In October 1994, the medically respected Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology devoted its entire issue to hypericum. In Germany, more than fifty percent of depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders are treated with hypericum. Prozac has two percent. Depression is a medical illness, an illness with symptoms and a proven course of medical treatment that is effective in more than eighty percent of the cases. Depression is more than just the occasional bad mood.
Depression can be difficult to diagnose or to recognize in oneself.
The symptoms of depression easily hide behind the ordinary experience of life. Because the symptoms of depression are so close to home, and because we human beings are such masters of self-deception and denial, it's difficult to objectively evaluate oneself for depression. This 300 mg dosage fits comfortably into a single tablet or capsule. One might, for example, take the first 300 mg on arising, the second 300 mg three hours later, and the final 300 mg three hours after that. Some find that taking two 300 mg doses at breakfast and a third at lunch works best.