"Doc wants me 2 quit sjw & use anti-d's "
, posted Mon 30 Sep 21:56I saw my doctor today about some other issues and she told me I should stop taking SJW. This is because she is concerned about the effect on my eyes, since I have been complaining alot about changes ... read more
"1st Time User - Heart raced all night "
, posted Fri 27 Sep 10:57I was on paxil for almost four years and loved it-but didn't love the cost or the sexual side effects. Currently I've been off paxil for four months. Once again I feel myself slipping back into the g ... read more
"Hi to all... "
, posted Wed 25 Sep 12:09Just wanted to say hello since I'm new (started SJW yesterday after reading this site and many others) and that I think this is a great site! Not only is it very informative, but the sense of having p ... read more
"SJW works like a miracle - So Quickly WOW!!! "
, posted Wed 25 Sep 06:03Good morning everyone: I've suffered from moderate(or worse) depression, with all the clasical symptoms, including insomnia and anxiety. I tried Wellbutrin which made the insomnia worse and whic ... read more
"End of Third Week Update!!! "
, posted Sun 22 Sep 07:28:Hi everybody, Tomorrow I'll start my fourth week taking SJWand I want to tell you how I'm doing so far. I suffer from severe Social Anxiety along with some specific phobias and because of the sev ... read more
Since I've been on St. Johns Wort for 4 weeks now, I was wonder has anyone experience ups and downs throughout the day. I haven't had a full day being on the up side. It like I'm up and down during ... read more
Hi, I'm new to this site but I have often visited it since I've been going through this depression. I need some advice and hope that someone out there can help me. 2 years ago, I went through a sepa ... read more
"First Day "
, posted Thu 19 Sep 12:29Well..I guess i've been low-level depressed since I was a kid (22 almost 23 now...) My GF made me the happiest person in the world, until the depression came back. My anxiety has always been t ... read more
"Sleep, dreams, and dosages? "
, posted Tue 17 Sep 08:38Hi all!Since my last posting here, I am happy to say that after the first 3 weeks or so, SJW is having a generally positive effect - I do feel emotionally more stable, and that's nice. I have ... read more
Hi Everyone,I'm a student who normally isn't depressed at all but I've had so much stress over the past 6 months that I've noticed lasting changes in my mental state... confusion, irritability ... read more
HiI've been suffering from depression since January and have been on venlafaxine up until July when i came off it because it was making me really ill. I was feeling much better until the last coup ... read more
Hi My name is Sophie and I'm a 34 single parent with 3 teenage daughters. I have never wanted to admit to anyone that I have even entered into the realms of depression, so this is a big step for ... read more
Hi Everyone, First of all thanks a zillion for this great website. I start researching for the SJW on the web right after i bought my first bottle of SJW. After reading all the success story, I st ... read more
Hi, my name is Lisa. I am 23 y/o, married and I am searching for "peace" inside. I come from a childhood of neglect and alcoholism. I do not use either one of these as an excuse for the way I try t ... read more
"Started SJW - feeling worse. Anyone else? "
, posted Wed 28 Aug 19:58I've just started taking SJW (about three days so far). For the past three days I've been feeling much worse emotionally - usually I'm fairly stable, if a little down. Lately I have sad trains of th ... read more
Just to let you all know, I am doing research on the neuroprotective abilities of SJW, more specifically, hypericin *(one of the main active ingredients )...so far all is good, but i have figured out ... read more
"new, scared and confused... "
, posted Tue 27 Aug 05:41I 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 medi ... read more
I took 3, 300 mg. of sjw a day for several months. Now I am only taking 2, 300 mg. pills a day. Still feel ok. Has anyone else lowered their dosage? How is it working? ... read more
"This place is some of the best therapy! "
, posted Tue 20 Aug 16:44Maybe misery loves company, but knowing there are a lot of people out there like me is a great help in itself. So many of your situations and experiences are similiar to mine. It's great to be able to ... read more
I'm coming to the end of my first lot of St.John's Wort and started with 1 tablet a day and have now moved onto 2 tablets a day. For me it doesn't seem to matter what time of day I take them, I still ... read more
"Taking SJW while nursing !! "
, posted Wed 14 Aug 21:09I am a mother of two active boys ( 2-1/2 and 6 months ). I was officially diagnosed of depression when I was pregnant with my second boy. ( I think I have it carried over from the 1st pregnancy when I ... read more
"A new user of St. John's Wort "
, posted Wed 14 Aug 16:56I was a previous user of Paxil for my anxiety. It worked good, but the sexual side effects were awful. My doctor switched me to Serzone, but it gave me bowel problems. I gradually got off Serzone and ... read more
shortly after i started using sjw I noticed that most of the small moles that had formed around my neck began to disappear.Its been about a year and most of the small moles are gone . I told a friend ... read more
I am 28 f. I have tried sjw for anxiety and I have noticed a huge difference in a few days. Normally, my head is just full of thoughts that stress me out and make me down. But now my mind is feelin ... read more
"CONSIDERING TAKING SJW - NEED ADVICE! "
, posted Sun 11 Aug 14:00Hi everyone. Was recently diagnosed with anxiety and a bit of depression due to recent circumstances that happened to me all in a 4 month period (i.e. cancer, surgery, chemo, radiation and the unexpec ... read more
i am a young guy from the UK. I have never suffered from depression in my life until recently this year. At first I put it down to stress. My heartbeat increased and my sleeping pattern went nuts. I l ... read more
"Dyspraxia: the main reason behind my depressn "
, posted Wed 7 Aug 13:10hi y'all, i hope all of you are doing fine.i just wanted to share with you guys one wonderful discovery i had while i was searching the web for research. i came upon this website about handwri ... read more
SJW just started (3rd day). I ask my psy for an alternative to Seroxat and he pointed me to Zibrine (SJW).But after the 2nd day I have constant splitting headaches. Is this common with SJW ? W ... read more
"SJW Helped, But I Worry AboutaRelapse;Ideas? "
, posted Wed 31 Jul 18:39Hi. I am a teenaged female who just began taking St. John's Wort about 6 weeks ago. After MONTHS of dealing w/ what I now realize was depression but had mistaken for mono, stress etc., I decided to ... read more
Hello. Just had to share my personal experience. I've suffered from some depression and anxiety from time to time, but it really got severely worse by age 40. As a woman at this age, I had no idea ... read more
4 years ago I had to start taking paxil after 1 year of fighting with it my self . Paxil and I didn't get along at allthen I found out about SJW and within about 2 weeks I felt alot better and now ... read more
I am new to this site and have had chronic Yeast and Candida for 15 years. the doctors think it's becaue of depression _ I'm not so sure - I have been on and off all kinds of anti-depressants, but to ... read more
Just found this site. It's terrific.I'm surprised I don't see any mention here of SJW's anti-viral effects on cold sores / herpes.I used to get a few outbreaks a year, and haven't had ... read more
"depression and being overweight "
, posted Tue 16 Jul 08:54Hi all,I am new to all of this, and I plan on starting the pills this evening. I am just wondering if there is anyone out there whose depression is brought on by a negative self-image. That is w ... read more
"Having a down day (therapy writing) "
, posted Sat 13 Jul 04:18I'm having a bit of a down day today, and I felt the need to share it with somebody as therapy... I don't want to keep dumping on my husband so here I am...I've been on SJW for about 5 weeks n ... read more