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[andrewducker]

At Kirsty's prodding, and to bring some scientific rigour into what was previously blanket statements along the lines of "They're mad! The lot of them!!!", here's a poll.

[Poll #145435]

Comments

[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

what about st.john's wort? non-prescription, but a lot of folk use it.

And yes, I know it's not a wonder-cure, but it works for some people, and it's a good thing to try first, as it doesn't involve scary doctor people.

[andrewducker]

Feel free to include that.

Hmm - if you took X to help you with depression and would probably have had to take prescription drugs otherwise, then I'd say it counted.

[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

righto.

*views poll results with amusement*

[neriedes.livejournal.com]

st.john's wort really is very potent.
Apparently it might become a prescribed drug because it's a herb that actually works, but also because it interferes with a good number of prescribed drugs, i.e. some anti-depressants, and the pill.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

in a real pinch, I've used St. Johns Wort as a substitute for Paxil.

The main difference is it takes about 16 St. Johns Wort tablets to = 1 Paxil.

Re:

[neriedes.livejournal.com]

Never got to try ST. Johns wort myself because I was on seroxat and the psychiatrist said St. Johns wort would interfere with it in a negative way.

But now if I need to I'll try St. Johns Wort because I don't want these prescribed medicines in my system anymore.