Absolutely stop taking it man. If you've actually got ED maybe try the other drugs in the PDE5 inhibitor family.
L-citrulline can even help a little bit too, (it does for me). Effective dose is10g, though, (or, if it's citrulline malate, 15g). Most preworkouts don't have anything close to that so I buy it separately.
And who would have thought that how deeply you dug your teeth into a watermelon rind could give good wood..? Right!!!?!??!
That's a SHIT TON of Citrulline.!!! You do have your proportions correct.
I assume you are speaking of taking that dosage intermittently for good wood and not talking all that as a daily pre-workout at that dosage??
Have you seen or tried the new production method which is stated to potentiate the Citrulline without adding the Malate. I'm drawing a blank right now on the latest manufacturing process to which I am referring
(plant based FERMINTED or bacteria derived/refined?? Kinda like the process they used to make tryptophan that got contaminated in the early 90's and killed those folks). If I recall right... But I think they use this new form in pre-workouts like
Legion and
Kaged produce. So it's more bioavailable and you don't have to up the volume by 50% adding the malate... I don't think the science is all the way in on it yet.
FYI - I started goofing with Citrulline back at the end of 2019 peaking after 45 days at about 5 grams malate per day steady. In my opinion its the greatest thing since Creatine and at the same time stacks VERY WELL with Creatine. That is if you do not consider AGMATINE. Which is comparable in pumps, with the exception that it used to be stated as suspect for bringing on schizophrenia. Now the literature seems to have forgotten all that and states that AGMATINE may also help with alcohol and nicotine cessation incredibly completely omitting the past information... Personally, I now suspect that Citrulline and Agmatine TOGETHER may be redundant/ if not even counter productive cancelling each other out to some degree.
Side-tracked. - - - What stopped me from using the Citrulline was that after that 45 days I broke out with these crazy whelps on my back in Dec of 2019 which required cortico-steroid pack to bring down. They also wrote me every cough med under the sun including SINGULAIR
as I recall the docs' office starting to get nervous and just starting to hint of bringing a mask back then. I never correlated the crazy "sinus infection and coughing bouts" I also had. While I wound up thinking it was the citrulline causing a histamine reaction, I now suspect that the cause of those whelps was Covid. And considering I was working out in proximity to a guy that had Covid back in Dec of 2019(before Covid was COVID), I have thought differently. I have even now seen in the COVID literature that whelps are a symptom.. I had other signs too like my wife giggling while she stunk up the room from the couch and realizing I had no sense of smell during that period. No one knew what it was then though. To this day I have never popped POS for covid anti-bodies..
So YES, since then, I have been using citrulline again comfortably at 6grams when I am using pre-workouts, and I have not been able to reproduce the whelps. But. 15gms of malate.. D.A.M.N.B.
As far as wood goes. Citrulline YES. I have not run Agmatine without Citrulline yet to test on wood. 2-3 grams of Agmatine is a high dose and should be dosed twice daily FYI. Its also much more affordable now. I am also not sure how much running agmatine WITH Citrulline diminishes the citrulline effect. But I believe it does.
But as far as stomach issues go. The Citrulline does not seem to cause any gastric distress. But the Agmatine no so good. I never felt like it was as harsh as creatine monohydrate, but I DO suspect that it messes with my gut.
ALL THESE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PRIOR TO USE AS CURRENT SCIENCE SUGGEST LATELY THAT NOT ONLY IS "THE GUT" AN ORGAN ALL TO ITSELF. But it may in fact be the most important organ in the body as it may in fact have DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE BRAIN.. With that said, any substance that negatively affects mitochondria and the lining on the intestines may have PROFOUND IMPACTS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE - If not even long term damage potential..
I Never use any form of creatine other than Creatine HCL any more, and for the simple reason that HCL absorbs quickly and hopefully not very long after if leaves the stomach. Note that the reason Creatine HCL absorbs so quickly is all of the water is dried out of it in the manufacturing process via ACETIFICATION (Hydrochloric acid/ "HCL"). So be sure and spring for the Capsule version. Else it will rot your teeth right out of the back of your head almost overnight... ALL you have to do is mix 3 grams of Creatine HCL with a juice and drink it, and it you pay attention, your teeth feel like you just dry-barfed PURE ACID over them... I would even pre-chew a tums prior to chugging but the creatine Hcl was just too much. The caps solve the problem. If price is an object just get a pill capper and buy your creatine HCL from BULK SUPPLEMENTS. The stuff is dirt cheap that way.. Finally, it should be noted that even if you are young and can handle monohydrate filtering down thru yer gut without shitting down yer leg just taking a piss. It is doing damage. I don't give a shit what they say about the safety of Monohydrate. Its harming the gut and kidneys... Period...
