Life is Beautiful
I started taking St. John's Wort, and I have felt happier/better/more stable/healthier/etc. then I have in 7 or 8 years or so.I was diagnosed with depression when I was 17, but was always so against taking any kind of medication, and didn't like my therapist for suggesting it so quickly so I stopped going after a couple sessions and couldn't bring myself to ever try finding someone else. I finally got to the point this month where I decided I couldn't keep on going the way I was. I was tired of never feeling really ok. I always felt like I was suffocating, barely able to get a gasp of air here and there. I've become a lot more ok with natural methods of dealing with things, and I've been taking care of myself a lot better...eating better, mending relationships or eliminating harmful relationships, working out on a fairly regular basis, and that combined with taking st. john's wort has been incredible. It's like this dull film has been over my life for years and has finally been peeled away. I have been consistently happy or at least not down for a week and a half. I don't remember ever being that good for that extent of time. I don't really know how to fully explain what I'm feeling. I am filled with joy and am so incredibly grateful for this possibility to live a more full life.