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Lemon balm for depression

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ForLilacShaker · 13/07/2025 20:00

I suffer from minor depression, I heard lemon balm is good for depression, has anyone tried it,

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SaintGermain · 14/07/2025 02:49

Try 5-htp instead.

ForLilacShaker · 14/07/2025 08:48

I'll try that instead 🙂

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MissHollysDolly · 14/07/2025 09:36

For making a tangible difference in clinically diagnosed depression? No. For a nice cup of tea which will make you feel a tiny bit calmer? Yes. It also grows like an absolute thug in the garden and needs no maintenance, which is a winner in my book but if you don’t want it to take over pop it in a pot

Morningsleepin · 14/07/2025 13:22

Saint John's Wort is good for mild to medium depression but counterindicated for some people. You can google it. A friend of mine drank about a litre of lemon balm tea everyday for months and got quite ill as a result

ForLilacShaker · 14/07/2025 14:51

I will no take lemon balm, lemon balm could be lethal if you drink too much. Maybe try st johns or 5htp

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runningonberocca · 20/11/2025 17:15

ForLilacShaker · 14/07/2025 14:51

I will no take lemon balm, lemon balm could be lethal if you drink too much. Maybe try st johns or 5htp

Why are you answering your own post?

HermioneWeasley · 20/11/2025 17:29

runningonberocca · 20/11/2025 17:15

Why are you answering your own post?

I was wondering that

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