St. John's Wort - Erowid Exp - 'Raises My Blood Presure'

DOSE:

600 mg

oral

(pill / tablet)

BODY WEIGHT:

185 lb

I wanted to try using St. Johns wort for general anxiety. I bought some last night and per the instructions on the bottle took two 300 mg tablets. I'm supposed to do this 3 times a day but I don't see how it wouldn't kill me. My blood pressure skyrocketed to 170 over 95 (I checked it just before this submission) and I've been sweating like a pig.

Quite unpleasant.

Exp Year: 2006	ExpID: 56418
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Oct 20, 2006	Views: 15,702
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