Kelly's St. John's Wort info pages

"just started " , posted Tue 15 Feb 14:14:

I just started yesterday! I was on off and on different prescriptions (mostly Paxil and Wellbutrin XL) for about 3 1/2 years. I was sick of all the side effects (especially the sexual ones-very diff ... read more

kberia

"SJW & SAMe " , posted Mon 14 Feb 12:26

I went in for a physical on my 50th bday. I am in very good health so hadn't seen a doctor in 14 years. She felt I had ADD and wanted to put me on some meds for that and depression and hormones for p ... read more

petunia

"Gotu Kola " , posted Fri 11 Feb 12:59

After just having a very positive experience with Gotu Kola, I thought I'd put in a good word for it here in the forum.This morning I was getting ready to go back home for reading break (ie pa ... read more

attacksquid

"Bad experience with SJW " , posted Fri 11 Feb 06:37

Last October I was having trouble sleeping in that I would wake during the night and find it hard to get back to sleep. Not wanting to start any prescription drugs I did a bit of research, found this ... read more

sotxman

"St Johns Wort and Tyramine " , posted Thu 10 Feb 19:46

I've been taking SJW and it seems to be working. I was just doing some research on it when I came across the suggestion the SJW works like MAOI (mao ihibitor antidepressant which iteracts with all kin ... read more

seawakim

"anyone tried chromium picolinate " , posted Mon 7 Feb 00:42

Hi guys, just done some research into atypical depression, which I think i may have (I think it's related to my social anxiety) I've just gone and bought some chromium picolinate to try after having ... read more

the chief

"Just started SJW " , posted Thu 3 Feb 04:05

I've suffered from depression and anxiety for over 20 years, although for long periods I have remained relatively happy, and have been able to function normally on a day to day basis. However, in Dece ... read more

wrexham

"Early experiences of SJW " , posted Mon 31 Jan 02:57

I have only been using SJW for a week or so and found it has definitely made a difference to me. I don't exactly know what I was expecting - I have never tried any form of antidepressant before. At th ... read more

omoor

"SJW made a huge difference " , posted Fri 28 Jan 18:50

I want to direct this message to anyone new here that is reading this post and is suffering from depression. Please do not give up. Do not dispair. Please give SJW a try. My experience was life cha ... read more

perika

"i got pregnant with st. john's wort " , posted Thu 27 Jan 20:02

I do not know for sure if that was the cause, but I had difficulty getting pregnant. I was also suffering with anxiety disorder. I decided to try St. John's Wort. I took it for a few months and got ... read more

l5hill

"finally started taking SJW " , posted Tue 25 Jan 11:01

Hi im a 23 year old male from south east England, near London. I went slightly wild in my late teens and ended up going to work in Holland for 8 months, in which time i went a tad crazy on the drug fr ... read more

brook

"finally started taking SJW " , posted Tue 25 Jan 11:00

Hi im a 23 year old male from south east England, near London. I went slightly wild in my late teens and ended up going to work in Holland for 8 months, in which time i went a tad crazy on the drug fr ... read more

brook

"Works for a while then effects wear off. " , posted Sat 15 Jan 13:00

I've been taking SJW for 7 months now, and it took 6 weeks initially to kick in, after which it worked incredibly well for some 3 months, depression was gone, anxiety disappeared in fact nothing seeme ... read more

word72

"Just Started SJW " , posted Mon 10 Jan 11:33

About a year ago I was prescribed Lexapro and it seemed to work rather well. I got to feeling good enough that i stopped taking it and now I seem to be having problems. I thought I would like to take ... read more

hughes

"I am going to try it " , posted Sat 8 Jan 07:05

I am going to try SJW and I hope it works for me. At one time I was taking Paxil and Welburtin at the same time. All I did was get fat and lose my sex drive. I finally just got off it and lost weight ... read more

koleman

"detoxing lexapro before sjw " , posted Fri 7 Jan 09:28

I am 44 married female suffering worsening depression for almost 2 years. I researched and did the vitamins ( my B's need increasing) was doing fine until the depression became worse( feeling very tor ... read more

rslaughter60

"dullish feeling in chest " , posted Tue 4 Jan 21:41:

I will say that after only 3 days of only one pill per day,300, (im very sensitive) i feel oddly different. I feel a dulness in my chest that takes place of constant anxiety. That's good, but i also ... read more

diz

"Still doing ok? " , posted Sun 26 Dec 10:10

Hi - I just read your post and was cuious how things are still going with your progress. I mainly suffer from anxiety with a little depression. I am right now looking at Zoloft pills hoping for reli ... read more

cybertera

"Feeding SJW or Antidepressants... " , posted Mon 13 Dec 13:19

If you are finding that your SJW or Antidepressant isnt working please make sure you are eating good amounts of 1st class protein spread throughout day with 2-4 hours between meals. For example Oily f ... read more

