ok maybe it WAS something in the cheat menu? what have you grabbed from it? like did you get just get mundane stuff like berries or other resources or big stuff like Spectral Syrup before learning the recipe or the booster from Mythshore
I want to say that actually cuts it out, but maybe it's the boosted health potion? I know it's not the cleansing water, love potion or cookies since I started a new save and grabbed all of those too a while back when I found something I missed on my main save to speed up early game like you did. just not the boosted health potion. do you have a save from before you grabbed the boosted potion? if you do, try and grab either regular or enhanced and see if anything changes. if not I am... really lost on what the fuck is going on.