md puta
03-27-2003, 09:01 AM
Good morning!
http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif I don't feel like it's such a good one, though. A few weeks ago, to combat the negative sexual side effects of my Lexapro, I started cutting them in half and I decided to take St. John's Wort and 5-HTP to kind of give the Lexapro an extra antidepressant boost since I wasn't getting the benefit of 10 mg anymore. I told this to my psychiatrist, and all she told me was that it was worth a shot. I didn't mention to my regular doctor any of this, but I had told her that I was suffering from depression and that I'd been put on Lexapro.
A few days ago, I was taking my St. John's Wort at work and someone asked me what I was taking. Well, that coworker happened to mention to me that St. John's Wort can make birth control pills less effective!! I kind of laughed it off, because this is someone who I don't take seriously most of the time anyway. Well, I didn't give another thought to it until Tuesday, when my period was supposed to start. And didn't. And hasn't. It is now two days late, and I'm beginning to freak out.
I posted on a few boards here yesterday trying to get some information, didn't do an internet search because I was afraid of what I might find. Well, I did the search today and found a plethora of information that all said that this connection with the pill and St. John's Wort exists.
Needless to say, I'm scared to death and praying that I'm not pregnant. I'm going to take a test at lunch to find out. :-/ But I figured that I'd post this information here in case anyone here is taking St. John's Wort and is relying on the pill for contraception -- DON'T!! Don't take St. John's Wort with the pill, unless you are using a back-up method. I am hoping that I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling that I'm not. http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif
As if I didn't have enough to worry about when I think that I'm finally beating my depression... how the hell am I supposed to take care of a child when I can't even take care of myself? :`(
*sigh*
If anyone has any advice or kind words, I sure could use them!
Lauren
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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these 3 things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.
http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif I don't feel like it's such a good one, though. A few weeks ago, to combat the negative sexual side effects of my Lexapro, I started cutting them in half and I decided to take St. John's Wort and 5-HTP to kind of give the Lexapro an extra antidepressant boost since I wasn't getting the benefit of 10 mg anymore. I told this to my psychiatrist, and all she told me was that it was worth a shot. I didn't mention to my regular doctor any of this, but I had told her that I was suffering from depression and that I'd been put on Lexapro.
A few days ago, I was taking my St. John's Wort at work and someone asked me what I was taking. Well, that coworker happened to mention to me that St. John's Wort can make birth control pills less effective!! I kind of laughed it off, because this is someone who I don't take seriously most of the time anyway. Well, I didn't give another thought to it until Tuesday, when my period was supposed to start. And didn't. And hasn't. It is now two days late, and I'm beginning to freak out.
I posted on a few boards here yesterday trying to get some information, didn't do an internet search because I was afraid of what I might find. Well, I did the search today and found a plethora of information that all said that this connection with the pill and St. John's Wort exists.
Needless to say, I'm scared to death and praying that I'm not pregnant. I'm going to take a test at lunch to find out. :-/ But I figured that I'd post this information here in case anyone here is taking St. John's Wort and is relying on the pill for contraception -- DON'T!! Don't take St. John's Wort with the pill, unless you are using a back-up method. I am hoping that I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling that I'm not. http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif
As if I didn't have enough to worry about when I think that I'm finally beating my depression... how the hell am I supposed to take care of a child when I can't even take care of myself? :`(
*sigh*
If anyone has any advice or kind words, I sure could use them!
Lauren
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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these 3 things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.