I raised my dosage from 4.5 mg

February 24, 2011

I don't know if this is controversial or not, but I wanted to share with the

group. I haven't been here for a while because I was doing so well.

3 weeks ago I missed TWO LDN doses in a 3-day period. Within 24 hours I was hit

with an awful infection that required antibiotics. I'm pretty sure w/o LDN I

would have been sick for 6-8 weeks and down with pneumonia and other secondary

infections like in the past.

I was reading online and saw a comment that some people take as much as 25 mg of

LDN. I had never heard this before and I thought it was interesting and perhaps

applicable to me since I got so sick so quickly.

At the same time, mild restless leg and fibro symptoms reappeared, and 11 days

later I got a rash of shingles on my neck and shoulder.

So it seemed these things were lying in wait for me to miss just 2 doses!

Someone on Facebook was skeptical, saying that I probably would have gotten the

infection even if I didn't miss a dose, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have... I

have been around viral/bacterial pneumonia and H1N1 while on LDN and I have not

had a speck of any illness since I started taking it in July 2009.

I had also been dealing with mild regular increases of fatigue since October. I

thought maybe it was due to things in my environment, but now I wonder if I need

more LDN during winter months like I do other medications. I don't know if any

studies have been done about seasonal changes, but some of my dosage needs

definitely change during the dark, cold winter months.

So ... I made the decision to raise my LDN dose slowly from 4.5 mg.

I don't know how high I will go... right now I am at just under 5 mg.

I feel better already as far as energy levels, and the RLS, fibro symptoms are

waning.

I would like to find others who decided that 4.5 mg was less than optimal and

decided to take more.

DK

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