Took 6.0 last nite & Intermittent Therapy (Dr. Lawrence)

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After being on LDN for 74 days, 43 days @4.5, I tried 6.0 last nite.

Today I feel headachy and have a foggy feeling. When I first started

even at 1.5, I had similar feelings although today is the worst and it

has persisted throughout the day. I wanted to see if the higher dose

would help w/ my nightime bladder. I usually get up 2-3 times

although I go right back to a very sound sleep. My pattern for so

long is to wake up every few hours and it always feels like I have to

go even if sometimes once I am sitting up, the feeling goes away! It

is interesting that during the day, my bladder has shown improvement

since starting LDN. I go less often and seem to have better control.

Why not at night???

I am curious how many people take a week off of LDN as suggested by

Dr. Lawrence? I am thinking that I might do that now and then go back

to 4.5. when I resume. I know that Dr. Bihari does not advocate this

break, but it seems logical to me that one gets used to a drug and it

may become ineffective after time. I am not a scientist or a

researcher so if Aegis, Yash, Steve or anyone else with knowledge

would voice their opinions, I would be most interested. Thanks!

Gail

Woburn, MA

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Gail

I used to try taking a break but found out that in my case I was just miserable for the day after and any other after that.This did make resuming "seem" better but that was only cause then I had a wake up call on what it was actually doing for me.(how quick I forgot)

I recommend it for when you are questioning 'just what is L.D.N. doing for me' You will find out after three days... that's almost guaranteed!

Reg..

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From: low dose naltrexone

Date: 07/13/04 13:03:44

low dose naltrexone

Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Took 6.0 last nite & Intermittent Therapy (Dr. Lawrence)

After being on LDN for 74 days, 43 days @4.5, I tried 6.0 last nite.Today I feel headachy and have a foggy feeling. When I first startedeven at 1.5, I had similar feelings although today is the worst and ithas persisted throughout the day. I wanted to see if the higher dosewould help w/ my nightime bladder. I usually get up 2-3 timesalthough I go right back to a very sound sleep. My pattern for solong is to wake up every few hours and it always feels like I have togo even if sometimes once I am sitting up, the feeling goes away! Itis interesting that during the day, my bladder has shown improvementsince starting LDN. I go less often and seem to have better control.Why not at night??? I am curious how many people take a week off of LDN as suggested byDr. Lawrence? I am thinking that I might do that now and then go backto 4.5. when I resume. I know that Dr. Bihari does not advocate thisbreak, but it seems logical to me that one gets used to a drug and itmay become ineffective after time. I am not a scientist or aresearcher so if Aegis, Yash, Steve or anyone else with knowledgewould voice their opinions, I would be most interested. Thanks! Gail Woburn, MA

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I don't think it's necessary to take a break from all medications. For example, people who take blood pressure medicines, calcium channel blockers, blood thinners, medicines to control glucose levels, and a gazillion others should NOT take a break. It all depends on the action of the medication. I don't understand LDN enough to know if taking a break is appropriate, but I do know that I feel lousy when I do. If that's just because I don't have the endorphins during the down time that's an indicator that it was working until I quit taking it. The fact that I do feel worse if I skip a day or two suggests that the LDN had not lost its effectiveness. If it was no longer having an effect I wouldn't expect to see any difference on skipping it, just an improvement when starting it again.

Well, there's my twenty five cents worth, tax free.

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From: rosemist50

low dose naltrexone

Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:59 AM

Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Took 6.0 last nite & Intermittent Therapy (Dr. Lawrence)

After being on LDN for 74 days, 43 days @4.5, I tried 6.0 last nite.Today I feel headachy and have a foggy feeling. When I first startedeven at 1.5, I had similar feelings although today is the worst and ithas persisted throughout the day. I wanted to see if the higher dosewould help w/ my nightime bladder. I usually get up 2-3 times