NAC stopped working - any experiences?
Hello!
I am a 30yo male with a fairly healthy lifestyle (doing some sports every day, 80% clean eating). I decided to take NAC a month ago, which I read could alleviate some issues that was caused by living my life to the "fullest" a couple of years ago if you know what I mean.
For additional context, I developed CPPS (chronic pelvin pain syndrome) about 10 years ago. I also have some OCD-ish behavior (body repetitive, intrusive thoughts) and just for fun I am also susceptible to various addictions (from which caffeine seems to be the only present currently).
I decided to take 1000mg of NOW NAC daily in the morning on an empty stomach.
The first day of taking NAC, my CPPS-s symptoms have gone completely for 4-6 hours. This is something I have not felt in 10 years, and did not anticipate as well! Also my OCD symptoms were completely gone, which I also did not expect. To this end I feel safe to say that this was NAC and not placebo after all.
However, as I continued taking NAC, these desirable effects faded after 3 weeks and now it feels like as if I was at baseline. I don't feel depressed or anything, it just does not have any effect anymore. I've read that it can deplete glycine, molybdenum and a couple of other stuff, which I intend to supplement in the very near future.
I really want NAC to be working again as a long term solution for my issues. Has anybody found a way to successfully "restart" the effects of NAC again? If so, can you detail your experiences?
Any input is more than welcome!