What exactly does low dose naltroxene (LDN) do for fibromyalgia?

I am newly diagnosed for Fibro, suffered for the last 10 years the most (guessing I had it since I was 20yrs old).. making me change my whole life, leaving the job I loved of boarding and training horses for over 20 years, sold my farm and closed my business. I moved and saw drs in two states and was told I was getting "older" (turning 50) peri-meno (am not in), depression (not depressed, I'm mad at my body!) and all that. When I was diagnosed at Mayo in MN... I knew I did not want antidepressants. I researched LND and Tonmya.
I am on my 3rd week of LDN. I moved up to 3mg yesterday. I will say the 1.5 worked great for the first two weeks..it stopped all the buzzing in my body and I immediately felt better! I had to stop myself from overdoing it! When the pain is gone, the energy is back. But then I was finding it "wearing" off by 2-3pm... I would take flexeril then on bad overdoing it days.. or just motrin.
I feel alittle cloudy today on the 3mg, I'm sure its my body getting us to it.
I read people on here are starting it slowly, but my script has me to 4.5 in 3 weeks? 1 week 1.5mg, then 1 week, 3mg, and then 4.5. I hope that's not too fast? Also I hope my body doesn't get use to it too.. I guess we'll see how the 3mg works this week... cause if it works, I won't bump up yet.
I get it compounded at Avera in Sioux Falls, SD. They quoted me at 48 bucks for 30 day, 4.5mg.

@hendriksgal I took a longer time to get to the 4.5mg dose, which was my choice. But my pharmacist advised me to take longer than three weeks. I didn't notice any positive benefits until I'd been on the maintenance dose for 1-2 months and then I had gradual improvement and today feel like I did before my symptoms flared up.

Looking back, I think I've had fibromyalgia for a long time, but it used to only flare up a couple times a year for 7-10 days, usually during the change in seasons. At that time, I thought it was the flu. Then a few years ago, it progressed to headaches, only on the left side of my head, that would last an about six weeks and then go away for about six weeks. I went to so many doctors for that and even had a biopsy of my temporal artery to rule out giant cell arteritis (GCA), which can be very serious.

When I got Covid in 2021, it triggered a major flare-up of body pain and I suffered with severe flares and terrible insomnia until I found LDN. I think it somehow triggered my immune system to get back to normal or something. I thank God every day for what seems like a miracle cure.

@lena1 Please try it. It helped me very much by reducing pain and curing my insomnia. I have no bad side effects. The only problem is that you have to slowly work up to a maintenance dose so you won't experience benefits for a few months. Once you get to the maintenance dose of 4.5mg/day it can take 1-2 months to notice benefits. Also, it doesn't work for everyone, but you won't know unless you try it.

The other downside is that it's not covered by insurance and you must get it from a compounding pharmacy, where they make it in the proper doses, because it's not generally available to pharmacy's at the lower doses.

I posted this article before, there are lots of others out there can find by searching. https://chronicillness.co/low-dose-naltrexone-for-fibromyalgia/

@daisy17 Thank you.
Iii was just told I have Hashimoto's and now, a pill for that so I am further overwhelmed because Rhuem. Dr. didn't run the full thyroid panel 2 years ago like I requested ~ only the TSH. told me I had no thyroid issues. 2 yrs. of my life untreated. He assumed it was "unnecessary"
So I feel invisible and disrespected.
If I can find a new Dr. who cares enough to listen to me; maybe I'll try the low dose LDN.

@daisy17 Thank you.
Iii was just told I have Hashimoto's and now, a pill for that so I am further overwhelmed because Rhuem. Dr. didn't run the full thyroid panel 2 years ago like I requested ~ only the TSH. told me I had no thyroid issues. 2 yrs. of my life untreated. He assumed it was "unnecessary"
So I feel invisible and disrespected.
If I can find a new Dr. who cares enough to listen to me; maybe I'll try the low dose LDN.

@daisy17
I got covid pneumonia myself in 2020, was sick for 6 week.. I think it triggered it worst as well and its been all down hill since

@hendriksgal Have you tried LDN?

I am newly diagnosed for Fibro, suffered for the last 10 years the most (guessing I had it since I was 20yrs old).. making me change my whole life, leaving the job I loved of boarding and training horses for over 20 years, sold my farm and closed my business. I moved and saw drs in two states and was told I was getting "older" (turning 50) peri-meno (am not in), depression (not depressed, I'm mad at my body!) and all that. When I was diagnosed at Mayo in MN... I knew I did not want antidepressants. I researched LND and Tonmya.
I am on my 3rd week of LDN. I moved up to 3mg yesterday. I will say the 1.5 worked great for the first two weeks..it stopped all the buzzing in my body and I immediately felt better! I had to stop myself from overdoing it! When the pain is gone, the energy is back. But then I was finding it "wearing" off by 2-3pm... I would take flexeril then on bad overdoing it days.. or just motrin.
I feel alittle cloudy today on the 3mg, I'm sure its my body getting us to it.
I read people on here are starting it slowly, but my script has me to 4.5 in 3 weeks? 1 week 1.5mg, then 1 week, 3mg, and then 4.5. I hope that's not too fast? Also I hope my body doesn't get use to it too.. I guess we'll see how the 3mg works this week... cause if it works, I won't bump up yet.
I get it compounded at Avera in Sioux Falls, SD. They quoted me at 48 bucks for 30 day, 4.5mg.