blackbird
18th September, 2006, 06:37 PM
ok guys, i really am going to stop monopolizing this forum. i was feverishly trying to figure out the RR thing, but now i think i have at least enough info, for the moment, to sit back and relax. one thing i do want to pass on though:
this is just my personal opinion based on my personal experience, but i had to tell you that for me, combining the sjw and Rhodiola Rosea was just not a good idea. there is no question that there was a very strong, noticable effect, from taking both of them at reg. daily doses, even though i was only into it for a week and a half. not placebo or imagined, i'm not the sort to deceive myself about what's going on with me internally, i ALWAYS watch that sort of like a hawk (it's the long-time meditator in me). it was definitely a very strong effect, from combining them. but basically i think i might have gotten seratonin syndrome. it makes sense when you consider that both sjw and RR increase seratonin. they say RR can increase it by up to 30%. at first i almost liked feeling sort of groggy and fuzzy and disconnected, it was a break from the anxiety/panic attacks. plus i figured with time it would normalize somehow. then i sort of hit bottom a couple days ago. i had taken 900mg of perika sjw with the RR, and just was extremely down in the dumps, sluggish, listless, numb. everything seemed pointless. the only thing i could clearly feel amidst the intense fogginess was depression and despair. much worse than before i started taking anything at all. so i thought to myself, well dummy, that's what you get for mixing it up. i dropped the sjw and within a day and a half on just the RR, i feel much better. the fogginess is completly gone and i can think and feel much more keenly.
i can really tell that the RR is first of all, bringing my energy back. from what i've been reading, chronic stress syndrome can take it's toll on energy level, concentration, memory... it can just wear you down on so many levels. i really do think it's helping to stabilize me and bring me back to my old self after just such a long futile battle with my symptoms. i just got through an unusually difficult shift at my job and came out feeling quite stable, energetic and unusually cheerful/content. normally i come out of a long shift (24 hours/little sleep) exhausted and absolutely on edge and twitchy... ready to either cry or beat somebody up if they don't stay out of my way!! i really am beginning to finally truly accept that it's because of some kind of chemical imbalance and not because i just can't get it together (lord knows i've tried really hard for so long to be a better person). i suspect that if i do all the things i was previously doing to improve myself, combined with the RR (i.e. correcting this chemical imbalance), i will be able to make some real headway. the medicine will just enable me to better do the things i know will truly give me peace and happiness. can't expect just the pills to do that, ultimately.
i don't have much to say about the sjw since i did not give it a fair try on it's own. i just know mixing it with RR was a disaster (for me).
this is just my personal opinion based on my personal experience, but i had to tell you that for me, combining the sjw and Rhodiola Rosea was just not a good idea. there is no question that there was a very strong, noticable effect, from taking both of them at reg. daily doses, even though i was only into it for a week and a half. not placebo or imagined, i'm not the sort to deceive myself about what's going on with me internally, i ALWAYS watch that sort of like a hawk (it's the long-time meditator in me). it was definitely a very strong effect, from combining them. but basically i think i might have gotten seratonin syndrome. it makes sense when you consider that both sjw and RR increase seratonin. they say RR can increase it by up to 30%. at first i almost liked feeling sort of groggy and fuzzy and disconnected, it was a break from the anxiety/panic attacks. plus i figured with time it would normalize somehow. then i sort of hit bottom a couple days ago. i had taken 900mg of perika sjw with the RR, and just was extremely down in the dumps, sluggish, listless, numb. everything seemed pointless. the only thing i could clearly feel amidst the intense fogginess was depression and despair. much worse than before i started taking anything at all. so i thought to myself, well dummy, that's what you get for mixing it up. i dropped the sjw and within a day and a half on just the RR, i feel much better. the fogginess is completly gone and i can think and feel much more keenly.
i can really tell that the RR is first of all, bringing my energy back. from what i've been reading, chronic stress syndrome can take it's toll on energy level, concentration, memory... it can just wear you down on so many levels. i really do think it's helping to stabilize me and bring me back to my old self after just such a long futile battle with my symptoms. i just got through an unusually difficult shift at my job and came out feeling quite stable, energetic and unusually cheerful/content. normally i come out of a long shift (24 hours/little sleep) exhausted and absolutely on edge and twitchy... ready to either cry or beat somebody up if they don't stay out of my way!! i really am beginning to finally truly accept that it's because of some kind of chemical imbalance and not because i just can't get it together (lord knows i've tried really hard for so long to be a better person). i suspect that if i do all the things i was previously doing to improve myself, combined with the RR (i.e. correcting this chemical imbalance), i will be able to make some real headway. the medicine will just enable me to better do the things i know will truly give me peace and happiness. can't expect just the pills to do that, ultimately.
i don't have much to say about the sjw since i did not give it a fair try on it's own. i just know mixing it with RR was a disaster (for me).