Greetings,
I've recently come across this substance, SAM-e (S-adenosyl-methionine).
Since life in eastern europe is the way it is, i've bought some SAM-e from S5 labs, 400mg 100 caps for 19$.
As anyone into SAM-e can tell you, this is quite below the market price, and considering they shipped it from thailand (and they paid 4$ for the shipping too), we can conclude that at best, it's a fishy product.
I just assumed its because its not enteric coated, or not from a name brand, and proceeded with caution.
However, sammy being the unstable compound it is, it quickly degrades when not in ideal conditions, i.e during shipping. So this thing now smells quite foul, like boiled cabbage, or something rotten.
From what i assume, it's probably that some of the methionine demethylated forming free thiols, which is a sulfur compound (sulfur analogue of alcohol), which would explain the rotten smell.
From my understanding this just makes it unpleasant, and reduces the effective dose as some of the methionine has broken down?
At the very least, the smell is in line with what SAM-e should smell like when it goes bad, so im hoping it's not just rat poison.
I imagine it's not AS safe as it was before, but as long as it's not outright poison with no beneficial effects, I can deal with it.
I took "400mg" yesterday, and havent felt any effects mentally wise (perhaps a bit more irritable?). I just felt shivers/tingle in some parts of my body, and a pressure behind my eyes and head in general. It also makes me feel a bit "drunk-ish", sort of like your head is lagging behind when you move.
Thank you, best regards
