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Wort Chilling Ideas

Amby72 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:54:54 -0800

Any good ideas for quickly cooling a 5 gallon stock pot full of homebrew Wort without scalding myself or others? I want to be able to do this without scalding, and I won't have a chance to get a copper chilling device before brewing party. I just don't want to scald people or contaminate. time isn't a huge issue for us. Thanks for your ideas or experiences. in the basement I have a huge laundry tub, which would be ideal for ice chilling. just don't that that carrying 40 pounds of boiling death down the stairs is a good idea.

Is there any way to use both St. John's Wort and oral contraception effectively?

TNOTGILL — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:50:01 -0800

I've recently started taking St. John's Wort and have had great results. Unfortunately, it seems to cause my pills to stop working. My cycle has been erratic at best since I started taking St. John's Wort. Are there types of birth control pills that have less interaction?

St. Johns Wort makes me sleepy at weird times, suggestions?

smartless — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:56:48 -0800

St. Johns Wort makes me sleepy at weird times, suggestions? I started taking St. Johns Wort as an antidepressant a few days ago. Most of the information that I read said that you should wait for up to 6 weeks for the drug to start taking affect. I, however, felt a real difference almost immediately. So, things are looking up.

There is one problem though; the St. Johns Wort has been making me sleepy at weird times. I have tried switching up when I take the pills. I take 3 pills in daily and it doesn’t seem like it matters at what times. I have tried taking the first one early in the morning; I have waited until 3:00 or 4:00pm to take my first one; I have even tried taking the whole day’s dosage at night before I go to bed.

I think sleepiness is related to stress. Every time I get upset, I feel a strong urge to go to sleep. I tend to disassociate this way normally, but it has been a lot worse since starting the medication.

I am wondering if anyone knows of a herbal remedy that counteracts the drowsiness caused by St. Johns Wort. I am also wondering if anyone has any general personal experience with St. Johns Wort that might be helpful to me.

Herbal remedy for depression?

Ugh — Tue, 24 May 2005 21:16:58 -0800

I need advice from people who have experience taking herbal remedies / vitamins, specifically for depression. I was diagnosed with clinical depression and panic disorder about two years ago and was prescribed the highest dosage of Paxil. It definitely helped with my panic disorder, but never really seemed to change my depression. Actually, about a year into taking it, I became suicidal. After researching a little, I found Paxil is linked to increased suicidal tendencies so I immediately went off the drug cold turkey. Of course this was very dumb and I went through massive withdrawls but I didn't realize how dependent my body had become on it.

Which leads me to my question. It's been 3 months since I went off Paxil and I still have issues with depression. I'm not too keen on going on another prescription, but am curious about hermal remedies and/or vitamins I can take that might help. I have heard of St Johns Wort but does it actually work? Are there vitamins I should be taking? Certain foods I should be eating? Hearing from people with personal experience would be great.