Alright guys this was my first cycle of DNP originally intended to be a 12 dayer ramping up to 400mg per day and then back down to 200mg. Well to say the least, I guess I "handle" DNP very well. First of all I guess I'll let you know the short list of supps I am taking, 1) A good multivatimin twice per day, 2) ALA and 3) T3 at 50mcg for repressed thyroid. When I got to 400 after the first 5 days of 200, I thought to myself, I can barely feel this, but still waited about 5 days for the levels to build up, after that I still could barely feel it, except MAYBE at night, and directly about 2 hours after taking it. So finally I hadd my choice to make, ramp back down to 200, or see what I could really do. So 600mg, it was a day, now guys, let me tell you THIS is where I noticed the sides kicking in. I'm hot all the time, lethargic, and I have had a cold for about 3 weeks now, that I am CERTAIN DNP has prevented the healing of. The best advice I can tell you guys about DNP are the following things.
1) If bloat is an issue for you, drink even MORE water, the theory of drinking more to retain less is ABSOLUTELY true on DNP for me anyways. And the days I bumped it up from 2 gallons to maybe 3 or higher gallons I noticed a BIG difference in bloat, and decreased lethargy. WATER IS YOUR BEST FRIEND ON IT.
2) If you are like me, you won't and probably never WILL feel anything on 200 mg per day, but that still doesn't mean its not working. 200 was enough to get me sweating a lot more, and seems like a favourable dosage for those just wanting to "kick" there metabolism, but not have to deal with a fullout DNP cycle's side effects.
3) I find that a lot of the "lethargy" that comes from DNP is purely mental. In times of absolute energy NEED, I was able to perform. Ie. workouts were as good as normal and I was able to go LONGER(with increased water, but for increase calorie burning) , and Cardio I performed exactly the same, suggesting that DNP has no effect on the cardiovascular system.
4) This was my favourite so far, the sweat. I'm not sure about you guys, but I sweat the WORST when I was sitting down, in a static position. Something about moving around, lightly not vigorously, kept the sweating for me to a minimum.
5) And lastly, I experienced no horribly results that are so talked about, but I didn't leave anything to chance in terms of water consumption. I will say this, if there ARE days where you physically can't consume buckets and buckets of water, I would NEVER go past 400 mg of DNP. On 600, I truly feel that if I were to reduce my water intake to that of a "normal" person, I would suffere serious dehydration, and that's where the complications come in.
Just My two cents on it, and for all you wondering out there about DNP, the only way to truly APPRECIATE it for all it is, it's dangers, its results, its sides, is to try it in an educated and well researched way. Thanks.