Check out the site below for people who may be able to answer your question about herbalist training. I would suggest that two powerful uppers combined would make you practically supersonic. Enough to mangle your brain, probably. Here is a link that might be useful: allexperts

Thanks for the links Dan. Anything worth having is a battle I suppose...

no but it is a plant which grows in high altitude so I would plant it during the cooler months.

Definitely depression can occur during the menopausal years, and sometimes persist in the senior years as well. If you just feel mildly depressed, I'd continue with some of the things you're already doing (light therapy, getting out with friends, etc.) but if you begin to feel blue more often than not, I'd see your doctor. Some people feel very much better, on just the lowest dose of an anti-depressant. My sister has been on a very low dose for 15 years, but finds she returns to chronic mild depression when she goes off her low dose. Her doctor says she's fine her low dose forever, as it rids her melancholy and gives her no side effects. However, many women do go on anti-depressants during menopause, then go off them a few years into post menopause, and have no returning depression.