There are minor side effects which we will discuss. If you are taking an oral contraceptive or medication to treat HIV, be aware that your medication's effectiveness may be significantly reduced. Please consult your doctor. There is an extract of a flowering plant known since ancient times for its medicinal qualities - Hypericum perforatum, or St. John's wort. Extracts of the plant are inexpensive and available without a prescription.
Treatment costs about twenty-five cents a day.
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.