05 Feb 2009, 3:34 pm
I have just checked the literature,
If you see S.D. Hall et. al. in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2003, volume 74, issue 6, page 525 it states in the abstract that
"Concomitant use of St John's wort was associated with a significant (P <.05) increase in the oral clearance of norethindrone (8.2 +/- 2.7 L/h to 9.5 +/- 3.4 L/h, P =.042) and a significant reduction in the half-life of ethinyl estradiol (23.4 +/- 19.5 hours to 12.2 +/- 7.1 hours, P =.023)."
This strongly suggests that St John's wort will stop "the pill" from working.
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I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man ! Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.
07 Feb 2009, 12:34 am
Thankyou everyone for your helpfull advice!! !! !
The urge to go into a meltdown has subsided for now.
I think the reason the meltdown urge is subsiding is because I am starting to remember things from my past more clearly. And I am finnaly making peace with them.
So my flash backs are getting less intence.
I may be making a weighted blanket in the future as well. So thankyou for that advice to guys!
I also talked to one of my room mates (The other is on vacation in mexico) about my melt downs.
I had her watch the video of the kid so she knew how bad it can get.
I was very supried at her kindness and understanding.
She didnt act shocked and didnt think I was weird.
Instead she asked how she can help.
She also toled me i should feel at home here because it is my home now. And i should feel free to be myself.
That ment alot to me because I had never had more then a handfull of people react with such understanding.
I hope any of you who live with room mates can find as much understanding and patence as i have found here.
Thankyou wp ! you guys really help me alot!! !! !! 
07 Feb 2009, 1:41 am
