Re: been gone for a while but advice, and somewhat OT

[Guest guest]

There has been anecdotal evidence presented here by women that more than

3 mg is too much for them. There's frequently mention of stiffness or

spasticity lessening after decreasing the dose, more so for men, but

also for women. Is it possible 4 mg is still too much for you? Not

advice per se. I don't feel qualified to advise on such an important

matter. Just food for thought.

It sounds like you're on a good track with meditation and you *sound*

more relaxed than when we last heard from you. 3 moves and 2 busted

house deals in 5 months could push anyone over the edge. Martial arts

has been one of my driving forces for the last 23 years, the hard styles

when I was younger, now tai chi chuan (those in the know call it tai chi

for short). It is an ancient and very wise art. Its *written* history

is 5500 years old. It's many things to many people. For some it's

exercise, including a significant portion of the Chinese population

every morning, including organized practice on the job. For others it's

moving meditation. For many it has nothing to do with martial arts, yet

intrinsic is very wise, very effective self defense. My first sifu

(teacher) used to say, do the form every day for 30 years then you'll

*start* to understand what it really means. For myself it's all three

avenues -- exercise, moving meditation and martial art. I've often

thought it would be great for those with MS, both for meditation and

encouraging the nerves and muscles to fire together gracefully. It

might be another option for you. Buffalo's a hip town. You might even

get really lucky and find an old Chinese guy that teaches who learned in

the old country.

One of my favorite aspects of tai chi is the lack of formal dress. The

Japanese styles are very formal, very ritualized. Beginners wear a

white belt, representing lack of knowledge. As their training

progresses, the belts get darker, the final color change being brown to

black. This is supposed to be representative of the plight of the

ancients. They didn't change belts, they just got dirtier with time and

wisdom. Tai chi favors no belt, no uniform and no rank because

practioners believe the teacher can also learn from the student. It's

very open minded and yin-yang like that.

kjwxau2004 wrote:

>Have not been here while die to the fact I didn't have a computer

>and I have moved 3 times since August. Just moved in a new place 1

>week before xmas. I will try a brief synopsis of what I have

>beengoing through and then ask for any adived offered. Moved from

>different state to NY. Had two house deals fall through and just

>rented a place for six months because my stuff was packed up in July

>from CHicago and needed all my stuff out of storgage. Good old Cook

>moving systomsoms dumped my stufff of at our rental before xmas.

>Before that we rented a furnished apartment but that doesn't come

>with clothes. Gets a little cold in Buffalo. Spent 3 weeks living

>in a rectory( husbands Uncle a priest) before we moved into the last

>place. Rectory was very relaxing though and I have a new found

>respec for priests ( I am not catholic) Experience a lot of burning

>in back had a MRI done. Lesion in brain and cervical enhanced. Did

>a course of IV steroids. Told Dr I was on LDN and he told me that I

>couldn't waste time on that and I need to do chemo . He would write

>me a script for LDN if I started chemo. I think he is actually a dr

>that is not a puppet for the drug companys per conversation with

>him. He looked me in the eye an said I will not hurt you. I know

>what you are all thinking after I just mentioned chemo. He also

>recommended that I start doing some meditation and there is

>a " Himylaian Inst " in downtown Buffalo that he said he would hook me

>up with. I have found my own group. He says he meditates every

>day. He does a ld Novatrone(sp) and wanted me to start rebif. I

>told him I wanted to continue with the ldn and that I have had a lot

>of stress and I don't believe anything would have stop my

>progression. Have been doing reiki yoga and meditation to destress

>myself. I have now noticed the past two weeks that I have lost

>strength in my arms and

>agiility in both hand as well as my legs being weaker. I am in a

>quandry. I trust my soource of LDN , I have done the yeast test and

>I am on 4mg. Some qustions. Why would 3mg stop a male from

>progressing and not a female? I have a new script for 4.5 who

>belives that .5 mg will make a world of difference? . I have

>been on since Jan 05. By the way if you are on the BBD you can not

>have soy icecream as soy is a legume!? And thank you Wesley for

>the offer of the LDN when I forgot it on my trip to Conn. I did

>notice a difference that weekend without it(very tired). Kim

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[Guest guest]

I don't think that the amount of LDN has anything to do with your gender. I am female and have been on LDN since June of 2003 and am doing fine. I have been on 4.5 mg from the start, although I felt the need to change to 3mg a couple of months after starting LDN. I quickly went back to 4.5 and have been there ever since.

