Guest guest Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Dr. Hilgers also has had many years experience (over 25) giving LDN to pregnant and nursing mothers, and although it may be anecdotal, he reports that the mothers and babies are very healthy after using LDN. I believe he has used up to 100 mg on pregnant mothers without incidence. He has a great website for anyone with infertility/pms/ppd issues and just general women's health issues. A very caring doctor and wonderful Institute. I am currently taking LDN for PMS and it has really helped me. www.popepaulvi.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 > Thanks , > I scoured this site a couple of years ago when I first was looking into LDN - it really is interesting. I can see that LDN could modulate hormonal imbalances and that may be how it works to repair infertility. I was under the impression that it was capable of doing a number of things, most importantly silently treating undetected cases of chronic endometriosis or other inflammations that affect fertility. I was not aware of it modulating hormone imbalances. Do you have reference to that? I have not found it doing that with me, although after a year, it has apparently lowered my need for so much thyroid medication. Francie http://LDN-for-MS.com My Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 > That's about all I know in this area. As for thyroxine, it is an amino acid based hormone, tyrosine in fact. I haven't had any significant improvement in my thyroid dysfunction either with LDN. I think tyrosine is more affected by dopamine than opioid peptides. That may explain the lack of improvement.But I can't tell you how or why. It took nearly a year for the LDN to lower our need for thyroid medication in myself and my husband. I am still impressed by the subtle improvements being made even when I think I cannot get any better :-) Francie http://LDN-for-MS.com My Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 That was the conclusion that I came to as well. That the LDN can help with those thyroid dysfunctions that have to do with the immune system, not other problems. For instance, I had half of my thyroid removed for biopsy only to find that it was normal and they left the other half. Hard for LDN to do much with that. However, after a year, I have found that I have had to lower my thyroid medicine, which is fine with me, and shows perhaps that part of the problem was also my tendency toward autoimmune diseases. Fortunately thyroid is one of the easiest problems to treat and it makes no difference to me what size pill I take each morning. Just interesting to note that after a relatively long time, the LDN apparently did affect it for us. Francie > > Francie, > I know others who've had good improvement with thyroid issues with LDN. I had fullyexpected I would be one of them, but no luck. After two years I am still on the same dose of thyroxine. I am beginning to think LDN's effects on thyroid disease may have everything to do with what caused the dysfunction in the first place. I don't believe it's the same in everyone. > Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 May I suggest: Whenever there are thyroid issues the adrenal issues need to be looked at and addressed also. That never happened for me. In the last month as I have done intense research on LDN and the many aspects of my autoimmune conditions, the thyroid/adrenal connection stands out above all the others for me. Check out www.stopthethyroidmadness.com and spend some time there reading their information. I only wished I knew all of this 15 years ago. Or even 30-45 years ago. As someone else on these Y-groups has previously stated, LDN is never a stand alone treatment. Over the years I have spend hundreds of dollars pursuing becoming well again and I and my treating professional care partners (conventional/allopathic medicine and alternative/integrative modalities ... doctors, pharmacists, chiropractors, naturopaths, owners of health stores, and th ose that just know a lot by their own self-education, plus my own research) never looked at the thyroid/adrenal connection or what set that off in the beginning. We all had pieces but not the whole picture until now. None of us knew this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.