Re: LDN was awesome for first 3-4 months, now backsliding

[Guest guest]

I have heard from many over the past 7 yrs who started LDN, candida was brought

to forefront/stirred up by LDN, symptoms returned and once candida was under

control all was fine again. Do look for possible candida yeast overgrowth

first.

What dosage of LDN are you taking and what time do you take your LDN?

LDN user over 7 yrs.

[Guest guest]

" felecia " wrote:

" Then in December I started feeling kind of Blah and kind of lost my zip and

pep. I chalked it up to the coldness/winter. "

Do you have hay fever? Here's why I ask - below is a copy of an email I wrote to

a friend suffering from many of the problems I also have after my immune system

went ballistic at the start of winter this year (I suspected a pine allergy,

turns out it's related to pine trees but NOT pine pollen):

" It's not actually an allergy to pines at all - pine allergies are very rare,

except for the Mountain Cedar, which only grows in the South-Western part of the

US (mostly in Texas).

Here's what I found:

[start of article] Christmas tree allergy: mould and pollen studies

Summary: A history of respiratory or other allergic symptoms during the

Christmas season is occasionally obtained from allergic patients and can be

related to exposure to conifers at home or in school. Incidence and mechanism of

production of these symptoms were studied. Of 1657 allergic patients,

respiratory and skin allergies to conifers occurred in 7%.

This seasonal syndrome includes sneezing, wheezing and transitory skin rashes.

The majority of patients develop their disease within 24 hours, but 15%

experience symptoms after several days delay. Mould and pollen studies were

carried out in 10 test sites before, during and after tree placement in the

home. Scrapings from pine and spruce bark Urge numbers of Penicillium, yielded

Epicoccum and Alternaria, but these failed to become airborne. No significant

alteration was discovered in the airborne fungi in houses when trees were

present. Pollen studies showed release into air of weed, grass and tree pollens

while Christmas trees were in the house. Oleoresins of the tree balsam are

thought to be the most likely cause of the symptoms designated as Christmas tree

allergy.

The pollen studies gave some indication that Christmas trees may be a potential

source of allergenic pollen grains. Ragweed pollen was found repeatedly in all

houses after the tree was introduced, and sage and grass pollen also appeared

fairly consistently (Table VIII). It should be noted that the three microscope

slides were placed at the same site in the room each time, two directly under

the tree and the third on a table or shelf as far from the tree as possible.

The slide located at a distance from the tree showed various pollens as

frequently as those situated under the tree. Apparently the pollen was airborne

and did not simply fall to the floor beneath the tree. Another point of interest

is the frequent occurrence of pine and spruce pollen. A tabulation of all the

pollen slides for all the houses is given in Table IX. It is evident that the

pollen of ragweed, sage and grasses is airborne during the time the trees are in

the house as well as the pollen from the trees themselves. The weed and grass

pollens appear as soon as the trees are in the house; they lessen somewhat for a

few days and then reappear in even larger numbers toward the end of the two-week

period as the tree continues to dry. Presumably these pollen particles became

adherent to the sticky branches and needles of the conifer during the summer and

fall and were released as the tree dried in the house.[end of article]

So what really happens in December is that the pine trees drop needles down from

up on high to the ground, and the needles are covered with trapped ragweed and

other pollens - so instead of them being trapped by the live and sticky needles,

the pollen is released when the dry/dead needles surround our houses. This

doesn't exactly explain what's going on in MY house/basement (apparent sawdust

allergy), but probably explains YOUR normal December allergy attacks.

Now that I think about it, we know my current allergy/immune system problem was

set off when I went into the attic in early Dec without a facemask - I was

exposed to 17 years worth of pollen that had collected in my attic on top of the

insulation I was working on and around - no wonder my immune system went

berserk! And for years I've opened the casement windows in my basement when

working with chemicals or paint, and for the last two years with my basement

exhaust fan on, which pulled pollen from outside my house down into the

basement, where it mixed with the collected dust. Once my immune system was

primed by the attic exposure, I was so sensitized that doing anything in my

basement that moved air around and lifted the collected pollen into the air

(like using the big shop vac attached to my table saw, it's exhaust is very

strong) caused another immune reaction.

It's all so clear to me now - it's just hayfever, albeit a horrible bout. It

also ties in with my flare-ups during the summer - my sinuses always go nuts the

day after it rains. Why? Because the rain washes the pollen off of the trees

onto the ground, and once the water dries all that pollen is blowing around.

Luckily, I was able to temporarily raise the new shop air cleaner about 6 ft up

on Saturday instead of running it down low on a 3 ft high work table, and boy

can I tell the difference! Even though I taped plastic over the basement HVAC

vents on Saturday, enough dust is being moved around that some of it is

inevitably getting upstairs, probably thru the basement door frame. Saw my chiro

again today, and my lymph system was totally plugged up again, she cleared the

blockages like she did last week, so I expect I'll be feeling pretty good

tomorrow, and even better on Wed. "

I wrote that several weeks ago - my allergy related problems have almost totally

subsided after running the recently purchased upstairs and downstairs air

cleaners/purifiers for over a month, caulking some very leaky windows in my home

office, living room, and spare bedroom, getting lots of lymphatic system PT,

plus slowly dusting/vacuuming almost every surface in my house while wearing a

good dust filter face mask. Baseboard trim is particularly nasty and normally

ignored by most folks, take a look at yours and you'll see what I mean!

Hope that info helps you and some others who also got whacked upside the head in

December.

P.S. I FINALLY got my LDN delivered today! Took almost 2 weeks, they had

mis-spelled my name on the label and couldn't match the new scrip with my

existing contact/CC info, so the bottle just sat in the pharmacy for a week

until I called them last Thursday to find out where the heck my scrip was!

Taking my first dose tonite, crossing my fingers....

[Guest guest]

"felecia" wrote:"Then in December I started feeling kind of Blah and kind of lost my zip and pep. I chalked it up to the coldness/winter."

Felicia, try staying off LDN for a couple of days and then start again, sometimes you may not metabolise it quick enough, so clear your system and start again.....You could stay off it for a couple of days or take it alternative days, then we take it from there....

Celia

Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic