Posted by BarbaraCat on July 25, 2004, at 14:13:03
In reply to Re: Various forms of SJW - that 4 month thingie » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on July 25, 2004, at 7:54:33
I must most definitively say: do not stop SJW after 4 months. There is no reason for it and it will do no good. It will not kick start it and you will just have to build up to optimal level again and it might take longer. It doesn't work the same as echincacea, which is an immune enhancer. Immune peptides require an off/on pulse from the limbic structure, a little break to not let those invaders get too used to things.
SJW is a different animal and it's best to provide a steady state. Don't want to confuse those already bufuddled little brain chemicals and receptor populations.
Just because they're both herbs, they are totally different. You wouldn't want to treat digitalis from foxglove the same as either one!
> > I had heard of the 4 month rule myself. In fact I thought that with most herbs it is recommended that you take breaks - for some it's more often than others i.e. echinacea where it's recommended that you take it for 4-6 weeks and then go off of it for that same amount of time. At any rate, I'm VERY GLAD it doesn't apply to SJW!
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> I just want to make clear that I was expressing my opinion. With my experience in treating my own depression, I would not discontinue something that both worked and was well tolerated, period. I stopped SJW after that one excellent period of response, and it just doesn't work the same way again, for me.
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