Topic Title: new, scared and confused...
| |  "new, scared and confused..."
, Tue 27 Aug 05:41
I have just been "diagnosed" as having mild depression, GP wants to put me on prozac, I DONT want to go on it, am in the frame of mind that I havent been like this before, so why start now taking medication. Thankfully I have found this website which has kept me going and now i am researching SJW and 5-htp to see if is something I should consider, I love reading all your entries and thanks for making me feel like i am not the only person dealing with this hard decision. Could change of location, lack of exercise and stress help the "mild depression" diagnosis? I have lived in the UK for two years away from australia, have put on at least 8 kilos and am working two jobs to pay off credit cards of my fantastic trips... I would really like to hear what peoples opinions are on this? If i control the things making me feel so low at time, moody, irritable, hard to concentrate and anxious, could I beat this?? Or is there some underlying problem that should be addresses now? Hope this makes sense, really would like to hear feeback from you all.
Cheers
Donna
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Tue 20 Aug 2002 7:11 |
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| | "Re(1):new, scared and confused..." , Wed 28 Aug 08:47
Donna, you are not at all on your own mate, trust me! I was in a similar boat to you regarding not wanting to take medication. Its a pretty scary experience i.e. thinking how do I pull out of this on my own? Well I first started to feel down about 10 months ago and put it down to stress. It became obvious that there was a bigger picture and a deeper problem. I felt alone and frustrated with myself for feeling down because I could not understand it? - depression is not logical. I saw a doctor but did not want to take medication. He put me onto SJW and it has done the job for me I think. I am not criticising anyone who takes prescribed medication, I just did not personally want to go down that route. I found taking 600mg a day, 300 in morning and 300 at bedtime worked and picked me up again, and at last I can say I feel on top form again. I found exercise really helped. I ran a lot when I felt really down – why don’t you give it a go? Basically Donna it gets better – take care and be lucky!!
Posts: 5 | | Registered: Fri 9 Aug 2002 12:54 |
| | | "Re(2):new, scared and confused..." , Thu 29 Aug 04:24
Thanks Chopper
Is is such a help to know that other people are going through the same thing. Have you experienced any side effects at all, or are you one of the very lucky people?? I am in a good patch at the moment feeling in control and on top of everything. I started the gym again on the weekend and since then I have been more focused and less anxious, stressed etc I am going to try and control the mood swings, anxiousness with sensible diet and exercise for the next month and see how things go from there, if I start to feel like i did a few months ago i will then try SJW. I am the same as you with medication, i am asthmatic so i have pumped drugs into my body since I was 3 years old, so if I dont necessarily have to take prescription medicine, I wont! Thanks so much for your words of wisdom, my friends and family are aware that i havent been myself and they are glad to know that I can talk to people either offline online about these things. Good luck to you also, hope one day you wont have to take SJW anymore!!
Posts: 3 | | Registered: Tue 20 Aug 2002 7:11 |
| | | "Re(3):new, scared and confused..." , Wed 10 Sep 14:35
I too am asthmatic and I have found phenomenal relief in St. Johns wort for both my asthma and my depression. You might want to read this link about St. Johns wort and pulmonary conditions
www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/sajohn06.html
Posts: 18 | | Registered: Mon 18 Aug 2003 14:41 |
| | | "Re(3):new, scared and confused..." , Wed 4 Sep 04:16
Hi Dons,
Generally herbs are very much safer and more free of side effects than doctors drugs. Nature created you and it created many plants for you to use. Man is not as clever as nature. Prozac has a very long list of side effects, some very serious. SJW seems to cause no more than mild headache, tiredness or digestive disturbances in the worst cases. Doctors tend to slag off herbs because they have no training in herbal methods but also drug companies want to make money and they make more money by pushing their own products than they can from growing and selling garden weeds. Also drug companies have a financial interest in being quiet about drug side effects. Now that I have discovered SJW I wouldn't go back to doctors chemical drugs. It always works really well for me and for many others.
Also do you use products with Nutrasweet/Aspartame? This food additive can cause a lot of depression. You may want to read www.dorway.com for more info.
Hope this helps
Colin
Posts: 3 | | Registered: Mon 10 Jun 2002 3:32 |
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