Posted by blueberry1 on December 26, 2006, at 15:25:24
In reply to Anyone actually tried this?, posted by Jimmyboy on December 26, 2006, at 13:53:03
> I have seen quite afew people who have used it for MS or other autoimmune problems, has anyone actually tried this ? If so, what was the effect?
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> JBI tried low dose naltrexone many years ago, along with several other people here at pbabble when the naltrexone topic was hot for a while. It supposedly enhances ssris and prevents poopout, especially with prozac. I was on prozac.
The ultra low dose you are looking at is where most of us started because naltrexone has serious nausea as a startup side effect. We would literally break a tab in tiny chunks and start with the littlest chunk and work our way up. I don't remember whether my final dose was 25mg or 50mg. I was on it about a month.
The only effect I remember from it was a vague sense of being more comfortable in a crowd. I was looking for more pleasure because of anhedonia, and it didn't address that except maybe in a vague tiny way. I do not remember how it was for sleep.
I don't drink except maybe a couple times a year. I went out to dinner and ordered a glass of wine, very much looking forward to the alcohol buzz. No buzz at all. It was like drinking koolaid. Naltrexone completely blocked the alcohol buzz. Anyway, it wasn't helping in any big way and it was very expensive so I stopped.
Whether it would provide some benefit at a real low dose over a longer period of time I do not know. If you do try it, the nausea should go away in two or three days.
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