Posted by Optimist on December 13, 2004, at 23:33:20 [reposted on December 14, 2004, at 3:34:08 | original URL]
In reply to St. John's Question (please do not redirect), posted by Dan Perkins on December 13, 2004, at 20:43:34
> I know that this post technically belongs on the Alternative page, but I specifically want to ask this question to this group of people who, I feel, have a lot of knowledge and experience with traditional antidepressant medications.
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> Have any of you tried St. John's Wart? I have been on the full range of antidepressants and there aren't many traditional meds left for me to try. I am curious if anyone here thinks that St. John's Wart is worth a try.I've been on St. John's Wort 2700mg a day which is three times the recommended dose. Even at that dose I've found it to be quite mild. The brand I was on was also considered efficatious so I don't think there was a problem with it's potency.
Currently I'm on 450mg Wellbutrin SR, 20mg Prozac, 5mg Adderall XR, 200mg Vitex(herbal dopamine agonist), 3g tryosine, and 200mg-400mg of caffeine per day. I recently switched the SJW to Prozac and feel that the Prozac is more effective.
My dx is dysthymia with atypical features, and social anxiety, with possible SAD features.
I'm thinking of possibly scrapping my current cocktail for a trial of Parnate. We'll see next week after my appt with my pdoc.
IMO, I would say don't bother with the St. John's Wort. If many other AD's haven't helped I highly doubt the STW will.
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