Re: LDN and illness

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are you doing iodine? That could be detox symptoms and you need to make sure you are taking the complimentary nutrients which help and there is also salt loading to help with detox.  If not doing iodine what else are you doing?  You said you were switching txs.  If you changed more than one thing at the same time it makes it darn hard to determine what might be the issue.  It is not something I tend to associate with LDN however.

JaxiOn Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:38 AM, <tofumamaof2@...> wrote:

I am fairly new to this group and had a question...

I started LDN about 3 weeks ago for Lyme disease. I also have Hashimoto's so I started at 1.5mg. The first week I had the insomnia, which was resolved by the second week and now I sleep very well. I was switching treatments when I started the LDN, and had a major herx for th first 2 weeks due to the protocol I switched to, so I wasn't even sure the LDN was working beyond me sleeping better than I had in years. Finally, I came through the herx and felt pretty good for a day or so then BAM! I got sick with swollen glands, sore throat, fluish, etc. I can very much tell the difference between herxing and being actually sick, and this is actual sick. Wondering if this is normal? I thought LDN was supposed to help your immune system work better...if this is normal, how long should I expect to be sick?

TIA,

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Below is by LDN research doctor, Jaquelyn McCandless

There is a phenomenon that happens to some people that as the immune system is

shifting (usually from T2 to T1) right after starting LDN, the immune system

drops and people get an infection, cold, flu, cold sore, etc. which is usually

short lived. Candida tends to overgrow or a virus will flare up. These

infections are usually short-lived unless something like candida and gut

bacteria needs treatment.

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Check candida.

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I took LDN for nearly one year before I got really sick with candida overgrowth.

It was awful. I'm still taking nystatin. Two doctors told me that it will

takes months before I should stop taking the nystatin. I have and had been

taking herbal remedies and have been using coconut oil for quite a while but

that was not enough.

I can't say for sure that what I experienced what Dr. McCandless's is describing

but it seems possible. Thank goodness I've kept using the LDN. Taking LDN is

more like taking a supplement than a drug. It seems to work slowly.

ann

CFS/FM/OA

LDN 4.5 mg for over one year

> From: bren_ldn <TwisterAlley2@...>

> Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Re: LDN and illness

> low dose naltrexone

> Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 3:29 PM

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> Below is by LDN research doctor, Jaquelyn McCandless

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> There is a phenomenon that happens to some people that as

> the immune system is shifting (usually from T2 to T1) right

> after starting LDN, the immune system drops and people get

> an infection, cold, flu, cold sore, etc. which is usually

> short lived. Candida tends to overgrow or a virus will flare

> up. These infections are usually short-lived unless

> something like candida and gut bacteria needs treatment.

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Below by Dr. Jaquelyn McCandless' candida yeast fighting protocol.

Most ADULTS need 200mg of diflucan twice daily (I give it for 3 weeks) and 500mg

of metronidazole (flagyl) 3 times a day or 750mg twice daily for 10 days, stop

for 4 days to let spores hatch out, then 10 more days, plus copious hi-potency

probiotics. Incidentally,

NOTE: I gave up nystatin years ago as it does not address the colonized yeast,

and the yeast outsmart it by mutating very quickly.

See bottom of this post to see the fruits allowed.

Dr. JM

Below, for adults and children UNDER 100pounds(45.3kg)

Dr. McCandless' protocol for those with insurance is diflucan

(fluconazole) 100mg twice daily for three weeks, along with

flagyl (metronidazole) 500mg twice a day for 10 days, stop 4

days (to let the spores hatch out) then 10 more days. Highly recommend you take

good hi-potency probiotics to replace

the gut with good bugs - these are never prescribed, but so

necessary for all of us for good gut health. Be sure to keep

the probiotics and the metronidazole 2 hours apart, as the probiotics (good

bugs) will be destroyed by the metronidazole.

For both children and adults

I'm sure no need to mention eliminate ALL refined sugar (if you love it, it is

your yeast screaming, " SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR!!! " . Even too much fruit sugar is

bad, especially strawberries,

watermelon, pineapple, and ripe bananas, and no apple

or grape products, as yeast love these fruits.

Acceptable fruits are kiwi, pears, and berries in

season except for strawberries. Best wishes, Dr. JM

(feel free to share this for those who need

prescription strength yeast treatment).

Dr. JM

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What does " I don't think it has been helping " mean?  LDN doesn't cure the common cold, flu, or other virus.  Since you are not throwing it up I would keep taking it.Jaxi

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Debruycker <debruyckerm@...> wrote:

I just got hit with some nasty bug yesterday afternoon and evening.  I could not sleep all night and had such a horrible headache and body aches.  I took my ldn last night but I don't think it has been helping.  Should I continue to take the ldn even though I am ill?  I am so tired today and still fighting whatever I got.

Thanks.

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