#54: St. John’s Wort
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
St. John’s Wort: herbal Prozac Lite, with fewer side effects! Does it work? Studies say, “yes”, I say, “maybe?”; I lack a well-controlled environment. It is a plant, and you can break open the pills and make tea out of it. Or grow it yourself. Unless you live in Ireland. Then you need a prescription. (?!)
You guys it is big comics tiem.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:55
Interestingly, I will be seeing a psychiatrist today to look into medication (short term). Which will be very interesting. Yeah.
October 29th, 2008 at 01:00
Hooray! ..?
It freaks me out that antidepressants help fight depression except for when they do just the opposite and make you spiral into a suicidal hole. Makes me nervous about trying the Rx drugs. But they really have helped a lot of people I know, so.
October 29th, 2008 at 02:51
Hooray I guess. Being able to get stuff done would be nice.
The unpredictability of anti-depressants is incredibly frustrating. It really is a case of “let’s try this and see if it works!” and it takes 4 to 6 weeks to figure that out so… yeah. But I got to deal with stuff and I can’t just put my life on hold (at least I can’t afford to) and lately I can’t seem to get anything done so… The hopeless, scared, overwhelmed, I can’t do this feeling, I’ve been fighting it for too long and at this point I’m tired of fighting it and I want to get to the point where it’s not such an issue anymore. Which might be more than you want to know.
Needless to say, if you’ve been taking St. John’s Wort for over a month and haven’t felt much of a difference, chances are it’s not working.
October 29th, 2008 at 07:59
Renee: Ho boy… Don’t get me started on “anti-depressants”. Good luck with them, I hope they do better for you then they did for me, I remember having those crushing feelings (still get them from time to time but nowhere nearly as bad) and I’m glad you’re trying to find a solution that isn’t self destructive.
Best wishes.
October 29th, 2008 at 08:29
Frank: Oh, I’ve already had one bad experience with them (it did nothing, very disappointing) but I’m trying again because if I don’t my life will go to crap. I’m not independently wealthy, so I can’t just not do anything. So I have to fix myself somehow and right now therapy isn’t going to be enough on it’s own.
October 29th, 2008 at 06:06
Well, it’s not so much that nothing has changed…I think I feel better than I did when I started, but a lot of other things have changed since then (like where I live), so I don’t know what to credit.
October 29th, 2008 at 07:07
You feel better? Ok. Well that’s what important.