Posted by tea on December 29, 2009, at 5:06:00
In reply to Re: LDN Low Dose Naltrexone Questions, posted by Green Willow on December 28, 2009, at 22:22:26
> I have been taking ldn since early May '09 with great results. It has stopped my RA and spondy and at 3 mg. my health is back to 100% for which I am very happy. However, I do have this deep depressive disorder thingy going on, and I had no idea ldn might be aggrevating that. The other thing that I experience is that I sleep so soundly and well in the morning that it is about impossible to pull myself out of bed before 11 a.m. Sometimes I have strange dreams, usually they are actually bad dreams, but nothing to the extent that would make me want to go off this stuff as the benefit to my auto-immune is unbelievably good. Green Willow
I've been reading/listening to ldn most of the day. It seems a lot of pople are successful at lower than 3mg dose ..like 1.5mg or even 1mg over a longer period of time. I know you started lower and worked up to 3mg, but was that because it wan't effective until 3mg? Do you think it would work as well at say 2.75mg say? or even 2.5mg. One doc was saying we should all aim for the minimal effective does and I agree... not that I've worked it our myself!
Also some are taking once very other day or even once every 3 days better than daily as, I guess, they need that time off for the bounce back (maybe they have a slower metabolism or even slower liver function). Maybe being a bit hypothryoid means I have a slower metabolism.
I've been searching around tonight and found that very low dose forum mentioned on here. Here's the link if you are interested
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Very_Low_Dose_Naltrexone/message/525 This post is showing that some who have said it stopped working have taken les often or lowered dose and it started working well again.
They are also saying depression is a starting side effect.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Very_Low_Dose_Naltrexone/Back to more reading. Thanks for giving me the confidence to continue.
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