Re: LDN and brain damage

[Guest guest]

Hi folks, I have only just joined this group, having only recently read

about LDN. It seems that everyone here is very knowledgeable, about both

their illness and the LDN.

Does anyone know if LDN can fix deficits caused by brain damage? I suffered

a CVA 15 years ago a stroke caused by a bleed), which, I suspect wiped out

my hypothalamus. And for those who have Fibro, apparently the hypothalamus

of a Fibro sufferer is found, on autopsy to be less than half the size of a

normal hypothalamus.

I therefore suffer from a large number of fibro symptoms, but yet they are

not caused by immune system deficiency, but by the brain damage. I also

feel that I do not respond, normally to hormones or neurotransmitters. In

other words, I get no endorphin rush, no high from dopamine, no flood of

oxytocin, and I could, sadly, go on. I seemed to go through puberty, again

(in my forties), and now am hitting menopause, when, previously, I was

always physically young and healthy.

So, does anyone have any ideas on this? I have done the NET searches, and

can find nothing relating stroke and LDN, but, I guess some knowledge might

exist outside the WWW. Neurologists know nothing apart from the usual,

" it's a stroke, can't do anything about it "

Maree

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

[Guest guest]

Ldn is always worth trying.you have much to gain and

nothing to loose.

I know it is many years after the event ,but you might try bio-identical

progesterone cream

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/19/sex-hormone-progesterone-brain-injury

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[Guest guest]

Dear Maree,

One of the interesting things is that sometimes we focus so much on one thing

that the stuff in the periphery goes unnoticed. The stroke was 15 years ago. You

are now the age of peri-menopause. The hormonal changes can be quite profound,

and I have found that most conventional doctors are idiots when it comes to

women's hormones. Go to a doctor as a middle aged woman and tell him you are

tired. Right. He will tell you that it is normal and you must just adjust to the

new old age.

But, many of the symptoms of old age stem from the loss of the youthful

hormones: estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. Without them, we dry up and

turn into old hags. The organs start to fail and you just don't feel as good as

you could with them.

Find a good anti-aging doctor who specializes in compounded bio-identical

hormones. You can ask a local compounding pharmacist who prescribes them in your

area. When we moved from Austin (nicely progressive) to Bowling Green Kentucky

(backwater at its finest), we traveled back to Austin to be seen once or twice a

year by our hormone doctor, since no local doctor had a clue.

Pick up any recent book by Suzanne Somers on the subject like " Knockout:

Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer--and How to Prevent Getting It in

the First Place " , " The Sexy Years: Discover the Natural Hormone Connection: the

Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men " and,

" Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones " . You can get them from

like http://half.com for as little as $.75 for paperback. They are worth buying

at the full price.

On a personal note, the LDN was important, but the best part about it was that

it gave me the energy to care about myself again and the inclination to do

something about it. I use LDN and would not live without it, but I also watch my

diet, lost a bit of weight that I needed to lose, and got my hormones balanced

with thyroid, estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. I could not have faced

any of that without the LDN to get me started.

All of this work cost less than the $800 per month that I paid for useless

health insurance when I could still get it. I budget that much, but have never

had to use it all, even including surgery in November. It has been three years

since losing my health insurance and that is $28,800 that I can use to stay

healthy instead of curing disease. It has paid off big time.

I guess what I am saying is that replacing hormones with bio identical ones is a

hassle in the beginning with blood tests to see where you are, and the doctor,

but it is the final touch in being healthy into old age. After a over a decade

of declining to MS, being a cancer survivor, and losing almost everything, like

job and insurance, at 62, I am healthier than I was 20 years ago. I attribute it

to LDN, good diet, vitamin supplements and replacement hormones.

The stroke was unfair, but there could be other things to fix and the rest is up

to you. My thoughts are with you.

Francie

http://Kristull.com

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> Hi folks, I have only just joined this group, having only recently read about

LDN. It seems that everyone here is very knowledgeable, about both their

illness and the LDN.

> Does anyone know if LDN can fix deficits caused by brain damage? I suffered a

CVA 15 years ago a stroke caused by a bleed), which, I suspect wiped out my

hypothalamus. And for those who have Fibro, apparently the hypothalamus of a

Fibro sufferer is found, on autopsy to be less than half the size of a normal

hypothalamus.

> I therefore suffer from a large number of fibro symptoms, but yet they are not

caused by immune system deficiency, but by the brain damage. I also feel that I

do not respond, normally to hormones or neurotransmitters. In other words, I

get no endorphin rush, no high from dopamine, no flood of oxytocin, and I could,

sadly, go on. I seemed to go through puberty, again (in my forties), and now am

hitting menopause, when, previously, I was always physically young and healthy.

> So, does anyone have any ideas on this? I have done the NET searches, and can

find nothing relating stroke and LDN, but, I guess some knowledge might exist

outside the WWW. Neurologists know nothing apart from the usual, " it's a

stroke, can't do anything about it "

>

> Maree

> Melbourne, AUSTRALIA