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does St. johns wort even work? « 1980Monroe

Posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2004, at 0:15:06

In reply to does St. johns wort even work?, posted by 1980Monroe on May 10, 2004, at 16:18:28

> I've tooken it and hardly felt a diffrence one time, took it for about 7 weeks, and took HIGH doses like 2000mg and only made me get sunbunrned.
>
> Well even if it is antidepressant, (thats still debatably) it defiently doesnt effect much of any reuptake of the neurotransmitters, like only 15% proably. Does anyone know what neurotransmitters it effects anyways? Glad to hear your opinions too.

Re: does St. johns wort even work? » Dr. Bob

Posted by LOOPS on May 14, 2004, at 9:41:47

In reply to does St. johns wort even work? « 1980Monroe, posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2004, at 0:15:06

> > I've tooken it and hardly felt a diffrence one time, took it for about 7 weeks, and took HIGH doses like 2000mg and only made me get sunbunrned.
> >
> > Well even if it is antidepressant, (thats still debatably) it defiently doesnt effect much of any reuptake of the neurotransmitters, like only 15% proably. Does anyone know what neurotransmitters it effects anyways? Glad to hear your opinions too.

I think it affects serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain. But the extent to which each of these neurotransmitters is affected differs according to your 'normal / depressed' levels to start with. I always felt anxious on it.

There's a good website here for discussion of St Johns Wort and people's experiences:

www.sjwinfo.org

Loops

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