Substantial healing (was: Re: Re: Stomach Gurgle)

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Alyssa,

Here is my take on LDN. Some drugs add something to the body. Others replace

something that the body is missing, for example insulin or thyroid. LDN helps

replace or increase endorphins. If one is low on insulin, then one has to take

it for life. It is not that the body is " dependent " on the drug, but because the

body is dependent on insulin.

If some people are low on endorphins, they would need LDN because the body needs

endorphins. Drug dependence on a not natural substance- like pain meds or

sleeping pills are a different issue.

Perhaps, once the gut is healed and the body has normal immune function, one may

not need LDN. Some have mentioned taking LDN for at least two years here on this

board, but I suppose if the body needs it it would be longer.

LDN is a drug that you wean up to, and I would not stop it abruptly. I would

imagine that one would taper it slowly over a few months, but I have not

experienced that. If the body could produce enough endorphins at that point, it

should be able to do so. LDN stimulates the body to make endorphins, so it

should not interfere with the body's ability to do so.

PJ

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> > (But I'll say it for the umpteenth time: I'd suggest also looking

> > into taking LDN with the diet.)

>

>

> Here's my one suspicion with LDN, as with any med: Can one go off of

> it after using it for a while and not have any withdrawal or negative

> effects? I'd be afraid my body would become dependent on it. Anyone

> have any experience of info regarding this?

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 15 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> No meds!

>

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:15:15 -0500, Alyssa Luck luckycharms@...>

wrote:

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>

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>> (But I'll say it for the umpteenth time: I'd suggest also looking

>> into taking LDN with the diet.)

>

>

> Here's my one suspicion with LDN, as with any med: Can one go off of

> it after using it for a while and not have any withdrawal or negative

> effects? I'd be afraid my body would become dependent on it. Anyone

> have any experience of info regarding this?

>

> Peace =)

> Alyssa 15 yo

> UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

> SCD June 2009 (restarted)

> No meds!

>

I think I understand how you, and a lot of people here, feel about drugs.

I'm the same way, and I'm very drug sensitive: I need a smaller dose than

" normal " of almost all drugs. I never take drugs unless I absolutely have

to. But LDN is different.

No, you don't become dependent on LDN; it has no side effects that will

hurt you. Quite the opposite. It increases your endorphin levels, which,

in turn, begins to regulate your immune system and help you heal in a

variety of ways. It also gradually increases the number of endorphin

receptors you have. Many people can gradually reduce the dose to get the

same effect as previously. Going off it may reduce your endorphin levels

again, though very likely not to the level they were low before you took

LDN because of the increased number of receptors. If your endorphin levels

drop, you'll feel that. But not because you're feeling " withdrawal " as

with many other drugs.

n

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[Guest guest]

Here's my one suspicion with LDN, as with any med: Can one go off of it after using it for a while and not have any withdrawal or negative effects? I'd be afraid my body would become dependent on it. Anyone have any experience of info regarding this?

I've read all I can about LDN since starting it two months ago and

I've never heard of trouble going off of it or off and on. and I've

never heard of the body becoming dependent... that is, I suppose you

could say you become dependent upon feeling better! But no, not not

dependent. I find it interesting that so many of the people who

prescribe it, including Dr Bihari, decided to take it for insurance to

maintain their health as they get older and prevent or stave off things

they might be genetically predisposed to develop otherwise. As to

whether one needs it forever, who knows? Perhaps it's like SCD, some

people will keep it forever and some will feel totally well after a few

years and be able to drop it.