how long can i take sjw

[daisy chain]

my deppresion and anxiety has been with me since very early teens so my moods go up and down like a yoyo dont like what docs want to give me so i never pay them visits just suffer in silence untill i was brave enough to try sjw i am now 37 what a difference it has made so how long can u take them as they have been a god send it even helps me cope with anxiety attacks not cure though i seam to have a chemical inbalance more when when emotional stress gets to me thats quite often had very bad start in life and it comes back to haunt me :silly:

[pixybell]

Hiya,

If you read some of the past posts on here daisy you will see that people have used sjw for years and some use it until they feel really stable and then if they have a bit of a blip utilise its services once again.

I suggest you read some of the past post they are really helpful and will answer your question for you. I've only been using sjw for a short period but just wanted to say how great it is to hear some good news that its working for you!.

Its great to hear that you are feeling better! takecare pixy x :freak4:

[Kelly]

my deppresion and anxiety has been with me since very early teens so my moods go up and down like a yoyo dont like what docs want to give me so i never pay them visits just suffer in silence untill i was brave enough to try sjw i am now 37 what a difference it has made so how long can u take them as they have been a god send it even helps me cope with anxiety attacks not cure though i seam to have a chemical inbalance more when when emotional stress gets to me thats quite often had very bad start in life and it comes back to haunt me :silly:

Hi Daisy Chain,

Well I've taken SJW longer than most people, so I can offer some thoughts on its long-term effects - even if I only take 1 capsule/day of SJW today, some 1/3 of the recommended dosage. I've got a good reason for that, which I'll explain in a minute.

I think some people take an antidepressant for a relatively short time, say, six months or a year or two, and that's it. It's gets them over some current troubles and they never look back. Some people might take it for years and years before they decide that they don't need it anymore. I'm pretty much in that camp... having started SJW in early 1997 and soon thereafter I created this website. I took SJW regularly for years and it had a major positive impact on my life. When I took a year off to go travelling, I was getting so much sunlight and exercise that I just didn't need it anymore, and stopped it for a year. But then when I got back to the grind things got progressively worse and I took it again for a few years. After a while the effects wore off - almost completely - which you might read about in the Experiences section... relatively common over the long-term. So it's something to be aware of. At this point after months or years when SJW finally stops being as effective, most people start taking more and more SJW, and it may or may not help. I did that myself. Or they take a break for a while and then start again, and it starts working again. What I found bizarre at the time, but makes sense now, was that I actually felt much better when I started taking LESS. So instead of 3/day I took two, and then after a few weeks I took 1/day, and maybe soon I'll stop altogether. My thought is that this reduced effectiveness might be a sign that maybe it's time to try life with less and less help.

But I fully realize some people might need to take antidepressants for most of their life. A chemical imbalance doesn't just go away, but that doesn't mean you can't fight it in many ways. There's nothing wrong with continuing to take SJW or any antidepressant as long as it's working for you - improving your quality of life, giving you the ability to smile and even laugh, and not hating all the people around you.

Depression is a complex thing and I don't claim to understand it. But so many things can help which lots of people discount too easily. Sunlight and excercise are two of the most obvious ones. But there's real value in learned approaches too, from REBT cognitive therapy (sometimes available though psychologists and certainly available in books), to meditation and other types of one-on-one therapy. With these, it's likely you could take less of the antidepressants, or maybe go without them altogether. These are long-term approaches and solutions that can help in addition to the SJW (or whatever else you decide to take).

Just some thoughts. I've been thinking more and more about this and will try to articulate better. I'll be creating a page on this site called "long-term effects" that I hope will be useful and will echo some of these thoughts. But comments from others are certainly encouraged too!

Kelly