Posted by bleauberry on November 25, 2009, at 14:08:41
In reply to Re: Hypericum and more depression » bleauberry, posted by ralphrost2 on November 24, 2009, at 20:05:28
300mg is on the low end. So things to consider would be:
1. Switch brands. For a more calming clinical version, I favor Kira.
2. Play with dosing times.
3. Increase dose by 75mg per step over a couple weeks up to 450mg. Stay there a couple weeks, with an eventual goal of 600mg. I say that because in that range seems to be the sweet spot many people find.
4. Time. The best success stories with SJW involved 2 to 4 months of waiting and endurance of rough times. Almost every one of those success stories would say that the time you have been on SJW is not meaningful, too short.
Something most people don't know about SJW is that it is a powerful antiviral, antibiotic, and antifungal. So if you have any unsuspected pathogens within, you will feel some weird things along the journey as they are suppressed and killed. True remission won't happen until they have been reduced low enough to remove symptoms. They are themselves a major cause of depression. Since it takes time for them to die off, that could be one of the reasons SJW takes a while to fully work.
> bleauberry,
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> thanks so much for your good ideas. I'll make some experimentation.
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> Funny thing is that I'm on 300 mg, which is a pretty low dose. I tried up to 900 mg and that didn't feel right. I personally prefer to combine low dose of several things rather to use a high dose of a single substance. Let's see what happens.
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