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So the past couple of days I've been sleeping REALLY deeply. I am the lightest sleeper I know besides 2 of my kids so this is quite unusual for me. I still hear Rye, so he is good at waking me up at least once a night to nurse. I am supposed to get up at 6:45 every morning well, today I never heard my alarm, any alarm at all and Chris's went off twice! So it was he who woke me up at 7, ahhhhh! I need those 15 mins to beat the other 2 to the one bathroom we have. But oh well, hopefully that was just a fluke and I won't not hear the alarm every morning. Besides the fact of needing to get up in the morning, the better sleeping thing is MUCH needed by me. A side effect of the St. Johns? Maybe... At any rate, I'm long overdue, so I'll take it!



Does St. John's wort extract negatively affect sleep like other antidepressant agents?

No. While antidepressant drugs, particularly tricyclic antidepressants and MAO inhibitors, interfere with REM (rapid eye movement) sleep and reduce sleep quality, St. John's wort has been shown to not interfere with REM sleep and to actually improve sleep quality and well-being.19 The ability to improve sleep quality may turn out to be a key mechanism of action for St. John's wort extract. It does not act as a sedative (i.e., it does not reduce sleep onset) nor does it change total sleep duration. It simply improves sleep quality. St. John's wort accomplishes this when given in divided dosages throughout the day (e.g., 300 mg three times daily).