Raze
28th June, 2006, 04:11 AM
Hello all! I remember stumbling across this forum some time ago, a couple of years ago when I first decided I needed to do something about my lifelong depression. I read but didn't join... but now here I am!
I'm a 23 year old canadian woman, I've had depression for almost as long as I can remember, and have always been shy and uncomfortable in groups... I was diagnosed with trichotillomania late in high school (though I'd had it since grade five) and was put on fluoxetine (prozac) which, after a year of feeling totally unable to express emotion, and gaining weight, I took myself off of... I was fine for a few years, then suddenly spiralled into a state of eating disorders and self injury...
Anyways, I started taking the St. Johns Wort a couple years ago during winter months (being a redhead I didn't want to risk the increased photosensitivity during the hot summers we have) never for more than a few months at a time; I'd take it, feel better, or sometimes start to feel... too happy?? and stop for a few months until I felt the need to restart.
I thought I was fine again until last fall; a bad breakup spiralled me back into EDs and SI (which I'd been free of for a year and a half) and after a near suicide attempt I realized I really needed to get a hold of myself...
So, here I am. :) Doing much better this week. Found a SJW oil capsule, olive oil based, it seems to have kicked in faster than the other brands I'd tried. :)
~RAZE
I'm a 23 year old canadian woman, I've had depression for almost as long as I can remember, and have always been shy and uncomfortable in groups... I was diagnosed with trichotillomania late in high school (though I'd had it since grade five) and was put on fluoxetine (prozac) which, after a year of feeling totally unable to express emotion, and gaining weight, I took myself off of... I was fine for a few years, then suddenly spiralled into a state of eating disorders and self injury...
Anyways, I started taking the St. Johns Wort a couple years ago during winter months (being a redhead I didn't want to risk the increased photosensitivity during the hot summers we have) never for more than a few months at a time; I'd take it, feel better, or sometimes start to feel... too happy?? and stop for a few months until I felt the need to restart.
I thought I was fine again until last fall; a bad breakup spiralled me back into EDs and SI (which I'd been free of for a year and a half) and after a near suicide attempt I realized I really needed to get a hold of myself...
So, here I am. :) Doing much better this week. Found a SJW oil capsule, olive oil based, it seems to have kicked in faster than the other brands I'd tried. :)
~RAZE