addictive drugs that are not good for you. As always, consult with you doctor on everything you take and never stop a medicine you take regularly abruptly. Some medications require that you be weaned off of them to prevent withdrawals and sometimes seizures or worse. That was my experience and I'll be purchasing more.

I've tried several over-the-counter remedies for chronic stress, including L-Arginine, Ginkgo, Ginseng, all without any noticeable effect at all. In comparison, Ashwagandha is amazing. I have no idea why this product is not more well-known and popular. For me, Ashwagandha produces a calming effect very quickly, within about 15 minutes. Not only that, it does not fade quickly at all. It seems to help the entire day. The effect was felt from the very first dose. I take the recommended dose: 2 pills twice a day. I don't want to overstate the case here, but Ashwagandha has literally changed my life in the last few weeks. It provides quick, long-lasting stress relief, and does so without side-effects. I don't take any supplement without looking at medical studies about results and side-effects. Other than slight fatigue, which may in fact be just the calming effect, I've not experienced any negative side-effects. The positive effects, however, are numerous. I can't provide a link in this review, but you can read an overview of the medical studies on Ashwagandha by searching Google for "Scientific Basis for the Therapeutic Use of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha): A Review"