In this post we are going to discuss low dose Naltrexone and how it helps me manage chronic pain and fatigue. This is the third in a series I’m sharing as I consider the last 14 years on my healing journey. It’s not necessarily in order, but low Dose Naltrexone is very high on my list.
In this series, The Key Things That Took My Symptoms From Moderate to Mild, I’m sharing the nine key things that have helped take me from the struggling young lady to the thriving mama of four. For the past 14 years I’ve been working on my health and have slowly made progress to where I am now. Let’s all remember here that “mild” chronic pain, fatigue and associated symptoms are still life altering. I’m not saying I’m cured!
You can get the whole eBook of The Key Things That Took My Symptoms from Moderate to Mild, including links to extra resources for each area, for free here.
My experience with Low Dose Naltrexone
It is now my eighth anniversary taking low dose Naltrexone. It has changed my life. Every major step forward came after starting this medication.
It is an opioid antagonist that seems to calm neuroinflammation. For more information about it, see this post here.
To sum it up, it is relatively low cost, low dose, low side effect profile and brings so many benefits to me. The number of people it helps without serious side effects is higher than any other medication used for chronic pain (from my research).
It’s the number one thing I recommend people research. Of course, it’s not a cure. And it doesn’t help everyone. But those it does help, it feels like magic. There appears to be a portion for whom it helps significantly, a portion if helps a little and a portion it doesn’t help at all.
I’ve written a lot about LDN previously, including in an eBook you can purchase.
The trick is having a doctor who’s heard of it or willing to read up about it. The next is figuring out your dose. I go through all this in the post I linked above and the eBook.
For the purposes of this post, the key things I’d like you to know are:
- It doesn’t help everyone, but those it helps, it seems to help a fair bit
- You need to start low and go slow with dosing (don’t jump to 4.5mg – and some people will need more)
- It takes time – give it three to six months (especially as you play with dosage)
- It is contraindicated with opioids
This is the third major thing that’s contributed to my improvement. Look out for the first two posts and the next few.
You can get the whole eBook of The Key Things That Took My Symptoms from Moderate to Mild, including links to extra resources for each area, for free here.
