Any experience with ginko biloba?

I’ve been having some major brain farts lately with losing track of stuff and forgetting little things, as well as not being able to focus as well. A friend suggested that I try ginko biloba, because evidently she’s had some success with it. I am not looking for medical advice, and I will consult my doctor before starting a supplement regimen. I’d just like to know if anyone has tried it and what types of results they have had.

I know that you are not a doctor, so thanks for any input.
-foxy

Well I bought some but I couldn’t remember to take it everyday.
Try getting more sleep.

All I want to add is that Ginko Biloba seems to be very pricey as an ingredient in herbal remedies. And I wonder why, because it’s just a tree. It’s for sale in every well-stocked tree nursery. There are streets lined with Ginkotrees on my block, and the leaves are piling up in heaps.

Just sayin’.

My sleep schedule is kind of a separate issue, I think of myself as a sleep bulemic, sometimes I will end up staying awake for hours on end (even days) and getting very little sleep, then some days I will just sleep all day to make up for it. This isn’t a new routine, but it probably has something to do with it.

I’m kind of wondering if it isn’t more of a placebo type thing.
-foxy

I took it for 8 months or so. I can’t say if I felt any effect. Then I read that clinical tests failed to show any benefit. I don’t take it anymore.

My brother-in-law said he smoked pot and took ginko biloba; he said it came out even.

The male ginko tree (isn’t there another letter in there?) is touted as a great, pollution-resistant tree for the inner city. My college campus had a female ginko tree, and the fruits fell on the sidewalk. They stunk to high heaven. I wonder if the seeds are spread by vultures.