Posted by JKL on March 19, 2005, at 10:29:29
In reply to Can You Take St Johns Wort With AD's?, posted by Phillipa on March 11, 2005, at 17:48:06
MAOIs and sjw cannot go together. Potentially deadly.
It doesn't mix well with Paxil. Intense sedation, easy to overdo it.
Yes, you can take sjw with antidepressants, except for the maois. Be educated on how to spot early signs of serotonin syndrome. Just start with super low dosing, like splitting a pill into halves or quarters and dosing just once a day, and proceed modestly from there.
Start with a brand that is the same as in many of the clinical studies. That is LI160 formula, Kira brand.
Brands can be as different from one another as SSRIs are different from one another. So if one brand doesn't help, it's worth trying a couple others for a couple weeks each. Natures Way Perika is another good one also used in clinical studies.
I like Kira LI160, along with a little bit of prozac and zyprexa. The drugs keep me stable and non-depressed, but blaw. Sjw gets rid of the blawness, probably due to its norepinephrine and dopamine action. It is also, for me, pro-sexual, pro-urinary, anti-virus, anti-bacteria, and has caused infected boils in my seating area to clear up and disappear.
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