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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: Re: St. Johns wort
fallenfeather wrote:
Hi! Until yesterday I had been taking it for about 3 1/2 weeks but I came off it because it wasn't doing anything at all for me.
While I was taking it the only side effects I noticed was the occasional spell of diarrhoea but only every few days to a week and it would go away very quickly.
I eat a pretty healthy diet and alot of the things on your list of foods aren't things I'd eat very often of some of them never. However, I was taking athsma inhalers, tyrosine suppliment tablets, a little bit of chocolate the odd time, and I took an antihistimine for my hay fever once or twice too with no adverse reactions.
Before going onto the St. John's Wort I had been using Bach's rescue remedy for years and found it useful but St. Johns wort did absolutely nothing for my SA unfortunately.
1. To give St. John's wort a fair shot, the safe bet is to take it for at least 8 weeks. It takes longer than SSRI's to work, and those take up to 6 weeks to attain full efficacy.
2. Make sure you are on high quality St. John's wort. I'd suggest a research-grade brand with standardized 0.3% hypericin and 4% hyperforin extracts. A decade ago, the hype was centered on hypericin, but now hyperforin is coming to the forefront, it seems. Check out http://www.hypericum.com for and up-to-date SJW resource. Also, you can buy a bottle of research grade SJW through the website. It is manufactured by HBC Protocols, and it is relatively expensive.
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