Topic Title: Placebo Effect?
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, Sun 31 Aug 22:17
Does anyone feel that perhaps SJW works under the placebo effect? I have taken it a little over a week now. In the beginning I did feel better, but as the days go on, I'm not sure I feel anything anymore. I'm afraid that my enthusiasm might have gotten the best of me and worked only because I wanted it to (which is probably not a bad thing). I just wonder if anyone else feels that way. Or perhaps my mood rose in the beginning and has now become stable and because of that I feel no change. Either way, I have continued taking it. Also, is there such a things as taking too much SJW. I have read in this discussion forum of pretty high dosages.
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Sun 24 Aug 2003 18:51 |
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| |  "Re(1):Placebo Effect?"
, Mon 1 Sep 12:33
Yes, its normal to feel its working one day and not the next for the first few weeks. You need to give it atleat a month. Its sounds like forever to have to wait. If it works its worth it.
Posts: 116 | | Registered: Thu 10 Oct 2002 5:53 |
| | | "Re(2):Placebo Effect?" , Sun 7 Sep 09:48
I think the fact that you are doing something to help yourself is enough to lift your mood, so there is something of a placebo effect there, especially for the first couple of days. But once the real effects kick in then you really know about it, at least I did. SJW is a mind-altering drug, not a placebo, I have no doubt about that.
A few years ago I used to take Ginseng and although at the time I was half convinced it gave me more energy, I later decided that it was the placebo effect. The Placebo effect can of course be very effective, but once you realise that's all it is then the effect goes.
I was originally suspicious that SJW would be the same, just because it is a herb with a silly name and you don't need a prescription for it. Now I know better, and I'm actually surprised it isn't controlled. They seem to do that with most drugs that actually work.
Posts: 2 | | Registered: Wed 23 Jul 2003 14:56 |
| | | "Re(3):Placebo Effect?" , Wed 10 Sep 14:13
I think all drugs/herbs have a placebo effect.
For me, St. Johns Wort has two 'real' effects. The first effect which was noticable with the very first use was a calming anti anxiety almost but not quite sedating effect. The second effect was a cumulative one, apparent after about 4 days of use. This effect was markedly anti depressant in nature.
Posts: 13 | | Registered: Mon 18 Aug 2003 14:41 |
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