Mon, Jan-03-05, 14:26
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Plan: Generic LC with tweaks
Stats: 204/178/165
BF:
Progress: 67%
Location: NC
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St John's wort has a lot of side effects
This month's issue of the GNC magazine has a lot of St John's Wort interaction information. You might swing by a store and look at a copy--it interacts with one of the liver enzymes that metabolize many drugs and so decreases blood levels of some things you might not want lower.
SJW caused kick-butt sunburn for me, and I quit, and I hated the quitting process--didn't taper like I probably should have, NASTY rebound depressive spike.
5-HTP is going to put more serotonin in your brain, but I have no clue about other side effects. I tried it for a few weeks, noticed no appreciable difference, and quit. Will ask a doctor about it later this month.
A different thought: Do you live anywhere that you might could find a center for integrative medicine? Duke Hospital has one (DCIM.org), as does UNC-CH. In addition, there are at least two private-practice MDs in this area who treat "whole-person" problems with alternatives PLUS standard treatment. Maybe someone in a practice like this would be useful.
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