RE: Update & questions following my first LDN dose

[Guest guest]

Depression is part of the syndrome of fibromyalgia, which I have. The

lifting of depression was the first effect I noticed with LDN. So yes, you

may well be able to drop the antidepressant, and it's up to you when you

give it a try. Carefully monitor how you are feeling, however. You don't

want the depression to sneak back up on you.

You might want to consider 5HTP if you seem to continue to need a little

more lift. 5HTP is the extract from a flower seed (griffonia) native to

South Africa, and it supplies the brain with the precursor to

serotonin. So its effect is to give the brain more serotonin instead of

conserving the existing serotonin as the main traditional antidepressants

do, which often doesn't work or ceases to work because of a pathological

lack of serotonin production.

--V

At 03:04 PM 11/27/2010, you wrote:

>I'm happy to report that I took my very first dose of LDN (2mg) last night

>and so far the only side effect I've noticed is bouts of vertigo upon

>rising and a little light-headedness. I'm optimistic that these side

>effects are transitory and will pass in a few days. I took LDN right

>before going to bed last night and slept pretty well. Today, aside from

>the bit of vertigo, I have a general sense of well-being.

>

>Since being diagnosed with MS 6 1/2 years ago and being on Betaseron I

>have had to take an antidepressant. I'm wondering if now that I'm feeling

>so well if I might be able to discontinue my antidepressant. I'm wondering

>if the antidepressant along with LDN might be what's contributing to the

>vertigo and light-headedness that I'm experiencing today. I would love to

>discontinue my antidepressant. I'm on a very low dose and could probably

>forego taking it tonight as an experiment to see how I feel tomorrow.

>

>Any thoughts or suggestions. My ultimate goal is to make LDN my sole

>treatment. By the way, tonight is Betaseron 'shot' night....ugh!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

before stopping any anti-depressant cold turkey, even when it has been used

at low dose, check the web thoroughly for possible problems... might still

need to wean off.

i just found my mom has been on cymbalta for some months and looked into it

after a geriatric caregiver we know told me about what a horrible drug it

is... looked into it and yes it is. side effects of use and of missing a

couple days read like the list of most of her current problems. now i'm in

range to talk to that doc and if he won't prescribe an alternative to help

her while weaning off cymbalta, and offer a real good reason why it was o.k.

to put her on it in the first place, his ass is fired and will be bad rapped

wherever possible on the web.

> [low dose naltrexone] Update & questions following my

> first LDN dose

>

> I'm happy to report that I took my very first dose of LDN

> (2mg) last night and so far the only side effect I've noticed

> is bouts of vertigo upon rising and a little

> light-headedness. I'm optimistic that these side effects are

> transitory and will pass in a few days. I took LDN right

> before going to bed last night and slept pretty well. Today,

> aside from the bit of vertigo, I have a general sense of well-being.

>

> Since being diagnosed with MS 6 1/2 years ago and being on

> Betaseron I have had to take an antidepressant. I'm wondering

> if now that I'm feeling so well if I might be able to

> discontinue my antidepressant. I'm wondering if the

> antidepressant along with LDN might be what's contributing to

> the vertigo and light-headedness that I'm experiencing today.

> I would love to discontinue my antidepressant. I'm on a very

> low dose and could probably forego taking it tonight as an

> experiment to see how I feel tomorrow.

>

> Any thoughts or suggestions. My ultimate goal is to make LDN

> my sole treatment. By the way, tonight is Betaseron 'shot'

> night....ugh!

>

>

>

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>

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[Guest guest]

LDN's purpose/what MS drugs can be used w/LDN

http://ldn.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=links & action=display & thread=772

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> I'm happy to report that I took my very first dose of LDN (2mg) last night and

so far the only side effect I've noticed is bouts of vertigo upon rising and a

little light-headedness. I'm optimistic that these side effects are transitory

and will pass in a few days. I took LDN right before going to bed last night and

slept pretty well. Today, aside from the bit of vertigo, I have a general sense

of well-being.

>

> Since being diagnosed with MS 6 1/2 years ago and being on Betaseron I have

had to take an antidepressant. I'm wondering if now that I'm feeling so well if

I might be able to discontinue my antidepressant. I'm wondering if the

antidepressant along with LDN might be what's contributing to the vertigo and

light-headedness that I'm experiencing today. I would love to discontinue my

antidepressant. I'm on a very low dose and could probably forego taking it

tonight as an experiment to see how I feel tomorrow.

>

> Any thoughts or suggestions. My ultimate goal is to make LDN my sole

treatment. By the way, tonight is Betaseron 'shot' night....ugh!

>