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Originally posted by Raven@Feb 11 2005, 10:24 AM
There have been studies on St. John's Wort....and they vary in what they say about the efficacy of this herb.
Whether it is a placebo effect or there are some real properties depends on whose clinical trial you want to believe.
There have been some non scientific studies, based simply on what people report as to whether St. John's Wort actually lifts the spirits; but, in my experience, all of these herbs and drugs.....are merely bandaids....
Without going into lengthy explanations, it's really a matter of economy. It's much less expensive to prescribe a lifetime of prozac, paxil, zoloft and the newer anti depressants than it is to co pay talk therapy, which is what these people truly need.
All these drugs accomplish is a film over the problem...physically, they allow the psyche to fool itself into thinking its fine when it isn't....
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I couldn't agree more.. if you are on any sort of MAOI or SSRI, and you are not talking to a professional, you need to be... the root of the problems may be chemical, but the remedy could be a change in lifestyle, diet, excercise patterns, social patterns, etc.. none of this a depressed individual is going to realize on their own.. talking out the way you feel should go hand and hand with any prescription.