Posted by floatingbridge on January 12, 2010, at 18:44:35
In reply to Re: Are These Meds For Real? Ad's???? » floatingbridge, posted by casse on January 7, 2010, at 0:09:12
Tea, here it is--very informative.
:-)> Yes, I got the Stablon that way.
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> As for the LDN, I had taken opiates for chronic pain for almost 3 years before finding alternative non-medicinal treatment. When I quit taking them, I had some awful withdrawl symptoms. Numbness, loss of coordination, tingling, and felt like my chest was being squeezed all of the time. This went on for several months before I was refered to a neurologist with suspected MS. In the meantime, I went online and started reading up on LDN. I had also heard about it while trying to find out about opiate withdrawl. Some guy has a blog online where he claims that endorphin deficiency leads to depression and subsequent opiate abuse for some. He suggested that LDN might be efficacious for depression if that is the case. I'm not endorsing his theory
> (the role of natural endorphins and enkephalins on mood is not that simple ), but it led me on my search. Since then I've read volumes of info about it and also tried to learn as much about other's experiences with it as possible. Important to me, since it's such a grass roots therapy and there are only a couple of real "experts" on it in the world. Foremost is Dr. Ian Zagon. But being the good research scientist, he sticks to the facts as they relate to his research. So with regard to what conditions LDN can help treat, and at what dose, even this particular expert does not say. But I digress...
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> I still don't have an MS diagnosis. I probably don't have it, and unless I have symptoms that threaten my life I'm going to forget about it. I ran out of money and insurance. But I decided to try the LDN since it is inexpensive and safe to use even prophylactically. My pdoc was kind enough to prescribe it, but not understanding (or necessarily agreeing with ) how I intended to use it, he prescribed 50 mg. My hope was that it would help with both depression and relieve the physical symptoms.
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> So I've compounded it at home since I started using it. I get syrups from my pharmacist and make a suspension. I don't know that this method is a better way of " diluting", but the pharmacist thought it would be more stable.
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> The LDN DID give me more energy at the 1.5 mg dose I took at first, and I think that may have caused me to be more active. That in turn can stimulate serotonin production and enhance mood (and I believe it did). But it also made me feel agitated. That made my anxiety worse. So I've experimented with different dosages trying to find tolerance. I dropped my dose way down to .25 mg and started over, taking it every other night. I definitely feel even that small amount. I have very vivid dreams the nights I take it, and feel slightly irritable the following morning. But I intend to work up to 1.5 mg again, as that is regarded as the minimally effective dose. Now that I'm enjoying success with the effects Stablon is having on my anxiety symptoms, I'm encouraged to increase my dosage of LDN again. My sister recently found out she has breast cancer, so a prophylactic that might help prevent cancer is even more important to me now!
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> I hope this isn't too much information. I do tend to go on....
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