St.Johns Wort
Hey all,
I truly hope that everyone is having a good day and is as pain free as we all can get. I've been thinking of taking something for the slight depression that I have been dealing with the last couple months. I know that we all have times of depression,who wouldn't when it comes to this disease. I DO NOT want to take depression meds and would like to try something herbal to see if it helps before going through with actual depression meds.
When I was a teen I used st.johns wort to help with hormones and anxiety. I haven't needed anything for depression for a long time but I'm having trouble staying in a good mood and having energy even when I'm having good pain days. I've tried looking online for side effects with narcotics when taking the herb. I couldn't find much other than what I already knew.
As most of you know I'm on morphine,hydros,soma and sometimes baclofen.
I don't want to take something that will interact with any of these,I don't want to have to worry about my liver not processing the meds correctly or causing an over dose. I have talked with my doc about depression but at the time I was on birth control and knew I couldn't take st.johns wort. He said that I could try Sam-e but it is really expensive and I just can't afford it.
Has anyone or is anyone on here taking st.johns wort along with narcotics similar to what I'm taking? Any thoughts about this would be great. I want to try and have more energy to help fight the rsd and I'm just sick of putting on a happy face when I'm really not. I know that this disease makes it hard for us all to be "happy" because of the pain and everything else that comes with it. I'm also wanting to look into kava kava which does similar things like st.johns wort but can cause drowsiness. Some of my meds can cause drowsiness but rarely enough to worry about.
Well thanks in advance to all the replies. I just need the help and I'm not ready to go on to actual depression meds. I want to avoid it as long as I can.
Take care and stay warm,
Deanne
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