St Johns Wort dosage increase

[Mixedit]

Probably a silly question but here goes!

I've been taking St Johns wort 250mg for about 4 weeks for treating anxiety/depression. I suffer with headaches and they got pretty bad during my first 2 weeks of taking them. They're easing off now and my mood has got better.

I accidentally bought 425mg today and wondered if it would be really silly to take these?

Just a word of warning please do not take St John’s Wort with other meds for depression or similar med. Always check with the pharmacist especially if you re taking anything else as they can interfere each other.

Hope you ll get better soon.

@AppleGarden this is the exact advice I keep seeing online when I've looked it up. I'm a bit miffed really because I went to see my GP yesterday who said I should stop taking painkillers how I should take amitriptyline and continue with the st Johns wort in conjunction!

I m not medically trained however I was told that St John’s wort can interfere mental health drugs during my training as a therapist.
Have tried changing your diet eg avoid / minimise sugar and carbs and bakery food.

hi op what did you decide?

I have just started SJW and am on 458g tablets one a day. They are amazing instant relief from crazy anxiety and horrible menopausal crap. Now Im wondering if I should have started on a lower dose, is there side effects (am not on anything else)?

In the end, I was prescribed amitriptyline to ease the headaches and I think my mood has improved too. I stopped taking St Johns wort and I can't say for sure how they impacted me as I didnt take them all that long. The one side effect I struggle with now is that my mood feels kind of dulled. Like I'm never really happy or sad. I'm just sort of in the middle.