Depression and Saint John's Wort 

Does it work against OCD (impulsive thoughts)

I feel like shit everyday but i havent been diagnosed because its expensive to go to a psychiatrist in my country. And also one time i go to the hospital they want me to be admitted because of how depressed i was. Im just carrying on with my life but not in control. I ordered this online i hope its effect will be like yours.

@@starbucks2101 how was it? I took some today and immediately felt a difference. A little bit strange, but wayyy better mood overall and less ruminating/intrusive negatvity.

@@enzogonzales608 How much you are taking SJW ?

This is fair criticism. But I also understand that for legal reasons they have to say it. Also, for those rich enough to have access to a doctor, it is the best thing they can do. Plus it is too deep of a subject to include on a disclaimer that would come on every video.

@@doradavid4408 Why is "natural" necessarily better? Lots of stuff in nature will kill you.

Yup dont take antidepressents. The worst ive ever felt. Just needed to go outside and enjoy nature and surround myself with good friends.

@@stoptrudeau42 don't just throw that around as general advice. Antidepressants sucked for me, but they were life changing for my ex. Everyone's brains are different. Edit: oh wait you're an antisemitic crackpot. That makes sense.

@@stoptrudeau42 That's terrible and potentially dangerous advice. Antidepressants can, and have saved lives. They don't work for everyone, especially without being paired with counselling, but they do help people. I will agree that spending time in nature and with friends can help, sometimes even more than antidepressants, but saying not to take them at all isn't a great idea.

Wait, what?

One of anxiety common comorbidities is depression and vice versa.

@@R.96108 nah the aniexty got me fairly stressed about stuff and procrastination didn't help so yeah I think my attention just went to this aniexty and that's how I forgot about the depression

@@ThatOneOddGuy I see. It's interesting how we experience the same thing differently.

@@R.96108 I don't think I have depression anymore but I seem to procrastinate a bit though How does aniexty affect you

Better to try those harmful pharma meds that are impossible to stop right?

Yep. I found it helpful for seasonal depression.

You should’ve started with “yeah it’s most likely to kill you if you’re taking mental health drugs” not sorta.. not kinda.. WILL KILL YOU. I’m good I’ll just smoke some heroin 😂kidding

Can you please give examples?

can i ask whats your level of depression ? light,mid,or high i am a extreme case and not a single strong med did work so i think this is also not going to do anything

@@user-he8eu3ue5nI mean wouldn’t hurt to try since the bottle of these aren’t expensive

I mean if you have health insurance it’s not bad

You can make a tincture out of it for much cheaper cost then that directly from the plants. i am a doctor and use it.

What product ?

@@sarang5906 St John's Wort. They sell them in capsule form. This never worked for me. In my local health food store they sell St john's wort tea in bulk. I make a tea with it. Works like magic. I looked on Amazon they sell it on there loose leaf.

I started taking tea of it, i feel different

I’m interested in hearing the update

@@ericsmovies6520 hi, it’s been a week. It got me out of the depression but it blunted my emotions. Feel like a zombie lol. Not sure if it’s making me dissociate but I feel like that too. Im planning on slowly coming off of it by next week. I’ll take one every alternative day and then stop. I’ll let exercise, healthy eating and prayer take over.

The research only seeks to establish whether it has better anti depressive effects than placebo. Obviously no-one is denying that it has a pharmological effect, but that effect might or might not include working as an anti depressant. Tylenol would (probably) also be found to not have a statistically significant anti depressive effect as compared to a placebo, but that doesn't mean Tylenol is a placebo.

Make a tincture out of the herb. It will be visibly better than placebo effect.

GREAT QUESTION!!!

@@Karreth If something is affecting serotonin in a significant way, then it is bound to have an influence on at least some forms of depression. The thing is, depression isn't one singular condition, and if, say, something works on 5 types of depression out of 100s, we literally won't know it due how we calculate statistical significance. We are using rigid scientific methods and apply them to vague made up categories that don't have a strict chemical and physical categorization. But that's kind of a problem with modern psychology in general

It is very good especially you can make a tincture from the herb itself. I am doctor myself.

