Re: CFS: is LDN making me sicker?

[Guest guest]

-Hi Marie

I am in the same boat somewhat. I am taking the ldn for fibromyalgia and find

that after 1

week on 2mg I am really feeling bad. I am very tired and just feel an overall

sense on

unwellness being on it.

I went down to 1.5mg last night and that is somewhat more bearable. They say the

first 3

weeks are bad then you start to feel better as the brain produces more

endorphins. It is

hard to keep taking something that makes you sicker initially anyway.

You could try reducing the dose for a bit.

Cathal

[Guest guest]

--- In low dose naltrexone , " marie_g_lee " <marie_g_lee@y...>

wrote:

>

> Hi, I'm mostly a lurker on this and the autism ldn list. I started

> taking ldn for my cfs after we started it for our autistic son. It's

> helped him somewhat with his motor coordination, but it's only worsened

> my cfs symptoms--swollen glands, sore throat, fatigue. I'm taking 4 mg

> transdermally but recently went down to 3. I just had an immune panel

> done (for fertility stuff) and the dr. said my 2nd generation NK cells

> (the ones you produce postpartum) are way too high, and I'm stuck in a

> TH-2 mediated immune situation and need to get back to TH1. But I also

> have many autoimmune problems incl. Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and am

> wondering if the LDN is upregulating my immune system too much...or,

> maybe will i get sicker before I get better? Our son is also hyper

> immune and we were so excited that he had his first cold right after

> starting LDN. I'm so consumed iwth helping our son I'm getting a bit

> muddled about my own situation (not to mention the brain fog) ANy

> thoughts???

>

> thanks in advance,

> marie

>

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You say you are taking it transdermally for your CFS...It doesn't work on CFS

transdermally...it must be taken orally to work on CFS. Also do a self home

test for candida/yeast overgrowth...it is listed on my LDN site...I will post

the link below to the candida thread. Candida can cause CFS-like symptoms.

Once you click on link ignore the google ads at the top.

Low Dose Naltrexone Forum - Check yourself for Candida(yeast overgrowth)...

http://ldn.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=forum & action=display & thread=1129136093