Re:LDN for Type 1 diabetes - dawn phenomenon on LDN - Armour thyroid re

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Very interesting information on Type 1 Diabetes. My mother was an extremely brittle Type 1, diagnosed when she was 18 and died at age 70 in 1990. I wish she could have tried LDN because of her unusual ability to produce insulin at some times on her own. I remember many times watching my father try to pour orange juice down her throat when she would pass out. One doctor told her that when her blood sugar would get down to 40 to 60 her body would start to produce just enough insulin to keep her alive. Another doctor, an internist, delivered a paper on her at a medical convention. Even when she was in a nursing home her last couple of years, they had an almost impossible time keeping her blood sugars regulated. It would be interesting how much they could have learned from her if she was living today.

As for the Thyroid, I was on Armour also and crashed really bad on the new formulization. I was fortunate that my gynecologist specializes in women's hormones. She tested me and said I must have had Graves disease at one time which has now turned into Hashimotos Thyroiditis. She told me in situations like that she actually prefers to use the synthetic and now has me on a combination of Levothyroxin and Cytomel. I am now (along with LDN) feeling better than I have for years. Just continue taking LDN and please keep us informed of your progress. It would be wonderful if it could be proved that it can help some Type 1 diabetics.

Judy HTo better health through knowledgeStarted taking LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) on 1/21/2009 for Fibromyalgia, Hypothyroid, PCOS and Restless LegsLDNforFibro/

I'm just wondering if anyone else has used LDN for Type 1, and what their experience was? And whether a day dose might work for it - or perhaps even better?While Type 1 is autoimmune like MS), but it is a different autoimmunity that MS, which might influence things - especially since MS is a brain autoimmunity, and LDN works (presumably) on chemicals or processes that are produced in the brain, while Type 1 is a peripheral autoimmunity (although it does attack the neural meshwork of the islets - via the S-100-beta antigen and pre-Schwann cells). Thyroiditis may be a different matter - it's autoimmunity is very close to the CSF, and the thyroid also has a large number of nerves running through it.Jim