I think that everybody is different and you need to find the right dosage for yourself. Good Luck

Marie

Re: [low dose naltrexone] been gone for a while but advice, and somewhat OT

There has been anecdotal evidence presented here by women that more than 3 mg is too much for them. There's frequently mention of stiffness or spasticity lessening after decreasing the dose, more so for men, but also for women. Is it possible 4 mg is still too much for you? Not advice per se. I don't feel qualified to advise on such an important matter. Just food for thought. It sounds like you're on a good track with meditation and you *sound* more relaxed than when we last heard from you. 3 moves and 2 busted house deals in 5 months could push anyone over the edge. Martial arts has been one of my driving forces for the last 23 years, the hard styles when I was younger, now tai chi chuan (those in the know call it tai chi for short). It is an ancient and very wise art. Its *written* history is 5500 years old. It's many things to many people. For some it's exercise, including a significant portion of the Chinese population every morning, including organized practice on the job. For others it's moving meditation. For many it has nothing to do with martial arts, yet intrinsic is very wise, very effective self defense. My first sifu (teacher) used to say, do the form every day for 30 years then you'll *start* to understand what it really means. For myself it's all three avenues -- exercise, moving meditation and martial art. I've often thought it would be great for those with MS, both for meditation and encouraging the nerves and muscles to fire together gracefully. It might be another option for you. Buffalo's a hip town. You might even get really lucky and find an old Chinese guy that teaches who learned in the old country.One of my favorite aspects of tai chi is the lack of formal dress. The Japanese styles are very formal, very ritualized. Beginners wear a white belt, representing lack of knowledge. As their training progresses, the belts get darker, the final color change being brown to black. This is supposed to be representative of the plight of the ancients. They didn't change belts, they just got dirtier with time and wisdom. Tai chi favors no belt, no uniform and no rank because practioners believe the teacher can also learn from the student. It's very open minded and yin-yang like that.kjwxau2004 wrote:>Have not been here while die to the fact I didn't have a computer >and I have moved 3 times since August. Just moved in a new place 1 >week before xmas. I will try a brief synopsis of what I have >beengoing through and then ask for any adived offered. Moved from >different state to NY. Had two house deals fall through and just >rented a place for six months because my stuff was packed up in July >from CHicago and needed all my stuff out of storgage. Good old Cook >moving systomsoms dumped my stufff of at our rental before xmas. >Before that we rented a furnished apartment but that doesn't come >with clothes. Gets a little cold in Buffalo. Spent 3 weeks living >in a rectory( husbands Uncle a priest) before we moved into the last >place. Rectory was very relaxing though and I have a new found >respec for priests ( I am not catholic) Experience a lot of burning >in back had a MRI done. Lesion in brain and cervical enhanced. Did >a course of IV steroids. Told Dr I was on LDN and he told me that I >couldn't waste time on that and I need to do chemo . He would write >me a script for LDN if I started chemo. I think he is actually a dr >that is not a puppet for the drug companys per conversation with >him. He looked me in the eye an said I will not hurt you. I know >what you are all thinking after I just mentioned chemo. He also >recommended that I start doing some meditation and there is >a "Himylaian Inst" in downtown Buffalo that he said he would hook me >up with. I have found my own group. He says he meditates every >day. He does a ld Novatrone(sp) and wanted me to start rebif. I >told him I wanted to continue with the ldn and that I have had a lot >of stress and I don't believe anything would have stop my >progression. Have been doing reiki yoga and meditation to destress >myself. I have now noticed the past two weeks that I have lost >strength in my arms and >agiility in both hand as well as my legs being weaker. I am in a >quandry. I trust my soource of LDN , I have done the yeast test and >I am on 4mg. Some qustions. Why would 3mg stop a male from >progressing and not a female? I have a new script for 4.5 who >belives that .5 mg will make a world of difference? . I have >been on since Jan 05. By the way if you are on the BBD you can not >have soy icecream as soy is a legume!? And thank you Wesley for >the offer of the LDN when I forgot it on my trip to Conn. I did >notice a difference that weekend without it(very tired). Kim>>>>>> >