Is St John's Wart better / faster relief for depression / anxiety than alcohol?

Why don't you go to a doctor and get prescribed medications and then you'll never have to deal with depression in your life again.
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St Johns wart is very good, however like other medication, it takes time.

Alcohol is never the answer, it will give you that 'high' for a while but you will soon loose it. Before long you will need more and more alcohol to get that high. Is it really worth the risk?

Another way is to talk to someone, getting things off your mind will help lift those weights on your shoulders

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Suffered from depression for many years

Alcohol is a depressant. It will only make you worse and encourage you to drink more in order temporarily cancel out its negative side effects. I've suffered depression on and off throughout my whole life and one thing I can promise you is that even when I'm not having a bout of depression and I have a drink it makes me miserable and unhappy. Take st johns wort if you think it'll help but please, do yourself a favour a don't even consider getting drunk to deal with your problems.
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seasonal depression effects a lot of us. alcohol is terriblee it is adepressantt so yea when you first start drinking you might feel a little better butultimatelyy in the end it will increase yoursymptomss. st. johns wort did nothing for me . what irecommendd is to see a doc explain your problem and have him put you on the appropriate anti-depresant
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I can relate. It is harder and harder to get up and face another day at work, and I have a great job. St. John's Wart may work for you, but I found it to be totally useless. If you have health insurance, get a prescription for something that actually works. I hate to add counseling, since you can accomplish much of the same speaking out your issues with good friends, but that may be an avenue. SJW and other items not approved by the FDA are like Dumbo's magic feather–it might help if you believe in it, but otherwise moderate your beer (stay away from the hard stuff) or wine and do what you can to minimize your stress.
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Alcohol IS a depressant and will only exacerbate the situation.

If you want something fast, take some high potency vitamin B or go to the doctor and ask for a vitamin B injection.
Vitamin B replenishes the MYLENE sheath which is the insulator to your nerves.

Also taking in some light therapy can be helpful combined with some ***couselling***<<==(IMPORTANT).

WARNING:
Steer clear of prescription anti depressants. They're addictive and can have horrible side effects in the long term when you want to get off of them–making the depressive symptoms even worse than before you first took them.

You can see about the bad side effects if you watch this youtube video from David Suzuki's show "The Nature of Things" on the downside of prescription antidepressants:

\check this video out about the pharmaceutical industry…it's really interesting. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Q1MkDbVEU North America Selling Sickness explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as they promote their new miracle cures — selling not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them. Drug manufacturers today fund aggressive marketing campaigns designed to create public awareness of previously unknown diseases, or known by less dramatic names. Shyness thus becomes branded as "Social Anxiety Disorder," constant worry becomes "Generalized Anxiety Disorder," and premenstrual tension is now "Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder."

The sale of SSRI anti-depressant medications used to treat these and other diseases, such as Paxil, Zoloft and Prozac, has become an annual $20 billion market. Selling Sickness features commentary from paid medical consultants to the drug companies, patients, researchers, patient advocates, advertisers, attorneys, and psychiatrist Dr. David Healy, a critic of the pharmaceutical industry. The film also examines the deceptive use of clinical trials sponsored by the pharmaceutical companies, the highly addictive nature and many adverse side effects (like suicidal impulses among adolescent patients) of popular SSRI anti-depressants. At an FDA hearing in Washington, D.C., the testimony of parents who have lost their children to suicide starkly emphasizes the need for greater regulation of these heavily promoted and prescribed anti-depressants.
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experience–especially–stay away from PAXIL.
THere's HUGE lawsuits against the makers of Paxil for not printing a warning on their packaging that the product is extremely addictive with devastating side effects..