Can i expect something like this with St-Johns Worts?

[MarcE10]

I'm a 21 year old male going on 22 this year and I have been suffering from depression for maybe a little over 2 years and anxiety for even longer. So I've had been on only two medications so far at their lowest dose and they haven't been working as well as i hoped to the point were i wasn't sure if they were working or not. The first time i was in college and when my medication ran out after maybe a couple of weeks later and struggled to find time to go to see a doctor I really wanted to maybe see if had a more natural option because i don't like the idea of being on meds so i got myself some St-johns worts and I felt initially that they helped but not on a tremendous level and again sometimes i wasn't sure if they worked and i believe to have been on them to the point were i should be able to notice some change. I couldn't help feeling maybe trying some other medications and that would help me so again i started one again on its lowest dose and same thing not sure if they worked and haven't been on them for maybe a bout a week now after they ran out. Foolishly i know there is suppose to be a withdrawal process and i haven't ever looked into or went back to my docs both times when i ran out of my meds and the last time and even now so far i felt/feel literally nothing afterwards and my doc didn't seem to be heavily alarmed but, anyway. A big part of me wants to try other meds or stronger ones i've heard some success stories and my doc even shared one about a patient she has. I'm not at like the end of my rope or anything but, I wanna know if I cud turn to st-johns worts again and try it again I'm guessing there is different dosages of those as well at the super market. Is it worth trying those again and maybe getting a better result if i maybe take a higher dose and give it a longer time? I wish i wrote like a journal but, I think physically i felt better on St-johns too. Any advise would be cool thanks.

[despairAngel]

I have been dealing with depression for four years and nd without medication I can only what helped was the good happy times I had because for this year I have felt at my lowest and I was considering killing myself because I am just a former husk of I was but all I can tell you is get a book you liked from your childhood and red\ad it and when you are reading it think happy thoughts

[despairAngel]

I have been dealing with depression for four years and nd without medication I can only what helped was the good happy times I had because for this year I have felt at my lowest and I was considering killing myself because I am just a former husk of I was but all I can tell you is get a book you liked from your childhood and red\ad it and when you are reading it think happy thoughts

[Paxiled]

St. John's Wort can work for mild to moderate depression.  it is by no means as strong as any medication, but that doesn't mean it might not work better for a particular person.  However, the natural approach to treating anything isn't usually to use one remedy.  It generally would combine remedies that target different organs of the body with exercise, meditation, therapy, and other lifestyle changes.  Seldom will taking one herb solve a complex problem.  Might a simple problem, but there's nothing simple about depression.  Try reading a book by Hyla Cass, a psychiatrist at UCLA, called Natural Highs.  It's a basic overview of what's available, or what was available, and useful dosages.  It's a good place to start if you want to go that way.  So it may be that St. John's Wort was just one part of what a successful program might be, but as with medication, there are no guarantees.  If you're not at the end of your rope and are coping okay, my own suggestion would be to give therapy a really good try before turning to medication.  They aren't going anywhere and they don't cure the problem, just make it feel less bad.  If you do find an answer in therapy, you've cured it.  Good luck.