Posted by bleauberry on November 14, 2008, at 16:56:17
In reply to Re: Jimmy Boy - how's the LDN doing??? » bleauberry, posted by Maria3667 on November 12, 2008, at 5:58:54
As you mentioned, LDN is supposed to be good for autoimmune syndromes. It seems to have potential in them across the board. Anything that has to do with the immune system. There have been some startling amazing reports, and many others that were more modest yet noteworthy.
A high percentage of people get some kind of benefit from LDN. Miracle stories are not as common, but LDN does seem to be helpful to most people who try it. Some users have encouraged that it should not be expected to be a miracle, but that it should provide benefits significant enough that continuing with it is desirable.
The only significant negative effect I had from it was that my carbuncles (clusters of dormant boils) on my buttocks really flared up, got puffy and sore and oozed puss, where usually they are more dormant than that. I have always figured their stubborness to go away must have something to do with impaired immunity, and that LDN would be good for that. But instead they got significantly worse. But that was only a little over a week. They say it takes 2 to 3 months for the immunity stuff to really show. And that before that time, symptoms can actually get worse during the transition. Maybe that's what was happening with me.
I have also noted that anything pro-NE or pro-DA seems to flare up those carbuncles. Pro-5ht shrinks them. So I can't help but wonder if LDN somehow increases NE and/or DA funtion.
LDN has been reported to have strong effect against the autoimmune thyroid condition called Hashimotos. So whether or not it will have effect on your hypothyroidism or not, I don't know.
Being such a tiny dose, I see no harm in many people at least giving this strategy a look. Ya know, if you roam the websites where people rate their medications, you'll typically see one decent report followed by 2 or 3 lousy ones, then another decent one, then 2 or 3 more lousy ones, and so on. With LDN, it is more like 8 decent ones and then one lousy one and then 8 more decent ones. But again, miracle stories don't seem to be as common, maybe 1 out 10 I'm guessing, but they do happen. As I see it, anything that can arrest a disease in its tracks and improve the patient's life/comfort is a good thing, especially when it involves only a fraction of a normal dose.
So my best wishes to you. I hope you are one of the miracle stories. If that doesn't turn out, then I pray you are one of the majority that gets some kind of benefit worth keeping.
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