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[GodsTyro]

Decided to try some of this stuff before visiting a psychiatrist, because I feel I may have over-hyped some of my 'issues' I mentioned previously (if anyone remembers my last post pertaining to depression). Anyway, it definitely brings a care-free feeling. I feel more focused and somewhat motivated as well.

 

[xexex]

ok

 

[MrAngryFace]

Agreed, tho some will call it a placebo, whatever works. Not everyone needs to see the doctor.

 

[Ferrio]

This comes to mind.

Amy: You should try homeopathic medicine, Bender. Take some zinc.
Bender: I'm 40% zinc.
Amy: Then take some echinacea or St. John's wort.
Prof.: Or a big, fat placebo. It's all the same crap.

 

[xsarien]

You might want to ask a doctor before you start popping any kind of pill on a regular basis.

 

[MrAngryFace]

its an herbal suppliment, not a 'pill'

 

[Amir0x]

Jus' take some E.

 

[xsarien]

its an herbal suppliment, not a 'pill'

Meaning what?

 

[CabbageRed]

Meaning what?

Insurance won't cover it.

I've only seen one person try it and they bailed fast because they become absurdly grumpy.

 

[Hitokage]

Meaning what?

It's 99% kelp.

 

[Drinky Crow]

I dunno; I take it and it definitely seems to shift my mood up a notch or two.

 

[xsarien]

It's 99% kelp.

Kelp is crap!

 

[Brian Fellows]

Decided to try some of this stuff before visiting a psychiatrist, because I feel I may have over-hyped some of my 'issues' I mentioned previously (if anyone remembers my last post pertaining to depression). Anyway, it definitely brings a care-free feeling. I feel more focused and somewhat motivated as well.

My high school girlfriend took the stuff. Bitch was still crazy.

 

[Zensetsu]

My high school girlfriend took the stuff. Bitch was still crazy.

You can't hide crazy..

 

[aoi tsuki]

Decided to try some of this stuff before visiting a psychiatrist, because I feel I may have over-hyped some of my 'issues' I mentioned previously (if anyone remembers my last post pertaining to depression). Anyway, it definitely brings a care-free feeling. I feel more focused and somewhat motivated as well.

How long and what brand are you taking? IIRC, it took something like 2-4 weeks before i noticed a difference. But haters be damned; the stuff really works for me.

 

[ToxicAdam]

 

[aoi tsuki]

And you say that why?

 

[ToxicAdam]

No reason. Just to get a rise out of people. I approve of this, if it helps people. Sure beats that other crap they push ... Paxil or whatever the flavor of the month is.


Doesn't it take 3-4 weeks of taking this to feel any kind of thing at all? So, it seems odd that you would feel better so soon.

 

[GodsTyro]

No reason. Just to get a rise out of people. I approve of this, if it helps people. Sure beats that other crap they push ... Paxil or whatever the flavor of the month is.


Doesn't it take 3-4 weeks of taking this to feel any kind of thing at all? So, it seems odd that you would feel better so soon.

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St. John's Wort Herb Extract (Hypericum perforatum)(0.3% Hypericin = 0.9mg) 300 mg

I'm pretty sure I only had mild depression, if anything, as a result of feeling isolated because I live at home with somewhat restricting parents. I also tend to get upset over little things, and this makes you feel like you don't care as much. I don't know, but I do feel my mood up one or two notches, as well as more 'focused'. (so whatever works :-/ ) Regardless, if it maintains its effect or even improves over time, that would be nice.

BTW, it certainly ISN'T a placebo. 'Hypericin', in whatever quantity, probably has its effects.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

BTW, it certainly ISN'T a placebo. 'Hypericin', in whatever quantity, probably has its effects.

Certainly vs. Probably

FIGHT!

 

[Zensetsu]

Sweet, sweet hypercin, 'tis the nectar of the gods.
Apparently (according to the net) its possible use is being investigated in the treatment of depression, cancer and AIDS. Although 'cure-all' comments like that usually create a great deal of scepticism. Hence the snake oil reference.

Two aromatic polycyclic diones hypericin and pseudohypericin have
potent antiretroviral activity; these substances occur in plants of
the Hypericum family. Both compounds are highly effective in
preventing viral-induced manifestations that follow infections with a
variety of retroviruses in vivo and in vitro. Pseudohypericin and
hypericin probably interfere with viral infection and/or spread by
direct inactivation of the virus or by preventing virus shedding,
budding, or assembly at the cell membrane. These compounds have no
apparent activity against the transcription, translation, or
transport of viral proteins to the cell membrane and also no direct
effect on the polymerase. This property distinguishes their mode of
action from that of the major antiretro-virus group of nucleoside
analogues. Hypericin and pseudohypericin have low in vitro cytotoxic
activity at concentrations sufficient to produce dramatic antiviral
effects in murine tissue culture model systems that use radiation
leukemia and Friend viruses. Administration of these compounds to
mice at the low doses sufficient to prevent retroviral-induced
disease appears devoid of undesirable side effects. This lack of
toxicity at therapeutic doses extends to humans, as these compounds
have been tested in patients as antidepressants with apparent
salutary effects. Our observations to date suggest that
pseudohypericin and hypericin could become therapeutic tools against
retroviral-induced diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS)

 

[DarkAngelYuna]

It takes 3-4 weeks to start working normally although 2 weeks for a very few select people. Anyone claiming its working in a day or a week is just an idiot ^_-