St. John's Wort and Depression


Writing from experience

I don't intend to make this blog a discussion of Pagans and depression, but there are some issues that come up from time to time.

In my experience, SJW does work to take the edge off of depression. However, it takes daily doses for about three weeks to build up enough in your system to start having an effect. It also works better if you get out of the depression before you start taking regular doses.

When you've established a regimen, watch for the side effects. After about two months of regular doses, you can prevent the worst of the side effects by taking a break for a week or two every six weeks. Less than six weeks and the St. John's Wort just stops working at all.

Be sure you track how much you take and when you take it. Like any medication, try to take it at the same time every day.

Posted: Tue - June 30, 2009 at 11:41 AM
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