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LDN dosing for fibromyalgia and ME/CFS

Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Apr 17 12:40pm | Replies (26)

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I have been a long hauler since April 2022. Because of Me/CFS, I started LD Naltrexone 1.5 in April and after a few weeks jumped to 3.0 and then shortly thereafter 4.5. That titration was too quick for me, I was very irritable , jittery and had worse insomnia. I backed off to 3.0 which I tolerated well. I found that I have to take it at 10:00 in the morning to avoid worsening my insomnia. Just last week I have added 4.5mg three times and 3.0mg four times and that seems to be helping me to have slightly more energy and not as jittery or irritable. It does however affect my short term memory (worse than usual) but my PEM crashes seem shorter duration.

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I started at .5mg LDN for Fibro, after one day I had increased pain so dropped down to .125mg for four days. When I increased to .250mg, I had two nights of severe insomnia, so dropped back to .125 for two days, on the second night I again had bad insomnia, so I stopped taking it two days ago. My sleep is better but I also started taking an extra 50mg Trazodone the last two nights. I've had various degrees of insomnia for 18 months, so I'm not sure if the LDN is responsible or not. I'll start again at the .125 dose soon and see how it goes. I think it helped reduce my pain a bit, so hope I can keep taking it.