Topic Title: Just started SJW. Need suggestions
| |  "Just started SJW. Need suggestions"
, Sun 5 Sep 22:43:
hello.
I am a 23 year old male. Known I've need help for years. And until recently, was forced to get help due to a stressful situation. (supposed to leave for military)
I have been depressed since 14. Severe depression, I think. Which, also down the road, lead into anxiety, and most recently, Panic Attacks.
My doc put me on lexapro 10mg. I did not like the side effects. (very tired all the time. Was getting severly worse in the 6th week) Then, I switched to Zoloft, 25mg for the first week. 7th day I stopped taking it due to the insomnia and horrible sleepiness during the day. (even with sleep medication)
I bought Natures Resource brand of SJW. 150mg w/ 0.9mg of hypericin. Bottle says to take 2 3 times daily. What is the amount best found to be effective with you all? I am roughly 200lbs. (6foot 3 in. if it matters)
Also, what other herbs would you all suggest?
I am at the end of my rope. I don't believe my life is ever going to be normal again. Or abnormal for me, happy! I am about to give up. Suicidal thoughts are very strong still.
OT: Has anyone had any success with anti-depressants? I've searched the web and only found negative stories.
[this message was edited by Josh McGrath on Mon 6 Sep 01:38]
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Sun 5 Sep 2004 22:25 |
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| |  "Re(1):Just started SJW. Need suggestions"
, Fri 8 Oct 20:14
Hey there,
I've also just started taking SJW but I don't have the severity of symptoms that you have to deal with or the past interaction with prescriptions meds. I am feeling some results, but I think it is probably too early to say for sure how well it will work in the long term. I think you will probably need to give it a while and hopefully you'll start feeling better soon :)
Best of luck, keep us updated on your progress :)
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Fri 8 Oct 2004 20:13 |
| | "Re(1):Just started SJW. Need suggestions" , Sat 11 Sep 12:42
Hey Josh. well, 900 mg per day is the recommended dose. I've heard that combining that with 5htp is a good idea for more severe depression but I'm not on that myself so don't know what to tell you.
I had decent luck with sJW before but my droctor switched me onto effexor this summer, said it would help me get the motivation to live more healthily which I knew I had to. I got insomnia so bad i nearly cracked, and impotence too but I'm single anyway. *l* Anyway, hope you're able to get better.
Posts: 10 | | Registered: Tue 22 Jun 2004 11:47 |
| | | "Re(2):Just started SJW. Need suggestions" , Sun 12 Sep 02:02
Thanks for the reply guys.
Effexor did nothing for me. I took Lexapro for a wile, 10mg, for six weeks. I was so frickin' tired on that. Was switched to Zoloft, only took 6 days because on the INSOMINIA! HORRIBLE!
I have been taking SJW with 0.9 mg hypericin per 2 tablets, and already feel the same results I did with lexapro. Without the side-effects. I have become very dizzy lately tho...don't know if the SJW or the SSRI withdrawl...I quit cold turkey.
Posts: 1 | | Registered: Sun 5 Sep 2004 22:25 |
| | | "Re(3):Just started SJW. Need suggestions" , Mon 13 Sep 05:02
hey Johs.
I'd say the dizziness would have something to do with SSRI withdrawal but I wouldn't want to say for sure. I went into more depression than I had before once I went off mine and I'd only been on it 2 weeks.
Saw you had another post about 0.9 mg hypericin. Bottles usually say standardized to 0.3% hypericin.
Posts: 13 | | Registered: Tue 22 Jun 2004 11:47 |
| | "Re(1):Just started SJW. Need suggestions" , Fri 10 Sep 06:53
Generally, three doses of 300 mg per day should do the trick. You can take it all at once, or spread it out throughout the day, depending on what works for you. If you haven't gone through basic training yet, you might want to find out if they allow herbal supplements to be taken. I'm not sure if they'll allow something not prescribed by a doctor.
Hang in there, Josh!
Posts: 14 | | Registered: Wed 14 Jul 2004 14:12 |
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