The original post from the fall of 2014 was lost when the old PSSD forum was closed, but much of the thread was recovered and posted on the new forum in early 2015. The preserved post from kramdrol and conversation from the forum can be found here.
This story led to the eventual SJW trial and recovery of the German sufferer Beetlebum.
kramdrol claims:
“I get absolute 100% PSSD from SSRI’s, first time lasted nearly 2 years. Trying [St. John’s Wort (SJW)] as an alternative to treat depression did nothing whatever to lift my mood or make me happy. All that happened with SJW is I got really ‘hot’ at times, and my PSSD dissapeared. SJW did not work in any way shape or form like an SSRI, of which I have tried many. It did not boost my serotonin, did not lift my mood in the slightest. Would give it 0 out of 10 as an antidepressant, and 10 out of 10 as a cure for PSSD.
Well that’s messed up the only thing i can come up with is you had depression before PSSD(reason u tried SSRI) but then you tried SSRI and it give you PSSD and now SJW cures PSSD so not you are back at pre ssri level – depressed but PSSD free!”
“[SJW] has completely resolved my PSSD a number of times now. Every time I take an SSRI for a short period, my PSSD comes back. I now know I can fix it within a couple of weeks by taking small doses of St Johns wort. Just 500mg or so a couple of times a week. Any more than that and I get ‘heat stress’ side effects, but even at a pretty low dose it cures me every time. Takes a couple of weeks, and then bang, you are back.”
