Posted by tealady on December 28, 2003, at 0:33:12
In reply to Re: St John's Wort - An MAOI?, posted by linkadge on December 27, 2003, at 20:04:04
> That is true about what you said with regards to the sodium transporter effect. However it really has been shown to have weak effects on MAO activity. Very little compared to standard MAOI's but still enough to be detectable in the rat brain. Another thing to consider, is that it may be a reversable inhibitor of MAO activity like the antidepressant Moclobemide. This drug effects MAO levels but has no dietary restrictions.
>agree, I didn't notice any large increase in blood pressure either
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> Many other plants have reversable MAO inhibition activity. Turmeric, Cinamon, Ginkgo, Kava, Tobacco, and others have varying effects on MAO activity.
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> I had excellent responce to it. I thought that it made me dumb, but others say it really made them more attuned, weird.
I too had an excellent response..glad I tried it..although it took a while to kick in.
I'd never notice if it made me dumb, sigh...but I do feel more attuned ..I hadn't put it down to SJW , just to the lifting of depression in general...perhaps it was. I haven't taken it for 2 days now, so its easy to come off too, I think.Jan
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