pressure effects and side-effects?

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Hi all,

Just had to respond to the comments about barometric pressure.

(I know I've been pretty quiet as of late- just had my liver biopsy last

week- big friggin' needle!

and am now waiting out the results)

Anyhoo...I can attest to the outside pressure having an effect on my body-

even though I do not have MS (that I know of anyway- still testing)... but

whenever the pressure goes up outside, the tattoo on my left upper arm

raises up on my skin...you can actually feel it bulging up.

I am not the only person with a tattoo in this region to report this effect.

It only seems to apply to ink on the shoulder or upper arm...not sure why?

But if the BP can cause subdermal ink to rise then I can imagine it could

effect your overall energy and health easily...

just a strange aside. I have also noticed that when the BP goes up my BP

seems to go up! and I get headaches easily.

And here is another one for the few posters that mentioned adverse effects

and having to stop or start LDN 3-4 times because of nausea or stomach

upset:

Have any of you been on narcotic pain meds prior to beginning the LDN?

I was sedated for my liver biopsy with a combo than included a narcotic and

then given IV pain meds after. I started my LDN

the next day thinking that was enough time for the opiate-based meds to get

out of my system....WRONG!

I had awful stomach cramps and intestinal distress, nausea, body aches for

the first 4 days... so I discontinued the LDN (but stayed on my Hypericin-

the anti-viral portion of my HepC treatment) until I can detox any trace of

opiates out of my body.

I may be ultra-sensitive? But I have been off and on pain meds for the past

18 month due to chronic pain issues...plus a surgery, biopsy or two or

three.

I prefer being off them. But I was taken off my anti-inflammatory meds for 2

wks prior to the liver biopsy to prevent internal bleeding and had to fall

back on hydrocodone for some bad days. Even my weekly B12 shot didn't seem

to take the edge off my burning pain. I think my opiate receptors are

blocked because of this and the LDN triggered a kind of withdrawal effect.

So to those who have had several bad go's with the LDN...check your Rx

history. Have you been taking anything like vicodin or tylenol #3? Even just

sporadically? It could be the reason you responded so negatively to the LDN.

Try a good herbal detox and then reinitiate the LDN. That is my plan.

I'll keep you all posted on my progress as I get the results of my liver

test and watch my viral count. I know there are a couple of others on this

forum who are interested in the LDN for HepC...anything to avoid the

interferon/ribavirin route!

And if anyone has any knowledge about a VEP test or an SSEP test (both to

rule out MS and lower-limb myelopathy) could you drop me a line? I am having

these tests in the next couple of weeks and would like a personal account.

I've read the medical jargon but prefer a non-medical perspective on what to

expect.

Thanks heaps to all of you for posting and ranting, and praising and raving.

And Aegis, glad to hear you are back on-line.

Best all around,

Lara

Sweating in Seattle (hot and sunny- now isn't that funny?)