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> What have people done for endorphines when they can't exercise? I used > to do hot yoga 4 times/week, walk, hike and dance in my livingroom. Now > I can only walk on my good days. The other days are too painful, mostly > from swelling caused by prednisone. Even when I am not in pain and feel > up to it, my yoga routine causes more bleeding, as does dancing, or > anything aerobic. I havne't been able to exercise for the better part of > a year essentially and my endorphines went from "I feel happy most of > the time, things feel good, I feel a happy response to situations" to > "nothing makes me feel good and I just want to curl up in a ball or > punch something and cry." I know this is hormone related, but it's hard > to get through, and the worse I feel, the worse my symptoms get.>> Any advice?Take LDN. n-- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere

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> Take LDN.

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Yup. That's what Mara suggested too. I already have that in the works, but it

will take some time I think to actually get it. So far my naturopath is on

board, and had been the first to suggest it. I did some research and it looks

pretty good and non-toxic. My gastroenterologist wants to do another colonoscopy

(while I'm in flair - ouch!) to check to see if it is really UC. She won't tell

me what else she thinks it might be or why she doesn't want to discuss

medications before I see her. Anyway, it will be a few weeks. But it looks like

LDN will really help.

For now, I'm taking a quarter off of school and moving in with the folks -

hopefully the lack of stress with help too.

Thanks everyone,

Kat

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It might be working for you perfectly fine, but just

not countering your fatique which comes from

a different illness source that endorphins won't cure.

Or, it could be that you are one of the people that

it will take a lot of time for it to work. They

say it takes 6 months for maximum effect.

Mara

> LDN is definitely worth a shot, but it doesn't provide the endorphin boost to

everyone, unfortunately. I was really hopeful that it would be my answer to

fatigue, but nada. I don't think I'm yeasty (spit test is good, no more itchy

rashes, rotating anti-fungals), so either LDN just doesn't work for me, or

there's something else wrong with my body. It's worth trying though, just in

case it might help you out.

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> Holly

> Crohn's

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>>> What have people done for endorphines when they can't exercise? I usedto

>>> do hot yoga 4 times/week, walk, hike and dance in my livingroom. NowI

>>> can only walk on my good days. The other days are too painful, mostly

>>> from swelling caused by prednisone. Even when I am not in pain and feel

>>> up to it, my yoga routine causes more bleeding, as does dancing, or

>>> anything aerobic. I havne't been able to exercise for the better part of

>>> a year essentially and my endorphines went from " I feel happy most ofthe

>>> time, things feel good, I feel a happy response to situations " to

>>> " nothing makes me feel good and I just want to curl up in a ball orpunch

>>> something and cry. " I know this is hormone related, but it's hardto get

>>> through, and the worse I feel, the worse my symptoms get.

>>>

>>> Any advice?

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>> Take LDN.

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>> reduced shipping elsewhere

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Or it may simply take a lot longer. I've had excellent results from LDN

in a few months on small things, but nothing yet on fibro or pain,

really. Fortunately I didn't expect quick results. And it is quite

true that (as a doctor told me years ago) you can have more than one

problem causing the same effect. Many will cause exhaustion.

I've been taking it for almost 3 months now. I have close to a year

supply (I bought thirty 50mg tablets), so I'll keep taking it at least

that long. I'm glad I'm still in the window for it to take effect!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> It might be working for you perfectly fine, but just

> not countering your fatique which comes from

> a different illness source that endorphins won't cure.