Topic Title: Amoryn
| |  "Amoryn"
, Thu 18 Mar 07:37
Hi:
I just found this site a few days ago and can not stop reading it! What a wonderful tool to have. It's great to not only know that you are not alone but to be able to communicate with people about it. I wanted to let everyone know of my expereince with Amoryn. I just had a bout with depression & binge eating and decided to try it - I have never tried SJW before and probably will not again. I was on Amoryn for a week....I was bloated, irritiable, and very "dull". I couldn't even cry if I wanted to! I tried taking one in the am and lunch time, and then one am and night time (that night I could not sleep)! As soon as I stopped taking it, I felt much better...and could cry - not out of control - but my emotions were back, which is a big part of me. (I need to cry once in a while - a good stress reliever). I feel more in control and have been eating healthy, exercising and taking a multi, extra vit. c & e, fish oil and folic acid. I will go with this for now; and if need
to change, will check out zinc &/or more vit B (maybe even SAMe). If you want to know more about me, read on:
For the last 20 yrs, I have been battling with depression....However, now at 39 yrs old, I understand it a lot more....Back when I was 19, I came down with these horrible panic attacks and was diagnosed with agoraphobia - which I now know it was more like a social phobia. I was terrified of social situations. I continued to work and probably had a couple a day. I went to the doctor and they put me on xanax....I didn't stay on it long - I hated the feeling it gave me...I did go to a phycologist and worked with him for a year. My biggest hinderence at that time was that I felt so alone - I didn't think anyone else out there had this problem. I can honestly say that it took 8-10 yrs to get over this. The best thing that I did for myself was to exercise and eat healthy! It does wonders! ....Then about seven years ago, I started to binge eat and used laxatives, over excersising and fasting to get rid of the food! It is a secretive problem....my husband didn't even know until I told him six years later! In the beginning, I felt so in control and actually enjoyed it! Then after six years, I couldn't take it anymore and seeked help with another phycologist. She told me that I was depressed! I honestly didn't believe that I was - I just had an eating problem!....but when I looked back into my gene pool - I now believe that I have dysymthia. My mom was hospitalized with depression; and my dad, even though he would never admit it, deals with depression (he threatened to commit suicide a few years ago). When I look back on my childhood, I can not remember many happy times. I know now that I will always have to deal with this and use a daily journal of what I eat & feel, what i do for exercise and what vit. i take. It really helps!! I have tried xanax (20 yrs ago) and hated it. The last phycologist (which by the way I saw last year) also wanted to put me on antidepressants - I said "no"...I have a wonderful husband and two wonderful little girls....it's hard to believe that I can get depressed! I also find that keeping yourself busy - I now volunteer within my community- and surrounding yourself with friends makes a big difference!...but sometimes it is hard, and I want to only stay home and eat!! ...but I will keep fighting...and use my journal. I wish you all hope and happiness! (Please excuse any spelling mistakes - I am having trouble going back to proofread!)
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Thu 18 Mar 2004 6:42 |
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| |  "Re(1):Amoryn"
, Thu 18 Mar 09:44:
Kep in mind that Amoryn also contains 5-HTP, which many people just don't get along with well. The symptoms you describe (except for the dullness or fogginess, which usually goes away after awhile) sound more to me like a bad reaction to 5-HTP than SJW side-effects.
Also, not to be harsh but one week is not long enough to have really given it a chance. Side effects usually go away, you just have to put up with them until the benefits kick in. SJW is more potent than most other herbal remedies, and especially with 5-HTP included in the mix. It really approaches the potency of some of the prescription tricyclic antidepressants.
[this message was edited by fewtchure on Thu 18 Mar 09:48]
Posts: 44 | | Registered: Wed 28 Jan 2004 12:39 |
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