Hello

[EdwardShore]

Hi, this is new to me in every sense. I've been depressed now for a very long time. It's not something I tend to talk about to anyone other than my partner, occasionally my doctor, but over the last year it has reached a kind of crisis point; my work, my life is suffering in a way that means I'm having to take action.

So I'm going to start taking St. John's Wort today. I'm here I guess because I want to gauge what happens against other people's experiences. But also because I kind of need something to look back on, to see how (if) things have changed.

Maybe it won't even work for me. Hmm.

[Shinysinead]

Hi Edward

There are many things that won't work for many of us unfortunanately and I know it's difficult to be optimistic while you're feeling so down. You are taking a positive step however. Who knows - this could be it for you. I also am starting SJW today and have found immense help from this forum. It shows that it CAN work for many people and is very interesting reading. Best of luck and let us know how things are going! Sinead

[EdwardShore]

Thanks Sinead. It's funny, last night a few hours after taking it I began to feel so much better; it was amazing. No idea whether this was actually the effect of it working on me, or whether I was just feeling better because after a year of feeling pretty rubbish all the time suddenly I felt like I was actually doing something to change my situation. I'm now feeling okay, not great, but not terrible either. I had a slightly odd night's sleep, but that might just have been anxiety about whether it was going to work or not.

How about you?

[Emeli]

Hello!

Three months ago, my deepest wish was to die. :frown: I was feeling terrible. When I didn't have any hope for me, I found this page and I decided to give it a try. Believe me, it's working.;)

I didn't expect anything good from St John's Wort, but I made myself a promise to take the whole bottle. After maybe 4 weeks, one day I found myself feeling well, as normal as before, just that! a great feeling of normality. I have in my life the same awful problems and same hard situations, but I am able to deal with them now because at least I am sleeping better and thinking clearer. The best of all, I want to live because I am enjoying my life and I seing hope for me.

Everyday I keep taking my "happy pills" (I do it, 3 at the same time with my morning coffee) and so far, I do not have plans to stop them.:dance:

Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Emeli

[momina]

I have been living with anxiety for quite some time, Soemtimes it's so bad I cannot even get up in the morning , noone in my professional life has any idea about my daily struggle as I always put on a happy face, I am hopeful that it may work for me , I have done much research on it as my health is very important to me. I am thankful thet there is a site such as this where people share their experiences, it makes you feel less alone. So here's hoping I will start tomorrow with the recommended dosage, I was prescribed paxil in the past but have not taken it for 2 years as it really messses with the mind, the whole time I was on it is a blur. I hope this herbal solution is not like it in that way. Does anyone have any recommendations for dosages or do you follow the bottle, also I was wondering about the brand I purchased called Jamieson, any feedback would be appreciated.

Here's hoping:lookaround:

[EdwardShore]

2 weeks in, and I'm feeling terrible. I'm sad in a way that I don't think I was before I started; I just keep being overcome by crying. I'm not sure if this is a positive development or not, but I didn't cry before. Urg.

[thebadger]

around the 2-3 week mark i started to get very emotional about things...a bunch of crying going on. it is now 5 weeks since i started sjw and i feel much better. my emotions have become more level, not as exaggerated and i truly belive that sjw is working. from my experience i would say to continue with it. it may just be getting you to "level out"

[jennaNC525]

good luck hun, I hope SJW works for ya! I just started taking mine today. {{{hugs}}}