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Hi Guys,
This past month I was able to obtain a script for Cialis due to some ED issues I've been having for several months (at my wife's urging). I've had 3 doses now of the 5mg variety and have been rather surprised by some of the unintended side effects (outside of the normal reasons for taking it).
After the first dose, I had a reduction in my overall ME/CFS symptoms for about 4-5 days. Was surprised by this as I've been having a fairly steady decline the past several months. After those 4-5 days however, I crashed pretty hard without warning over a period of a few hours.
Not sure if the above scenario was related to the medication or not, I tried the Cialis again a few weeks later after I had recovered.
I had a similar period of reduction in my symptoms that lasted 3 days before I started feeling like I was cresting and starting back down again (hard), so I immediately took another to see what would happen. That apparent beginning of a crash appeared to be mitigated and I climbed back into the "better than my norm" range. Thankfully, things worked out where 3 days later when that one wore off, it was a weekend where I could just rest and not exacerbate the return to increased symptoms. I was able to level out after that and haven't taken another dose since then.
Has anyone else had something similar or some other reaction to the Cialis?
I've been trying to research it some in the forums here and have found some posts about how NO might be good for ME/CFSers, but the Cialis doesn't reportedly increase the levels of NO, it just interacts with what the body already has on board.
Anyone have any idea might might be going on?
If this were to be a consistent result of my taking this drug, I might have to purchase stock in the company that makes it!
This past month I was able to obtain a script for Cialis due to some ED issues I've been having for several months (at my wife's urging). I've had 3 doses now of the 5mg variety and have been rather surprised by some of the unintended side effects (outside of the normal reasons for taking it).
After the first dose, I had a reduction in my overall ME/CFS symptoms for about 4-5 days. Was surprised by this as I've been having a fairly steady decline the past several months. After those 4-5 days however, I crashed pretty hard without warning over a period of a few hours.
Not sure if the above scenario was related to the medication or not, I tried the Cialis again a few weeks later after I had recovered.
I had a similar period of reduction in my symptoms that lasted 3 days before I started feeling like I was cresting and starting back down again (hard), so I immediately took another to see what would happen. That apparent beginning of a crash appeared to be mitigated and I climbed back into the "better than my norm" range. Thankfully, things worked out where 3 days later when that one wore off, it was a weekend where I could just rest and not exacerbate the return to increased symptoms. I was able to level out after that and haven't taken another dose since then.
Has anyone else had something similar or some other reaction to the Cialis?
I've been trying to research it some in the forums here and have found some posts about how NO might be good for ME/CFSers, but the Cialis doesn't reportedly increase the levels of NO, it just interacts with what the body already has on board.
Anyone have any idea might might be going on?
If this were to be a consistent result of my taking this drug, I might have to purchase stock in the company that makes it!