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Can this really be happening

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deleted_user
Is this really possible just starting LDN last night?

I took the new meds last night and at 12:30am I woke up with my head racing and thought it was time to get up (2 1/2 hours after I took one). I remember thinking that there is going to be no way I can function with my head this way as it was very drugged and I just couldn't even think rationally. I remember feeling no pains anywhere and it was so great. I could actually get up this morning and move like a normal person.

I can defiantly feel something different in my head. Is this all in my head because I really want this to work or does it really work like this?
deleted_user
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One of LDN's side effects is waking up way too early. It usually only lasts a week or so (I've been on it a little over 4 months now) and then your sleep habits should return to "normal". I had good results withing a few days and I heard the same thing from a friend of mine who has ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). His breathing capacity was plummeting and when he started the LDN, it screeched almost to a halt. He isn't getting better, but he's not plunging to the bottom, either.

LDN works by shutting off morphine receptors in your brain for a few hours (on a low dose). Then when it wears off, your brain starts making endorphins (endogenous morphine--natural morphine, in other words) like crazy. That explains why you felt drugged. It should ease off after a little while. I hope it works for you!
nomorera
nomorera
Good info. I found that after I started taking LDN I would wake up at about 2am and I'd think "Damn - this is when the medication is supposed to be working, I'd better go back to sleep" lol.
I have been on LDN and only had one really scary dream but I woke up knowing it was probably the meds and I walked it off. Haven't had any racing thoughts or anything and actually I think I've been sleeping better since I've been on it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am feeling great on this! Not perfect by any means but WAY better then I was.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I find that I wake up exactly 5 hours after I take LDN but if I lay there I will go back to sleep...
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have been on it for almost three years now and I am completely symptom free (RRMS). Before starting I was having bladder issues (including nocturia), fatigue, brain fog, and residual vision issues from bout of optic neuritis. I now have NONE of these! I have tried to talk to other MSers who have been diagnosed since I have been taking LDN and though these people KNOW me and KNOW how well I am doing, they get nearly militant when I suggest they try it before going on the other treatments. Oh, well. I try.
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