Hi Chris, I can't tell if the LDN is helping, but things are still getting worse, numbness etc now crawling up my left leg to match the right; however, if I wasn't on it, would it be worse still? In other words, I don't have a "control group" of another me! I haven't tried that Nortriptyline; I've been trying every natural aid under the sun; melatonin, valerian, L-Theonine, homeopathic (joke) so every few days I splurge on just an over the counter one, Unison. From what I understand chemical sleep aids cause rebound effects; do you use the Nor. regularly? I don't typically use topicals, since my primary problem is dead numbness, and static electricity up and down the legs, not outright pain. I have a gabapentin prescription, but haven't taken it, since that isn't going to give me back my feeling, which is the most devastating and troublesome to me. . Thanks for input! PS(By the way, I could give a hoot about protecting my privacy- what's someone going to do, steal my illness?? Go ahead, welcome to it!) haha, but I understand forums are legallybound to privacy.