Im kinda thinking about only using ephedrine once in the morning when I diet next time then some over the counter the other time to cut down on the ephedrine zombiness and occasional erection problems. It seems to me the longer im on epehdrine the more wacked out I become. The geranium would be good because you have a bad crash and that could help you sleep.
Space your ephedrine out or drop the caffeine. You should only get stim dick when there are stims in your system.
Everyone turtles up, but when it comes time to do the dirty deed it shouldn't affect your performance unless there's grams of ephedrine swimming in your blood. That being said, I can only take three 8mg tabs at a time because I get too zonked out as well. But the longer I'm on, the more I can tolerate it.
Don't worry about beta 2 downregulation either. Ephedrine becomes less effective but I think beta 3 receptors keep the fatloss going pretty steady as well. A lot of people stop seeing drastic results and I think that's where the confusion came from. I used ephedrine for as long as I need to cut. I don't follow any cookie cutter instructions from some dickhead's fitness blog. Trust me, it'll keep working.