Hey Emily, I started taking Maca Root powder sups in my smoothies last week too. I take “one heaping teaspoon” each day in the morning. I’ve always had irregular periods, and literally within 24 hours of taking the powder, I got my period – well sorta. It’s very light, and not “regular” by any means. And mine too was pretty painful the first day. This tells me that maca is nothing to be messing with or taken lightly. If it can literally have that kind of trigger for our bodies, it’s the real deal. I’ve been taking the powder for about 2 weeks so far, and my period is still going. It’s not heavy, very light still, but two weeks is way too long. Additionally, I noticed I’m bloated every day now; like bad! I was told by my doc that I need to also take natural progesterone cream in addition to maca once a day to balance out the hormones that are making me have my period every day and bloat. I’ve had breakouts, pimples, for two weeks straight too. I’ve bought some progesterone cream at Whole Foods, and I’m going to start tonight. But in short, the maca really had an impact on my body and so far, I’m not pleased. I’m going to give this a go for 60 days, but if nothing improves, I’m just going to go back to having irregular periods and get off the supplements.
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