Posted by bleauberry on July 10, 2009, at 19:29:34
In reply to Low Dose Naltrexone, posted by rvanson on July 10, 2009, at 1:05:58
Don't be fooled by the low doses. This stuff is powerful.
I didn't get the early insomnia side effects many people experience.
First few days were kind of groggy and even a little more depressed. Toward the end of a week I was actually having several hours a day of greatly improved energy, wellbeing, sociability, interest, thought, etc. Still well below normal, but a nice increase for me. This was sprinkled in however with random waves during the day of feeling weepy and depressed, where I had not been weepy before LDN. So there was some surprising good mixed in with some bad.
I imagine with more time it would have smoothed out to mostly good.
I had some skin infections that were getting dramatically worse on LDN. That didn't make sense and worried me. There were already bad to begin with, and now real bad with LDN.
People say LDN is not a miracle but is a help. I agree with that.
For your reference, my dose the whole time was 1.5mg and it was strong. Toward the end I tried going to 3mg, got sunk into a deep depression, and that scared me off.
So, 4.5mg might sound low, but it aint. This stuff can work good, but you gotta start real low and give it lots of time before increasing. The internet hype is too aggressive.
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