Is anyone here microdosing LowDoseNatrexone (LDN)?
I received capsules containing 1.5 mg from Ageless RX. After the second night/pill I woke groggy and with the worst nasal congestion I have ever had. A day later the effects from the pill two nights ago are still felt.
Would appreciate suggestions on how to microdose. The capsules are tiny. I think I would like to try 0.5 mg. But would welcome guidance.
My primary reasons for wanting to take LDN: reduce inflammation and possibly forestall neurodgeneration.
It’s odd to me that you had that kind of reaction to such a low dose. I guess it’s just different body chemistry. I have been taking 4.5 mg of LDN before bed, and I have noticed nothing other than that it seems to blunt my taste for food. Which I don’t need. Maybe wait a few days and try it again. Your reaction may have been coincidental.
I started low, and over a few weeks, I titrated up to the 4.5
It completely messed up my sleep and I hated how I felt on it for 3 weeks. I committed to giving it a month and assumed I’d be ending the trial, but then it flipped.
Now, you would pry it out of my cold dead hands
During the early days, I had joined the ldn facebook group to see what o could learn. I discovered reactions (and dosing) are all over the place!
In addition to that, some people even seem to do better on higher doses than lower. Go figure.
A friend had given up, and when he heard my story, he tried again and then his pain went away and now likes it
I know some people get the full rx dose (not compounded) and they crush and mix it with some sort of liquid in order to be able to finely tune their dose. I have no idea if that would work w the compounded form but not sure why it wouldn’t ?
FWIW it’s one of my very favorite interventions. Rapa cured my lifelong chronic insomnia, but after ldn, I have only used a sleep aid once since staring and that was only because I was sick and miserable last month.
It has also altered my enjoyment of food. I no long loooove anything, not even a great glass of wine. :(. I have even had to change how I eat a bit to maintain my weight (champagne problem)
Thank you Beth and Charles. Perhaps I am simply sick with a cold: I did just get back from visiting the two little granddaughters. I will try it again when I am back to feeling normal.
They can compound it for you to start at a lower dose and work up more slowly. I believe I asked them about that when I started it with them based on what some people on reddit had experienced at the standard starting dose. I didn’t really have side effects except for some more dreams at first then that went away as I got used to it.
