I really enjoy your site and your wonderful answers to people's questions, and now I have one for you that I am hoping you can help Me with. I have a problem with seretonin re-uptake and as such I have mild depression, irritability, some signs of OCD and an almost unbearable anxiety when crossing bridges. The simple answer to your question is Saint Johnswort, which has been tested as effective as Prozac for mild to moderate depression. Key here is a total full spectrum fresh or freshly dried herb extract with alcohol to preserve and extract the constituents, not a pill or standardize extract or pill. Give it 4 - 6 weeks to work, consult with your DR, about how to transition from one to the other do not do this alone.
Depression can be deadly if left unchecked.
Avena sativa, it is food for the nervous system. The doctor put him on Paxil which caused him to sleep 12 hrs. He stopped taking it because he was so tired and it didn't seem to help that much. Can St. John's wort and kava kava be used at the same time to treat depression. Kava would not be an appropriate choice, but St Johnswort would, use a fresh or freshly dried alcohol extract made from the flowering tops, for some the antidepressant affect can take 4-6 weeks.