Posted by bleauberry on January 6, 2014, at 11:09:54
In reply to Interesting results from sertraline+rhodiola, posted by sk85 on December 25, 2013, at 16:11:53
I have used rhodiola for several years, and tried it many times before that. In my opinion it is one of the few miracle plants on earth and it is sad that Western medicine is generally not aware of it. It is popular around the world in treating a variety of different diseases and chronic conditions and has literally hundreds of scientific research on it.
Since one of the things it does is support dopamine, that goes well with zoloft. There is a book called Rhodiola Revolution. I haven't read it. The author and his wife, both psychiatrists in New York City, discovered it when their own treatments were failing to improve her Lyme symptoms which included depression and fatigue. They claim to now use rhodiola in clinical practice as add-on to meds and as monotherapy.
The plant has so many different mechanisms that impact the body positively in various ways.
It is a tricky herb though. It takes on different behaviors at different doses. Lower is usually more on the stimulating side, higher is usually more on the calming side. Though after a few weeks, all doses of any size are soothing to any of life's nervousness, almost like a shield against stress. The effect is dependent on the size of the dose, how long the person has been consuming it, and the person's own physiology. As with everything else, mileage varies. But it can vary more than usual with rhodiola because most people do not understand that it does different effects at different doses. And just because they get an immediate effect from it is deceptive, because the real healing rhodiola does takes months. It is easy for someone to become impatient or frustrated with dosing experiments and just give up on it, not realizing they gave up on one of the few things that actually stood a great chance of helping them a lot.
Anyway, I am a fan of rhodiola. I've tried various brands. In my opinion Jarrow was the best in terms of effect and appearance...it was the only one that was rose red color and not grayish red color. I take Thorne Research brand because it comes in 100mg caps and that is the dose I do best with. Most brands are in the 400mg range. I didn't like 400mg but I do like 100mg and in fact couldn't live without it. All the other brands were fair to ok, not great.
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