Exactly !!!!! How is it ineffective and does nothing yet if taken with petrochemical for the same problem make the effects dangerously high. It can't be both!

Ineffective as an anti depressant. It's well known that it produces pharmacological effects, but those effects may or may not include working to aliviate depression.

Also its ineffective and sometime it can cause serotonin syndrome.

Yeah prescribed anti depressants fucked me up long term far more than the conditions I was taking them for, thanks doc...

It is very good, and if you can make a tincture out of the St. John Wart's herb itself is even for efficient.

@@G.S.30 How to make tincture from herb capsules ?

@@SM-by8mg First depends on the tincture preserver you will use, acidic (vinegar), neutral (alcohol) or alkaline. Alcohol preservants are the best because they are neither acidic nor alkaline and can absorb preserve almost all herbal components from the plant. But if for any reason, one has to avoid alcohol, I personally prefer vinegar, but I recommend good quality vinegar. About herbal capsules, not tablets, after you pour the tincture's preservant, open the capsules and pour the herbal components in there. Usually the herbal capsules contain the sliced herbs within themselves. I made a tincture of St. John's wort, Valerian and Gingkgo Biloba, for depression, anxiety, PTSD and even ADHD. I used 2.5 liters of preservant, and I added 400 or 500 grams of St. John Wart's the plant itself, valerian roots itself but I used Ginkgo Biloba capsules, as you asked. First I opened the capsules carefully so the herbal content within them falls on the dish you have pour your preservant. I opened all capsules and poured the sliced herb within them straight in the preservant. They are far more easily absorbable than normal plants because they are sliced into small particles already. Then I added St John Wart's plants and Valerian roots. And then you keep minimally the tinctural mixture 2 months, in a dark, dry and normal temperature and the dish you have poured them must be hermetically sealed. I kept this tincture actually 6 months because I used to forget to filter it but it was worth it because the tincture came out fantastic, in color, in taste and in absorbtion as you can either take it sublingually, or directly swallow a spoon of it daily or dilate in water if one cannot bear the strength of the preservant. Tincture mixtures whether from herbal capsules or from plants are then carefully filtered and put into preferably dark bottles. And they can last even for years if prepared and preserved properly. If you speak about tablets, tablets are composed differently, because they have the sugar compound and main active medical ingredient in a more solid form, whereas capsules, whether herbal or medical, have just the coat where the sliced herb or drug is put within (to not harm the stomach mucosa). otherwise any capsule you just need to open it and you can will find the crushed and sliced drug or herb. From capsules the absorbtion process is much faster than with normal herbs because they are in small particles but I would suggest a 4-6 week period for them to really dilute and be absorbed. This is from my experience. I am an (allopathic) medical doctor, but I do practise naturopathic medicine as well, I always prefer integrative medical approach. Neither the big pharma monopoly, nor opposition to every drug out there which has shown to be effective and with least side effects. Of NOTE: The herbs are not SIDE EFFECTS FREE. They have lesser or no side effects than conventional pharma drugs but they still do. Like in this case St. John's wort has or valerian etc. Whoever says herbs are free from any side effect is not well versed in naturopathy even. One may not need to do medical school and get licensed to be a naturopathic physician, but certainly all serious naturapathic practitioners have a training. Well, given how much opposition medical doctors have to naturopathy, they forget a medical doctor who receives training in naturopathy, scientific naturopathic medicine, not merely popular one (which is also very good because it is based on centuries of human experience), has an advantage because he has studied all organs systems normal anatomy physiology pharmacology and diseases and therefore will understand the usage and preparation of any herbal medication more carefully. This is actually called integrative medicine which I like a lot. So I hope my advice helps you. I am not the best naturopath, but I am a bit versed in it so I am showing you the way to prepare a good quality and lasting tincture from several books and courses I took and my personal experience. I hope it helps. But I advise if you make a combo of herbs in a tincture, make sure there are no adverse chemical reaction between different plant components or between them and preservant. For depression and anxiety and ADHD I have myself suffered, I have found immense relief. Trust me doctors are in more need of treatment than patients often because our job is very demanding and mentally exhausting. We are humans too. We are humans then doctors. So I learned the need to use this knowledge I learned in medical school and naturopathy for the well being and myself as well. How will I treat my patients efficiently and make diagnosis and give the best treatment plan with with drugs or naturopathic or both if I am not well myself, both in physical and mental well being. I literally gave you an entire lecture here, but by God's will, you or anyone who reads this comment will benefit from it. If you have further questions ask me further I will not hesitate to help you in anyway I can. A good allopathic or naturopathic doctor is someone who does his job consciously to minimize the harm or adverse effects upon the patient (which cannot be avoided but be minimized to a maximum extent) and maximize to the maximum effects the benefits.

