Re: Starting LDN tonight - any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

Don't worry. Only good things will happen with LDN. Aside from perhaps

more vivid dreams for a few days.

Recommend a warm (but not too hot) bath before bed with epsom salts in

it. The magnesium sulfate is absorbed by the skin and eases sleep.

There's no reason to be fearful so try to let that go. The anxiety does no

good.

--V

At 06:43 PM 11/26/2010, you wrote:

>I picked up my new prescription for LDN this evening and will be taking my

>first dose tonight. Is there anything I need to be aware of? This will be

>my first experience and I'm looking forward to it but at the same time I'm

>experiencing anxiety. What the heck am I doing to myself?

>

>I was diagnosed with MS 6 1/2 years ago and have been on Betaseron since

>then. I know of no other way of MS life without my Betaseron so this is

>new territory for me. I'm cautiously optimistic.

>

>My Neuro wants me to remain on Betaseron and try out LDN (my request) at

>2mg for about a month and let her know what I think. She's starting me out

>at 2mg LDN because I'm very med sensitive and my tolerance is low. I kid

>you not, when it comes to any type of medication to treat my symptoms I

>always have to take whatever the lowest dosage is. What is deemed

>therapeutic for most people is too much for me. I guess you could say that

>the therapeutic dose of any medication is below standard (for me).

>

>Anyway, I'm looking at the clock and waiting for bedtime to try my first

>dose. Any encouragement would be appreciated. Thanks

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

I started on .50 ml 3 mnths ago, I am now on 1.5 so I have taken it slowly and not having any problems. I am not on anything else, LDN has helped so far!

[Guest guest]

> My Neuro wants me to remain on Betaseron and try out LDN (my request) at 2mg

for about a month and let her know what I think.

I'm surprised no one else responded to this. It's not recommended. Dr. Bob

Lawrence writes:

" Contraindications and Special Precautions: Because LDN stimulates the immune

system and many of the drugs routinely used by the NHS in the treatment of MS

further suppress the immune system, LDN cannot be used in company with steroids,

beta interferon, methotrexate, azathioprine or mitozantrone or any other immune

suppressant drug. "

http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show & pageid=651

The entire text at this link would be a good read for you, blueeyesblue.

There's info about dosing and side effects as well.

Do you think the betaseron is doing you any good? I never used any dmd's and

found LDN early on. It's been my first and only treatment, which I think is a

good thing. May as well start with something that's not destructive at the same

time.

K.C.

[Guest guest]

here, LDN user 7 plus years....ask to be put on 3.5mg of LDN since your

doc insists on you taking an immunosuppressant with it. The immunosuppressant

will possibly lessen the effects of the LDN so instead of 2mg LDN ask for 3.5mg.