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St Johns Wort-no period??

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Ghostlyfeet · 23/03/2019 17:37

I've been taking St. John's wort for about 3 weeks now to try and improve my mood swings. I feel better it seems to be having an effect whether imaginary or not however my period is now 8 days late. I had a negative test today but knew pregnancy was pretty unlikely not having had sex for a while...
Any one had any experience of this? Google would suggest this happens occasionally but no one has mentioned when it may come back?

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Ghostlyfeet · 25/03/2019 12:51

Anyone???

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Wellhellothere101 · 25/03/2019 12:56

Hi yes this happened to me too a few years ago. I was feeling a bit down so started St John's Wort and that month my period was late. However I'm not sure if I could attribute it to this as I was since diagnosed with premature menopause (age 41). So my erratic periods and low mood was due to this instead. Now fixed with HRT.

swapsicles · 25/03/2019 12:58

St John's wort interferes with the pill and possibly other hormonal contraception too, are you taking any currently?

Ghostlyfeet · 25/03/2019 16:02

No I'm not on any contraception at the moment

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