Should I try St. Johns wort if Im feeling down?
In a word, no. Feeling down, sad, or blue is not the same thing as having depression. If you’re not depressed, there’s no reason to believe that St. John’s wort will affect you at all. And if you are depressed, it’s important that you work with a health professional to find the best treatment. St. John’s wort may be natural, but it affects your brain, just like prescription antidepressants. And because everyone’s brain is different, there’s no way for you to tell if St. John’s wort will work for you or if it will have the same effect on you that it has on someone else. St. John’s wort works well for some people, and not at all for others. To complicate things more, in some cases the St. John’s wort you buy may not be effective because the quality of the herb itself is not good. Over-the-counter herbs are not generally regulated by the government, so there’s no guarantee that what you buy even contains what the bottle says it does. More important, recent studies have shown that St. John
