Why Is a Supplement That’s Meant to Help Making Me Feel Worse?

Explaining Paradoxical Reactions and Their Causes

Disclaimer: This content is not intended as treatment or support for any medical condition. Content for entertainment purposes only. Not medical or health advice. You take progesterone to help with your PMS…but your mood and water retention worsen instead. You take magnesium glycinate to help you sleep…but it gives you insomnia. You take a B-complex to help with your energy levels…but instead start biting your nails and getting angry at minor things. You take thiamine to help with neurological issues…but nearly erupt in a panic attack. A paradoxical reaction is a phenomenon in which a…

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