Does St. John's Wort work?

I have no idea; I'm only one person, but I think maybe it does.

Last night, my husband, an MSW, needed to do a 'test' evaluation on someone for his job. They were trying out a new assessment tool or something. So he used me as his subject. He called this morning to let me know he'd scored the test and I am apparently severely depressed.

Now, I've known this for months, and actually so has he on some level. I started taking St. John's Wort in May twice a day. It helps somewhat when I remember to take it. You've got to love irony - depression can effect your memory, so I have to remember to take my 'meds', but if I forget, my depression is worse.... If I wasn't in such a crap mood so ofter, I'd find the whole cycle mildly chuckle-worthy.

So we've determined that I should maybe up the dosage to three times a day - just because I often forget to take the pill twice a day is no reason not to aspire to take it once more. I feel somewhat better when I do take it, less good if I forget a dose, awful if I go a few days without. So I can only assume it's doing something for me.

By the way, I'm fairly certain that my mood swings are hormonal, resulting from estrogen fluctuations. So maybe if I stay on St. John's Wort for the next ten years until I go through menopause, I'll be cured! Hm... perhaps I shouldn't pursue a comedy career until that actually comes to pass.

Weird mood

I'm in a very strange head space this morning. The wheels in my brain are spinning all over the place. It's like the Tasmanian Devil is running around my head. But at the same time, I feel really tired and I don't really want to do anything. Then there's the sneaking suspicion that I'm going to be depressed, like crying and wanting to crawl back into bed, at any minute. I think I can resist that if I can just find something productive to do, but I can't seem to settle into anything. I've tried doing research, job hunting, chatting via AIM, eating...jeez, I can't even figure out what I want to snack on! I thought about writing and finishing the story I'm working on, but that's not coming to me the way I need it to; I thought about starting a new short piece - a world building piece for my novel, but I can't get a clear image to start with on that either.

I just don't know what to do with myself! And right now, this is about as much as I can get together in a coherent thought pattern.

Edit: Since this morning, I've attempted to bake a loaf of bread. Unfortunately, so I've just learned, bread doesn't rise well if it's too cold. And it's pretty cold and crappy here today. And my son's laptop (which was given to us on its last leg) just died, and he's not a happy boy. Nothing is working! I'm almost afraid to attempt the laundry.