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[allemande814]

Greetings everyone! I found this site while searching St John's wort specifically. I have mild depression and I've noticed that my mind always gravitates to negative thoughts, and that try as I might I seem to always concentrate on the bad stuff in life, despite the fact that objectively I seem to have an awesome situation.

For instance my grades are quite good, usually A+ which is the highest and yet I see myself as incapable and I always concentrate on my inabilities. Over the past year as I became older (20 now) I began to realise my thought patterns and how they just made me more depressed.

Firstly noticing this helped be a bit to cope in my life. But little actually changed because I still think this way. Sometimes it's worse than others, and there are physical effects as well. Many times I feel really tired for seemingly no reason and my mind can't concentrate on anything.

I told my doctor and he said I was different than most people as I had already versed myself with some of the literature on depression, and he thought my responses to diagnostic questions would be tainted by my previous knowledge, so he said I must talk to a psychiatrist. The only problem is that this would take 6 months. Now that's a hell of a long time for me, and a piece of what I think should be the best time of my life...i.e. being young and in university... so I remembered years ago my mother who is also suffering from depression once mentioned St John's wort.

So anyways I just started to take St John's Wort supplements (0.3 Hypercins Standardized) and I hope it works.

[BrightEyes]

Hi,

I’ve been taking SJW consistently now for about two weeks. I really want to say that it has helped. This week has been a rather smooth one. I don’t recall the last time I had so many good days back to back. So, I hope it is the SJW and I hope it continues to work. I also hope you have a positive experience. I am very new to this site. There is some great information here. I guess one of the greatest things about this site is connecting people who are like you. Reading your post took me back to my undergraduate days. I had, and continue to have, the same thought patterns and depressed feelings. I think you are blessed to have recognized and take action at such a young age. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had some form of depression. My father died with I was around 8. That is when I remember having the sadness and crying spells. It just seems to me that they never went away. I also had, and continue to have, the negative thoughts. You are right, it is good to recognize your thought patterns; however, this does change them. It is a continuous struggle. Our thoughts do lead to depression. I am sure people look at you and your accomplishments and think that you have it made and you have all the reasons to be a happy person. I am sure you even think that to yourself. I know I did and still do. Those people have no idea what is going on inside. I can say that I honestly understand. I encourage you to continue the fight. I wish you the best of luck.