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There are courses on them. They're just full of BS. There's a reason it's not in med school because it's alternative medicine. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine.

My pharma book has St John's Wort on the antidepressants chapter.

@@pokepaar3696 I'm sure pharmaceutical books list all kinds of supplements whether of proven efficacy or not as many of them can have negative interactions with other medications. Unless it's homeopathic remedies which are pretty much just placebos. They might be listed just so pharmacists are familiar with them. But they can't possibly work.

@@realhumanist71 You can't patent and make profit off of just some plant, that's why they don't teach you about these things

​​@@realhumanist71That's a good slogan, but it isn't really true. They don't call SJW "medicine", even though we know it works (even pharmaceutical antidepressants have failed clinical trials with active placebos). They don't call Western medical acupuncture "medicine" (that is, WMA doesn't use the Qi or any metaphysical concepts from TCM) even though it works. They repackaged it, called it "dry needling", and sold it to the physios so it has a different name for essentially the same procedure. Once something has been excluded from being called "medicine", it stays there regardless of what evidence there is.

That might or might not be true but making your own is a good way of having an unstable dosage I would expect.

@@realhumanist71 Like I said, mild depression, I don’t take it all the time. So a mason jar of tincture lasts a long time. I only have to make it every other year usually.

Tablets work fine utter nonsense

I have st John's wart herbal tablets and made an alcoholic tincture with St. John's Wart and Valerian roots: 3:1 one ratio, directly from plants. The herbal tablets works well and smooth, the herbal tincture, even if taken by mouth or dilited in water is more potent, sublingual even more so. Especially with valerian root, it has a very good effect, mild sedative dose only. Even St. John Wart's herbal tablets work well, but a tincture made directly from the herbs (I make them myself and follow strict rules for doing so) is alone considerably more effective. If you combine one tablet of St. John's wart with the tincture of St John's wart one teaspoon per day (with or without valerian roots) it works superb. I am medical doctor and I take it myself. It helped me to taper off from antidepressants too.

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You can check the data for yourself. In science, we have a high standard for evidence. When you say "do more research," are you talking about peer reviewed papers? Because thats what he's referencing in this video. Anecdotal reports are NOT evidence, especially without a control group or/and a placebo group. We compare drugs to placebo because the placebo is very effective on anxiety and depression. If you do have new data on St johns Wort, perhaps a meta review I've missed, please link the study.

Dang, ripping Dr. Carroll a new one!

Clinical trials ideal should follow strict methods, but those who sponsor them, big pharma, is not interested in them, plus the methodology of studies is not always precise and strict. And who said only western medicine is valid medicine. Thousands of years of human experience are 1000 times better than researched which often are contradictory. I am a allopathic (mainstream) doctor and prepare and use alternative medicine since medical school.

One reason herbs are not seriously looked at as helpful or possible (?) cure. They cannot be patent. No way to make their money back from research or profits from selling the product(s).

@@doradavid4408 agreed, but I'd already ranted about enough of the problems. Tbh I'd love to run a solid trial with my products as it'd not only be an important piece of the puzzle but it'll let Me know what I'm doing that does or doesn't work because I want to be able to stand behind my products and know I really am helping people

What you need to do i then fund a study that will test a given recipe of say, herbal tea. To treat a particular problem. And then compare it too prescription drugs for the same thing. But the real issue is you need to fund or raise the money to do so. Cause it serves no purpose for the Pharmaceutical industry and it serves no purpose to the supliments industry. You would need to als be sure to throw in ingredient quality as a serious concern for consistent results.