BoneDragon

"SSRI /St. John's Wort Debate " , posted Sun 12 Dec 02:18

I have been seeing a psychologist for 3 months who has prescribed to me 2000 mg. of SJW (I'm only taking 1200 mg. of the NOW brand) and 100 mg. of 5-HTP daily to treat my OCD, social anxiety, and buli ... read more

onelove

"SJW + amitriptyline " , posted Thu 9 Dec 10:08

I posted a few days ago about combining sjw with ssri's/tricyclicsand thought i would tell you my findings.I starting taking the sjw a couple of days ago and ive started feeling a little funny ... read more

sreliamtoh

"farewell, SJW " , posted Tue 7 Dec 13:30

I last updated on the experience forum on 30th October. Since then, my SJW experience has been pretty negative. I've had mood swings, extremely intrusive negative thoughts, vivid bad dreams that affec ... read more

troll

"my experience with sjw " , posted Tue 7 Dec 12:14

I SUFFER FROM A FORM OF BI-POLAR DISORDER THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM MY ENTIRE LIFE. I AM 31 YEARS OLD AND HAVE BEEN USING MANY DIFFERENT MEDS, THEY WORKED FOR SOME TIME BUT ONE DAY I STARTED TO GET VIO ... read more

msparks

"Experience thus far w/ kava, adding calmHTP " , posted Fri 3 Dec 20:05

I have been taking kava for about two weeks, and two days ago I switched to the calm.HTP.. the kava helped somewhat, but I decided to switch to calmHTP b/c I liked the idea of having all thre ... read more

Auryn

"PLEASE RESPOND! TAKING MINDSOOTHE & BECALM " , posted Tue 30 Nov 16:45

Hi, Im 32 a mom of 3 boys new here to your site and have suffered from Panic and Anxiety since I was 16. I feel as a adult it has gotten worse. I have done Paxil(which once on it I was great but gett ... read more

LisaM

"skin on face is sensitive " , posted Sun 28 Nov 07:57

Hi, I am new to SJW however not new to depression. After years on meds by the doc I have long last decided to take the more natural route.I have been taking it for about 10 days now and have d ... read more

Joyuk

"Does it work? I don't know " , posted Thu 25 Nov 03:30

Hello,This site is very good etc. Thank you all. Now here is my story:I am a 38 yr. male and probably mildly depressed the better part of my life. Last summer was awfull, I stayed in b ... read more

Jackle

"Going off Efexor-xr " , posted Tue 23 Nov 17:28

Hi ,I am a 45f from australia and been on Efexor-xr for about 5 years now. I feel I am more addicted to them now as I have tired to go off them once and went from 300mg to 225mg after a week the w ... read more

sanco1

"encouragement " , posted Wed 17 Nov 18:17

I am so happy I found this wonderful site-through yahoo, not google. I have suffered from mild depression for most of my life. My parents didn't know. Confused laziness with low energy from depression ... read more

grouchyman

"Tryptophan and Tyrosine " , posted Sun 14 Nov 23:43

I just wanted to say that I've been getting very good results with mixing Tryptophan and Tyrosine.About 2grams Tryptophan and 1500mg of L Tyrosine.I have a classic mix of mostly anxiety and moderate d ... read more

lotus

"experience so far " , posted Sat 30 Oct 10:35

HiI've been on SJW for 3 months now, at too low a dosage for the first 5 weeks or so. This is what happens when following instructions like "1 a day". I had what I think was a placebo effect, whic ... read more

troll

"Republic of Ireland " , posted Fri 15 Oct 06:11

Dear All,I had great difficulty in obtaining St. John's Wort (which is only available by perscription in the Republic of Ireland) from Doctors in Dublin. I went to 3 Doctors asking them direct ... read more

sile

"Any real users have real success with SJW? " , posted Wed 13 Oct 04:46

On an average of reading most these posts, I seem to see more negative results or "nothing happening" results from users taking SJW. I am just wondering as I tried it for about 3-4 weeks (Amoryn) and ... read more

claude66

"MIXED RESULTS FROM FISH OIL " , posted Mon 11 Oct 11:23

Fish oil is definately a mood improver for me. I feel awake as soon as I get up ready to face the day. Unfortunately after about 10 days of taking one 1000mg capsule per day of seven seas triomega I n ... read more

marcus1

"SJW experience " , posted Mon 11 Oct 10:42

Hi, I started taking SJW about 3 weeks ago.I felt great like the first day after taking it. I was very happy to have some relief from my chronic major depression. I am 51 years old and have had depres ... read more

SabrinaTx

"My experiences " , posted Fri 8 Oct 00:10

I didn't know I had depression until a psychatrist told me I had it.The thing is I thought everyone felt sad like I did , why didn't anyone tell me before then .As far as I know I have ... read more

Blackunicorn

"Finally Feeling Some Relief " , posted Wed 6 Oct 07:44

It's been 5 weeks since I've began taking SJW. These last few weeks have been horrible. I've been detoxing from Effexor and going through horrible withdrawl since I began tapering on Aug 12th this y ... read more

LaurieLu

"SJW a lifesaver " , posted Mon 4 Oct 22:10:

I was once and now soon to be a pro-hockey player once again. Around June of 2003 I remember sitting in the car at a Redlight and my focus changed and I new something was different but i was'nt sure ... read more

gormanov16

"nausea from taking meds " , posted Sat 2 Oct 18:48

Hi Kelly,If I recall correctly you mentioned something about becoming nauseated when taking medications or herbal remedies. My husband had this problem with a medication, and taking Gravol to com ... read more

celerychucker

"Why I stopped taking SJW " , posted Thu 30 Sep 20:23

I've taken a few different SSRIs, I finally couldn't take the side effects of any of them and told informed my doctor of that I was going to try SJW. He supported me in this and SJW worked for me. It ... read more

Kai Hvatum