Also, a word of warning against taking any herbal treatments without researching them first, or asking your doctor: They can **** you up. The number one example is a lot of women who took St. John's wort as a mood-lifter have found out too late that it makes your birth control pill basically not work. A much safer temporary pick-me-up I use is to boil some dried rosemary in a cup of water and breathe in the steam. No, it's not scientific, but the sharp smell tends to wake me right up and cheer...