Aj Lakhippie, nærlæs lige dine kilder og vær velinformeret, før du starter en debat om urtemedicin, for det har jeg tilfældigvis forstand på!
Hvis du nærlæser den tekst du frit har oversat – så har han indtaget op til 8,5 gange daglig dosis i 14 dage. (Typisk drugaddict måde at bruge urtemedicin på!)
+ at han havde en ”severe depression” – tung depression (hvor perikon ikke anbefales).
Og det er jo ikke tilfældet for trådstarter her.
@Kbhfyren : brug du trygt perikon, ligesom rigtig mange andre, der vil undgå lykkepillerne.
Først et link til en af verdens ledende urtemedicinere (David Hoffmann):
http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=1518http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=1518&xcntr=2Nedenfor er lidt ekstra fra erowid :
(først den tekst du så frit oversætter..)
I've been suffering from depression for quite a number of years. I'm usually very emotional, I cry a lot, I easily get angry, etc..
Anyway, so I was walking around aimlessly in my local pharmacy and I stumbled upon St. John's Wort. I've read that it's used for depression but being OTC, I didn't really think much of it. I was bored so I decided I'd give it a try.
The recommended dose is 900mg a day. One dose in the morning, afternoon and evening. My first dose was 3 300mg caps. Then for the next few days I was taking maybe 1200mg a day. I wouldn't say I was feeling better, but the sadness wasn't there. I wasn't thinking about anything.
I Googled the lethal dose, and being that there isn't any documented, I just started taking caps whenever I saw the bottle in front of me. Some days I would take 25 caps a day (7500mg).
OK, it has been about two weeks now. I feel VERY emotionless. I feel like a zombie. I can't tell if this is good or not. I don't cry anymore, I'm not sad.. but I'm very empty. I find myself in bed for 18 hours a day. I feel extremely extremely bored. My mind is just blank.
As a side note, I need very little Marijuana to get really high, and when I do, it's almost too much to handle. My heart also tends to race faster when I'm high.
Overall, I wouldn't really call this a mood enhancer. It doesn't make me happy, it just removes some of the negative feelings, leaving me neutral. Being relatively safe and OTC (in the States anyway), it's probably worth a try. They say this is not for severe depression (which I have) but for moderate/mild depression. I now understand why. YMMV.
Så til det mere seriøse fra erowid:
Author(s) :Steven Bratman
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“Looking for a safe, reliable treatment for depression? Then you should know about St. John's wort. This amazing herb is comparable to Prozac and other prescription drugs in treating mild to moderate depression -- without the drugs' drastic side effects.“
Beat Depression with St. John's Wort:
Hypericum & Depression
Can Depression Be Successfully Treated with a Safe, Inexpensive, Medically Proven Herb Available without a Prescription?
Harold H. Bloomfield, Mikael Nordfors, Peter McWIlliams
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Barbara Walters: Next, an absolutely amazing medical discovery. A simple herb that could change the lives of millions of Americans who suffer from depression. Dr. Timothy Johnson with a medical revolution in the making.
Hugh Downs: Now a truly startling medical breakthrough, one that could affect millions of people who suffer from mild depression. Right now many of them are treated with drugs like Prozac, but there may be a better way. Researchers say an amazing herb is proving to be safer, cheaper, and just as effective as prescription drugs in treating depression. Traditional medicine is slowly holding out a hand to some alternative therapies, and as Dr. Timothy Johnson will show you, all of us may reap the benefits.
Barbara Walters: Tim, I think this is one of the most important stories that we have done in years . . . But a lot of doctors, I'll bet, don't know about this herb, and how do you know about dosage?
Timothy Johnson, M.d.: Well, that's a very important question. We point out that [doctors] don't {know about hypericum], and what I would recommend is Dr. Bloomfield's book -- it's a practical source of dosage and information that both you and your doctor can learn from.