I also prepare them myself, especially tinctures. More effective and healing than standard tablets or capsules. All we need to do is study the pharmacology, drug interactions, diseases a patient might have. In herbal medicine we can study these the same way as we do in conventional studies. Don't rely on studies too much which are mostly sponsored by big pharma. Rather study the ingredients and pharmacology of each herb yourself and make your own conclusion. I am a conventional doctor and I prepare tinctures since med school till today. I prepared a combined alcoholic tincture (alcohol is best preservant nor acidic nor basic) so St John's wart and valerian roots ratio 3:1. It is alone considerably more effective than herbal tablets or capsules and one whe combined with one full spoon and one tablet per day it is very efficient. It is very very effective. and cheap. But just as we study pharmacology of drugs, the pharmacology of herbal ingridients can help us study how we can combine different herbs for maximum effeciency and less side effects. I advise to do my own research than "trials" from pharma that wants to make money. Experience is often better than research whose methodology and sponsors are doubtful. I am conventional doctor. Doing this since med school.

@@BlueGoblin1 Pharma is mafia money making. It may produce good stuff but sponsors those studies promise maximum profit. Do your own study and develop your on ground experience and that of other ones.

My guess? The pressure of constantly publishing in academia.

I work in clinical research and I always tilt my head to the side when I hear about how some studies are run. Almost like the sponsor running the study wanted to throw money away.

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What?! Grapefruit is absolutely worth it, it's delicious. Interactions only matter if you take madications.

I don't think it does have demonstrated effectiveness. Maybe just as a nice thing, the same way as food that you like has demonstrated effectiveness. It has no interactions and no contraindications and no side-effects.. it's not a medicine, it's a food

Did you people feel sun sensitivity or sun burning effects from SJW?

When I took SJW it gave me intense nightmares. I was really stressed at the time in a terrible job and had just started grinding my teeth in my sleep as a result so the intense nightmares that came with SJW were really not welcome but I must admit that if I had taken when I wasn’t so critically overstretched it might have been different. When I stopped taking SJW the nightmares went but my teeth grinding stayed, it’s likely not just an anxiety thing as I have sleep apnea

Dopamine too indeed. Thus is even good for ADHD in some people.

Capsules never did anything for me either. I make tea with loose leaf. Works like magic. I can be having a mini panic attack and drink my tea and feel so much at peace instantly :)

Tea is good. Tincture is just amazing alone or with a bit of valerian roots for mild sedative effects. Two spoons per day, a bit sublingually and the rest swallow, it works much faster much better tham tablets and capsules. I prepared such tincture myself. Alone it is superb with tablets much better. I am a doctor, and I love alternative medicine too. People forget we doctors are suffering a lot too not just patiente. Don't forget just like you, we are human beings.

Make a tincture out of the herb itself is much more efficient.

If you make a tincture out of the herb itself is quite efficient.

NyQuil 😂

Tincture of St. John's wart is best.

Who cares if it works for anyone else. They solved their problem. You solve yours. They don't need to convince you of anything

@@TarotainmentWhy do they feel the need to let us know it solved their problem if not because they think it will solve someone else's problem? Unless it's just navel gazing.

@Jason Wallwork they do think that. And you can try their methods. They may work on the most general archetypal level. But you can only really see the answers in heign sight. Look at your own life history. So many things have lead to where you are. If you were to try and picture where you are now as a destination it would be impossible. But as you look back you can identify the steps that got you here. Do you even know what the destination looks like? How do you know you aren't already there. You are always there. You can never leave it. All you can do is mistake outward things for the goal you can't ever leave. What is the difference experiencientaly from yours. How will you know when you arrive

I wish more public money was available for high quality research on stuff like this. There are so many folk remedies which might have an effect, but aren't being studied as they're unpatentable.

@@Karreth Pharma sponsors them to make money.

When there aren't billions of dollars funneled into research, people can be very slow to research when and how and why can something work. Metanalyses are fine and all, but they don't say who will benefit from it and who won't

Wow

Effexor is one of the best antidepressants out there but it will take time to taper off. If you want St John's wart, dont go for tablets and capsules, rather make a tincture from the herb itself.