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CommanderKeen
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22 Jun 2016, 6:40 pm

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My levels of anxiety and depression have reached levels that are difficult to cope with on a daily basis so I have decided to take St John's Wort to lessen the symptoms - I have researched the potential problems and stopped taking simvastatin and replaced it with reduced alcohol intake and increased cholesterol-busting foods (I am already vegan so not too much of a trial).

Just wondering what the group experience has been?
Good, bad or indifferent I am interested - will also revisit this thread with on-going reports as to efficacy or otherwise to make it useful to everyone...

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23 Jun 2016, 2:12 am

I tried St John's Wort & it made me more moody & depressed.


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23 Jun 2016, 6:15 am

Thanks for all the information - just one observation I would make about GP involvement (although I shall be using them) is that when I discussed using StJW with a GP some years ago they said "go ahead!" - this was the same GP who had prescribed me simvastatin and had no idea that the interaction could kill me!



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23 Jun 2016, 5:25 pm

Check online - you have to make sure there is nothing that is going to overdrive serotonin levels.

Also, have heard that you have to give up SJW for a couple of weeks before some anaesthetics.

SJW can also make some people susceptible to sunburn, and a friend of mine gave it up as he said it made him feel dopey.



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24 Jun 2016, 2:53 am

Alexanderplatz wrote:
Check online - you have to make sure there is nothing that is going to overdrive serotonin levels.

Also, have heard that you have to give up SJW for a couple of weeks before some anaesthetics.

SJW can also make some people susceptible to sunburn, and a friend of mine gave it up as he said it made him feel dopey.


I actually work for the NHS so have checked the contra-indicators thoroughly.
Seretonin Syndrome is caused by taking SJW in conjunction with an SSRI so OK there.
Not seen anything specific about anaesthetics.
Photosensitivity is a recognised but very rare side-effect (use sunblock)
I already dopy ;-)