To ask if you have tried 5HTP / St John's Wort for depression?

[DownAndConfused]

I have a duplicate thread in Mental Health but no traffic so sorry if this feels in the wrong place. I just wanted to know if anyone has found either of these useful for depression? I tried an AD (escitalopram) but it made me really anxious and upset my stomach. I'm having counselling and on a waiting list for CBT, I am hoping to have another baby but my doctor said that you can't be on antidepressants and get pregnant as it causes heart problems for the baby?

So I saw online that 5HTP and St John's Wort can be good and maybe someone could tell me if they are good? I could stop before having a baby but maybe they would help first.

Bumping.

Have you spoken to your GP? I'm glad you stopped taking when you had headaches, it's the best thing to do. Perhaps the dosage was too high?

I haven't seen my GP and I was only taking 50mg dosage. I saw one website where it said headaches were a known side effect and usually only lasted for a few days so I was wondering if this had happened to anyone else.

Oh okay. Did you ride it out for a week or so before stopping? Do you have another thread in health too? Might be worth asking there s well if not, for more traffic.

I was only taking it for about 5 days and the headaches were from days 3 to 5 so maybe I should have given it a bit longer.

Is there anything anywhere that explains why some people get headaches? If it's something like people get more dehydrated, it's easy to fix.

Good question Stark but I don't think so. I might try it again and try and drink plenty of water just in case it helps.

Good luck! :)