Posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 23, 2006, at 7:42:37 [reposted on April 24, 2006, at 19:03:29 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Natural or medicinal 5ht2 antagonist? » Meri-Tuuli, posted by blueberry on April 22, 2006, at 20:08:50
Hi!
>Then my doc pulled me off of it. Stupid of the doc, and stupid of me to go along with it.
I'm in bit of the same situation - I stopped it a few weeks ago because I didn't think it was doing anything (big mistake) but anyway I'm seeing a pdoc on Friday and I don't want to start it up again. I think I might try whatever medication the pdoc suggests, simply because I want to stay with him.
Its hard to get a referral to a pdoc on the NHS. So you see my dilemma -- I don't want to go to him 'I'm on SJW, its okay' so he'll just say 'stay on it and don't come back, see your GP'. At least if I'm taking something he prescribes, I will get to see him again (I think).
And because pdocs can prescribe more exotic drugs than GPs can (who are limited to SSRIs TCAs) then i want to give this a shot - at least getting prescribed something that might actually help. SSRIs/effexor/wellbutrin did nothing for me. All I have is some limited hope that this pdoc will be better than the GPs I have seen so far....
But SJW ain't going anywhere so I can always go back to it.
Anyway I'm digressing. Sorry.
You probably already know this, but ginkgo is meant to help the ringing in the ears....and er, I think you can combine it with SJW? I think I read about ginkgo's tinnatus reducing properties on www.herbalgram.org (the American Botanical Assoc website), but the site seems to be down at the moment.
They have an interesting article on SJW and salivary cortisol and melatonin in the recent news. Anyway search the archives for ginkgo, the tinnatus thing might come up - I would have done it for you, but the site is down or so it seems at my end.
Kind regards
Meri
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> My one and only problem with sjw...it makes my ears ring real loud. Would that go away in say 2 months, 3 months? I don't know. But's its pretty bad. I almost took sjw today. I'm on the fence. Can't seem to commit.
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> Yeah, the sjw board is interesting, but not nearly as educated as this one.
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> > Hi Blueberry!
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> > Have you ever tried SJW on its own?? Or have you never had the opportunity to do so? Did you take kira? Do you notice any difference between the brands? I tried looking into sjw at that Kelly's sjwinfo.org site, but the discussion forum I think difficult to follow and nowhere near as helpful as here!!
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> > Kind regards
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> > Meri
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