How does it feel when you take Coenzyme Q10?
The following qualitative user experience reports and reviews are included to give you an understanding of what the experience of taking Coenzyme Q10 is like.
Anecdotal Coenzyme Q10 experience reports and reviews from Reddit
One person reported the following:
"I've just started taking 200mg a day for the past week and my mental cobwebs have disappeared. I can run further without getting short of breathe. I'm waking up refreshed and going to sleep without sleeping pills or audiobooks.
Anyone else have a similar experience?
For interaction considerations I'm now taking:
L-theanine Multi Coq10 Creatine Fish oil Vegetarian diet"
Another person reported improved physical performance and increased energy levels. [3]
One redditor said the following:
"Anytime I take any form of Coq10 and even sometimes PQQ, I get very awkward in conversations and feel as though my verbal fluency is decreased substantially. I usually feel worse on them. Normally I would just drop any supplement that has that effect, but I want to take it because I take adderall and I've heard it's great for preventing neurotoxicity and heart related sides." [4]
And another redditor said:
"I've been taking the Qunol liquid form for about 2 weeks now and it's amazing. I take 100mg when I wake up and 100mg for lunch. For the first few days it seriously heightened my long and short term memory. Now it's leveled out a bit and my memory is still better, but not like it was at the beginning. I have so much more energy than I used to have. I wake up more well rested, I have less stress, and just a general overall feeling of well being. I have extremely vivid dreams and I sleep much more lightly.
So far so good, it's honestly like a godsend." [5]
But this same person followed up his report after one month of CoQ10 use with the following experience report:
"Now the effects aren't nearly as dramatic. My mood is still increased, but not to the level of euphoria like it was before. My memory is somewhat better and my sleep has gone back to just about normal. Verbal acuity is still increased, but not to the extent of perfect enunciation. I'd say if I was at a 10 out of 10 for my first week, now I'm probably at a 3." [6]
Finally, one person said it improved their cognition, one said it increased their energy levels, and another said it made them tired and lethargic. [7]
There’s a need for more high-quality scientific information about the safety and effectiveness of Coenzyme Q10. Specifically, there’s a great degree of individual variance in how people respond to nootropics in general and Coenzyme Q10 in particular. This means that if you use Coenzyme Q10, you may not experience the same effects as those that were seen in scientific studies on it.
It is currently largely unknown what factors play a role in whether a nootropic will be effective for a person.
While we wait for science to explain who is likely to respond to which nootropics, patient self-experimentation with nootropics that have been found safe and effective in placebo-controlled studies in healthy humans is a proven strategy to feel and perform better with the help of nootropics.
