Lingering symptoms after stopping Vitex — worried about permanent damage

\* Age: 33 • Sex: Female • Height: \~5’2” • Weight: \~100 lbs • Location: United States • Smoking: No • Alcohol: No • Recreational drugs: No • Current medications: None Hi everyone — I’m hoping to see if anyone has experienced something similar. I was taking 500 mg daily of Vitex for approximately 11 months. Toward the end of that period, I began experiencing some concerning symptoms. I stopped Vitex about 6 weeks ago, but I’m still experiencing: • Sleep disruption, especially early-morning wakeups between 4:30–6:00am with adrenaline surges (this started after stopping everything) • Evening nervous system “unease” without clear anxious thoughts and adrenaline spikes between 5:00–8:00pm (this started around November, before I stopped everything) • Occasional heart-beat awareness or jitteriness • Brain fog and difficulty concentrating • Periods of emotional flatness • Symptoms that seem to fluctuate with my menstrual cycle During this time, I was also taking 18 mg of Concerta (weekdays only) and 50 mg of adrenal cortex. There was about 9 months of overlap between those and the Vitex. Concerta and adrenal cortex were stopped in early/mid November, and Vitex was stopped at the end of December. I’m wondering if there could have been some interaction or longer-term neuroendocrine adjustment from the combination. Has anyone experienced lingering symptoms after stopping Vitex? If so, what was your recovery pattern like? I’m honestly scared that I may have caused something permanent. I know no one can give guarantees, but I’m trying to understand whether this sounds more like temporary dysregulation versus something structurally concerning. Any experiences would really help.