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jare bare asked in HealthMental Health · 8 years ago

Have you or anyone you know used St. John's Wort for depression?

Did it work? How did it make you feel? Were there side effects? Please help!

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  • 8 years ago
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    All I can say is I've had three people come to my hospital emergency room having a serious adverse reaction to St. John's Wort. One of them lived...

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    5 years ago

    I took it awhile in the past. i attempted it because of fact it grew to become into over the counter and a organic way for healing melancholy. I took it for melancholy...wasn't conscious that it is extensively utilized for rigidity. It did not help me....yet then i've got additionally tried 7 or 8 distinctive antidepressants, and that they have got not been useful. you may examine with a doctor approximately making use of St. John's Wort mutually with an antidepressant. as quickly as I took St. John's Wort I took it on my own. sturdy success.

  • 8 years ago

    I have taken that before, it did nothing for me but everyone is different. Side effects come with just about anything. That brand is good, You can check out on the internet. You can talk to someone if you are feeling depressed and they can help you. You would need to explain what you are feeling. I really would suggest talking to someone

  • 8 years ago

    http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/...

    Alternative medicine is usually a misnomer, as it is not an alternative to anything, and definitely not medicine. Above is a link to a breakdown about the studies done on St. John's wort.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I took it for a while, didn't think it was helping so I stopped, then I felt crappy. Maybe it was working a little but I didn't know it. No side effects like with every single antidepressant I've been on.

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