re one month update

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy,

What a fabulous post to read!

I hope you and everyone else is keeping a diary record because, as you so

succinctly captured it, improvement sneaks up ... on everyone.

First it's a single good night or day, then it's a good night or day every

few days, then the good days begin to outnumber the bad, and before you

know it, you've forgotten how awful it was!

With regard to sweating, many have reported they didn't sweat before LDN.

When they began to sweat again, they were thrilled to notice the return of

this 'normal' body process.

Kind regards,

Cris

16a. one month update

Posted by: " Judy Harford " jlharford@... judy_harford

Date: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:53 pm ((PST))

Yesterday was my one month anniversary on LDN for Fibromyalgia, PCOS,

Hypothyroid and restless legs syndrome. I can't believe how much my life

has changed. I have so much more energy and I feel so much better. I still

have pain but it is much less-ie: manageable with very little pain meds. In

the last three days I've had two people comment on how good I look. It kind

of snuck up on me, but I actually do feel better. I've had days where I

felt exhausted and awful. Some nights I felt like I hardly slept at all.

And then there were others where I woke up feeling like I had the best

sleep of my life. There were a few days where I didn't think the LDN was

working at all, and then there were days where I was so excited because it

actually felt like it was. I can actually get up in the morning and not

have to hold onto the wall for support. And my morning stiffness and pain

are at least 50% better.

And then I caught a bad head cold and the flu. Or anyway, I thought I had.

I had the usual symptoms of a full head, sore throat, fever and chills. It

lasted about 24 to 36 hours and then it just disappeared and I felt fine.

It usually always goes into my chest, but this time, I just had a little

sinus drainage and phlegm I coughed up a few times and then It was gone. Oh

yes, about two weeks out I did have the start of some Candida issues, but I

had read that this might happen so I was taking some Olive leaf capsules

and Candida cleansing capsules along with probiotics and that helped and

now that's okay too. I've also been watching my diet and trying to remain

gluten free and eating lots of raw vegetables. And of course I always take

my multi-vitamins and doubled them when I thought I was coming down with

the cold.

One thing I have noticed is waking up with night sweats. I'm past menopause

and never had much of a problem with hot flashes, probably because of my

PCOS and thyroid, but now I have to toss off the covers a couple of times a

night to cool down. I do have an appointment with my dr. to have my thyroid

checked in a couple of months, but I'll be watching myself to make sure I

don't get hyper before then.

One last thing I didn't expect is with my restless legs. It feels as though

that might be getting better also. I take Miripex for it and I used to take

a dose about 3-4 pm and then another at bedtime. Gradually, it seems I've

been needing to take it later and later in the afternoon and for the past

couple of days I haven't needed to take any until my dose at bedtime. That

is something that I didn't expect to ever happen. I think I'm even more

excited about that then how I feel about my fibromyalgia being better.

Thank you LDN!!!

Judy H