So I ended up missing a few days accidently and decided to do a cycle rather than a full 5 weeks strait. That said, I was like a day shy of 4 weeks and saw no apparent pre. I have decided to change the dosage. I was taking the
PipingRock Ultra Standardized 100mg (per cap) twice a day for a week and saw quite an improvement. To be fair, I have been taking pygeum for a while now so seeing results this soon(ish) is not unexpected, frankly the opposite in my opinion. I have also decided that this next week I will add my other pygeum which is the
Carlyle Ultra Standardized 650mg (per cap) twice a day. If the pre disappears again, then I will just stick to the PipingRock one.
That said, I think the best way to look at pygeum (from my failures) is that it is like caffeine. With caffeine, 400mg daily is the recommended max but taking 600mg occasionally is fine. If you take 600mg too often, it can lead to health issues. With that, logically taking a 5,000mg cap or multiple caps making up thousands of mg is not a good idea. While I know that I say this and by doing the math I am taking 1,500mg a day, it is planned for only a week. I will note that the thing I did notice after a week of being on the PipingRock caps was that my nose was runny and the mucus was thick enough that it didn't drip but oozed out (I know it is gross but stick with me here). When I moved to taking the Carlyle as well, the mucus dried up. What I propose is that when taking pygeum, look at your nose. Precum and snot are both mucus so if your nose is runny with a good consistency, your precum will get that way with time.
What I did notice with the higher doses though was a quicker increase in initial precum. Like how when taking a caffeine pill at 100mg or 200mg, there is a noticeable difference. That said, I wouldn't suggest buying a high dose cap, or taking multiple caps in the first day to "jumpstart" the process. If you did choose to go with the high dose caps, I would highly suggest taking them and opening them up so that you can take less. Maybe make it into a shake or something... Bottom line, high caps are not the way, at least for pre. The
other uses for pygeum are probably taking effect with the higher doses.