Posted by bleauberry on August 13, 2010, at 18:47:49
In reply to 'worried sick' - depression + sickness symptoms, posted by g_g_g_unit on August 12, 2010, at 6:29:26
The lab tests you had really aren't going to show what is going on. They paint a broad brush but don't show the tiny details. It's in those tiny details where we find the dramatic problems.
Funny, I hadn't studied up on LDN for months but did so last night. Revisited a lot of stuff. I found it strange how almost everything you said jumped right off the page almost word for word as exact descriptions of the kinds of people that respond well the LDN.
I'm going to start a new thread on it, but I would say it would be a fair and justified approach to take a look at the endogenous opioid system. A simple short trial (few days) of Vicadin would tell you a lot. A longer trial of LDN to follow. DLPA a possible stand-alone or add-on. If you haven't already, do some searching and reading on tag words such as "LDN", "LDN depression", "endogenous endorphin depression", and such. You'll see what I mean. All that stuff explains it better than I can. You will see direct strong links between the immune system and mood.
I'm not saying that depressed doesn't make you more sick. I'm sure it does. But I've been depressed for 15 years and haven't had a cold or flu in probably a decade. Yet, I cannot fight off a simple boil, and a mere scratch can takes weeks to heal and leave a scar.....clearly a confused immune system....which is corrected by LDN or opioids. The depression cured too. But again, a simple diagnostic test is maybe 2 Vicadin tabs per day for 3 or 4 days and see what happens. If you feel normal, you just made a diagnosis and now know where to focus. Vicadin is not a longterm answer, but instead a diagnostic tool, one that pinpoints specific meds and supplements to focus on for both the immune system, disease in general, and mood, all simultaneoulsy.
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