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I have had great luck with low dose naltrexone for inflammation. It is supposed to work by modulating the immune system. For me 6 years into long covid, it took my pain levels down about 50% after 6 months. I have now been on it over 1 year and have less pain and more energy...not back to pre covid levels but I can now walk about a mile a day. I still have to pace myself or I will crash and still take an afternoon lie down to refresh/rest and go to bed early after dinner but most of the day, every day, I can do things again.

It does take several months to work up to a dose that works on naltrexone so give yourself time if you try it. It can give you insomnia or make you sleepy so I had to vary the time of day I took it as higher doses affected me differently but at 4.5 mg in the morning, it is working for me.

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@vostie have you had any other symptoms from LDN. My insomnia was bad before LDN due to severe migraine and occipital nerve pain, so even with vivid dreams I’m not sleeping worse. But I find the morning to midday (take LDN at night) nausea and dizziness really bad most days. I’m only 2.5 months into and doctor’s still slowly increasing dosage.