Sick w/ flu couple weeks ago - related to recurrence of old symptom?

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Hi everyone,

Hope you all are doing well! I've been on LDN at 4.5 since May of last

year. I've been doing great on it and am very pleased with my results.

Last time I wrote, it was because I had noticed not being able to

recognize temperature on my right arm - and I was so happy because it

was back to normal in 3 days. Now I'm experiencing a little of another

previous symptom of mine. Since Sunday I've noticed that I'm a bit

light-headed/dizzy. The last relapse I had before starting LDN was a

doozy - the vertigo, no balance, arm not responding properly lasted a

good 4 or 5 months. So when I recognized that slightly car-sick

feeling, I was a little worried. Now it's been 5 days and I am already

starting to feel better. I'm not experiencing the nausea from it that I

was the first couple days. And the dizziness seems to disappear for

hours at a time. I'm very grateful to the LDN because I know how bad it

was last time and if the LDN helps keep it to a minimum of slight

dizziness, well that's good enough for me. I had the flu or a cold a

couple weeks ago - ran a low grade fever for 3 or 4 days. I've read in

a couple places that an illness like that can cause a recurrence of old

symptoms. Has anyone else experienced that? Thanks for your help!

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> Hi everyone,

>

> Hope you all are doing well! I've been on LDN at 4.5 since May of last

> year. I've been doing great on it and am very pleased with my results.

> Last time I wrote, it was because I had noticed not being able to

> recognize temperature on my right arm - and I was so happy because it

> was back to normal in 3 days. Now I'm experiencing a little of another

> previous symptom of mine. Since Sunday I've noticed that I'm a bit

> light-headed/dizzy. The last relapse I had before starting LDN was a

> doozy - the vertigo, no balance, arm not responding properly lasted a

> good 4 or 5 months. So when I recognized that slightly car-sick

> feeling, I was a little worried. Now it's been 5 days and I am already

> starting to feel better. I'm not experiencing the nausea from it that

I

> was the first couple days. And the dizziness seems to disappear for

> hours at a time. I'm very grateful to the LDN because I know how bad

it

> was last time and if the LDN helps keep it to a minimum of slight

> dizziness, well that's good enough for me. I had the flu or a cold a

> couple weeks ago - ran a low grade fever for 3 or 4 days. I've read in

> a couple places that an illness like that can cause a recurrence of

old

> symptoms. Has anyone else experienced that? Thanks for your help!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

For what reason are you taking LDN?

I have MS and have been taking LDN since March 2005 and not once in that time

period have I had a cold. Whether that's due to the LDN or taking vitamins or

being a 'germ-a-holic', meaning I stay away from sick people and wash my hands

all of the time, I don't know.

I have read that if one has MS and they become ill with a cold or the flu this

can cause symptoms to increase and possibly bring on an MS exacerbation.

Art

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http://ldn.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=personal & action=display & thread=867

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> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > Hope you all are doing well! I've been on LDN at 4.5 since May of last

> > year. I've been doing great on it and am very pleased with my results.

> > Last time I wrote, it was because I had noticed not being able to

> > recognize temperature on my right arm - and I was so happy because it

> > was back to normal in 3 days. Now I'm experiencing a little of another

> > previous symptom of mine. Since Sunday I've noticed that I'm a bit

> > light-headed/dizzy. The last relapse I had before starting LDN was a

> > doozy - the vertigo, no balance, arm not responding properly lasted a

> > good 4 or 5 months. So when I recognized that slightly car-sick

> > feeling, I was a little worried. Now it's been 5 days and I am already

> > starting to feel better. I'm not experiencing the nausea from it that

> I

> > was the first couple days. And the dizziness seems to disappear for

> > hours at a time. I'm very grateful to the LDN because I know how bad

> it

> > was last time and if the LDN helps keep it to a minimum of slight

> > dizziness, well that's good enough for me. I had the flu or a cold a

> > couple weeks ago - ran a low grade fever for 3 or 4 days. I've read in

> > a couple places that an illness like that can cause a recurrence of

> old

> > symptoms. Has anyone else experienced that? Thanks for your help!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yup taking it for MS. It's the first time I've gotten sick since I

started taking it May 2009. And I rarely got colds or the flu before

that. But it was a double whammy - my boyfriend got sick (he never gets

sick either) and then someone at work was sick too.. so I think it was a

really aggressive virus or flu. I heard of quite a few people in town

with the same thing. I can't even remember the last time I had a fever -

though it was less than 100 degrees. I was more worried about the

familiar MS symptoms kicking in, than the getting sick itself. I was

miserable and stuffy-headed for a few days, but back to normal within

the week. Thankfully, the slight dizziness I originally wrote about

hasn't progressed into anything worse and a week later, it's practically

gone. The last time I had the dizziness (plus loss of balance and arm

not reacting properly) was before LDN and it lasted 4 or 5 months! So

once again Thank You LDN! I was just curious whether anyone else had

experienced getting a fever and getting an MS flare up shortly after,

since I had read that illnesses with a fever can bring it on - since the

endorphins you've produced are busy fighting the illness instead of

staving off old MS symptoms. My bf's work was responsible for some

additional stress, so I'm sure that didn't help any either since stress

is my major trigger!

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> > > Hi everyone,

> > >

> > > Hope you all are doing well! I've been on LDN at 4.5 since May of

last

> > > year. I've been doing great on it and am very pleased with my

results.

> > > Last time I wrote, it was because I had noticed not being able to

> > > recognize temperature on my right arm - and I was so happy because

it

> > > was back to normal in 3 days. Now I'm experiencing a little of

another

> > > previous symptom of mine. Since Sunday I've noticed that I'm a bit

> > > light-headed/dizzy. The last relapse I had before starting LDN was

a

> > > doozy - the vertigo, no balance, arm not responding properly

lasted a

> > > good 4 or 5 months. So when I recognized that slightly car-sick

> > > feeling, I was a little worried. Now it's been 5 days and I am

already

> > > starting to feel better. I'm not experiencing the nausea from it

that

> > I

> > > was the first couple days. And the dizziness seems to disappear

for

> > > hours at a time. I'm very grateful to the LDN because I know how

bad

> > it

> > > was last time and if the LDN helps keep it to a minimum of slight

> > > dizziness, well that's good enough for me. I had the flu or a cold

a

> > > couple weeks ago - ran a low grade fever for 3 or 4 days. I've

read in

> > > a couple places that an illness like that can cause a recurrence

of

> > old

> > > symptoms. Has anyone else experienced that? Thanks for your help!

> > >

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