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Linda Elsegood: I'd like to introduce Gil from the United States who use LDN for psoriasis. Thank you for joining me, Gil.
Gil: Thank you.
Linda Elsegood: Could you tell us when you first noticed there was something wrong with your skin?
Gil: Um, I was 30 years old. It was about 25 years ago, and I started to getting psoriasis on my forehead, and I thought it was just some kind of a fungus or something.
So immediately I went to the doctor, and he said, Nope, it's psoriasis. And it's going to get worse. Every year for yourself. Yeah. Yeah.
Linda Elsegood: So what treatments did he give you apart from that little snippet of information?
Gil: He had depressing information, but, um, he gave me some creams, uh, to put on like topical that helped it a little bit, but, um, that was it.
Uh, but for the last 25 years, I just never took no for an answer. Just keep trying different things.
Linda Elsegood: What would you say you've tried?
Gil: I think I've tried everything. I haven't tried UV light, but I tried, um, I've had like ten different acupuncturists over the years. I've done your Vedic. I've done different diets.
I've done different supplements. I bought a sauna. I did the fast exercises, special foods. Um, Chiropractor, everything that anything that anybody ever said, I just did all that stuff. And, you know, things helped a little bit, but nothing made it go away. It just, it did keep getting worse every year.
Linda Elsegood: So could you describe for us and explain, um, what areas on your body were covered before you, um, discovered LDN and how that impacted on your life?
Gil: Um, I was kind of, you know, it was like, it was never like on my face, so I could kind of cover it in, cover it up the whole time. Uh, but it was always on my, my legs, my thighs, my knees, my elbows, buttocks back, uh, scalp, um, you know, front and back, even though the front of the body. Um, and then through the years it would just like it.
Sometimes it would go away and then come back worse. Um, And then it would like sometimes he would get a rash and then the rash would turn into psoriasis and whole part or parts that you had reached. Um, so, uh, the impacting my, my life would be the first thing is just feeling itchy all the time. My, my skin would hurt.
Uh, we were to have a lot of, um, psoriasis if I had to sit on it or lean on it. Um, that was painful, sleeping at night was uncomfortable. Um, and then also always was covered up cause I was, um, I just felt very self-conscious to be out in public.
Linda Elsegood: So what about swimming or anything like that? Did you ever do those kinds of activities?
Gil: Less and less, um, you know, the first ten years or so. Yeah, but the last 15 years, um, haven't gotten like massages. Haven't done a lot of swimming, the public hasn't gotten to like tropical places or beaches where I'm wearing shorts and t-shirts, that was just kind of taken away year by year and more, more and more, um, out of my life, without even noticing it.
You just kind of like. You just don't do those things anymore. And don't notice how much your life has gotten smaller in some ways.
Linda Elsegood: Yeah. Did you experience any other symptoms other than the skin with your psoriasis?
Gil: Uh, just the skin. Um, I was lucky it didn't turn into arthritis. Um, it was just skin, uh, flaky and then burning sensations on the skin, but that was about it.
Linda Elsegood: And how did you hear about LDN?
Gil: Um, Ashley, you know, it's from not giving up. Um, I kept asking different people and different doctors and I was, um, in Yuma at a friend's party. And there was a doctor there, um, from Australia that practices in Mexico. And I sat down with him. I said, well, what can we do about psoriasis?
And his first reply was like. There's nothing. It just keeps getting worse, this nothing. And then he stopped, and he thought about it, and he went, you know what. LDN. And he looked it up and has been working with cancer patients with LDN, and I think other autoimmune conditions as well. And you looked it up, and psoriasis is on there.
So, um, he gave me a prescription for LDN that day.
Linda Elsegood: How long ago was that?
Gil: That was about ten months or nine months ago.
Linda Elsegood: And when you first started, did you notice any introductory side effects?
Gil: side effects, you know, um, not sleeping the first week. It was harder for me to sleep, but it's because I had so much energy.
Um, all the side effects I had were really. Great. I mean, um, more mental focus, um, a lot more energy. Um, I have to tell you, as I said, I took it at night and then the next day had the most horrible bowel movement. It was black and smelly, and it was like all the toxins from my stomach came out, and it was the next morning.
And I think LDN just started working then. Wow.
Linda Elsegood: And how long did it take before you started to notice a difference on your psoriasis?
Gil: It took about six months to notice the difference. Um, but I've noticed so many other positive changes with me, with my body and outlook on life and energy, from when I started, um, the LDN that I was just very hopeful.
I felt like, you know, this is going to do it. And sure enough, six months later, I could just see, wow, the patches aren't angry anymore, and they're not fighting back so much. And my skin feels better.
Linda Elsegood: And, and how would you say your skin is today? Ten months later,
Gil: 10 months later. It's about 70% better. Um, it's not angry.
It's not fighting back. It's not angry. Um, I still do the, uh, topical creams. But I don't need to stay on them as much, whereas before it's like, Oh, you have to do it twice a day. You have to stay in everything. Now it's more like a little bit of a kind of irritation. I have to still take care of this. Um, but it feels like it's not there.
I still have like 30% of it, but it's just, it's just going away. Wow.
Linda Elsegood: So have you got areas of your skin that had psoriasis that actually now looks like clear skin?
Gil: Yes. Yeah. There are areas on my, my legs were, um, you know, six months ago or so they only were crusty. They were dark. They were inflamed.
And the Queens weren't helping. I mean, it was just, it was just getting worse and worse and, um, They're gone completely. I mean, it's pink, beautiful, smooth skin. And also I realized like, after a few months of taking LDN, I already realized that I wasn't getting the itchy feeling and the rashes weren't appearing.
So there was a certain level that I was already taken care of that.
Linda Elsegood: Well, if we have a very good summer next year, maybe you'll go swimming.
Gil: Yes, definitely. Actually, I already got a massage. I haven't had one in 15 years. We went to Hawaii, had a vacation at shorts and tee-shirt on, and I got a massage, and I was just ready to cry, and I'm ready to cry now. It's just so amazing.
Linda Elsegood: Wonderful. Make it so much easier for you to sleep anyway, without having the itching and the burning and yes, all that is amazing. And what would you say to other people with psoriasis who are very sceptical about LDN? I know we spoke before the recording, how a lot of people with psoriasis had tried everything and they're just fed up with hearing about new remedies.
Gil: Exactly exactly what I, I don't know. I think the first thing is, is you have to keep trying different things in order to find a solution. And the second thing is that, uh, you know, LDN worked really good for me and the side effects were minimal and positive. I mean, even if I don't have sort of fits, I keep taking LDN for everything else that is, that it's giving me.
Linda Elsegood: I mean, I don't want to give anyone. False hope we know that this is actually working for everybody, but for the majority of people, they do notice some improvements. So, so that itself is certainly worth trying with the lack of side effects and it not being expensive, et cetera, et cetera. Oh, that's really inspirational. And thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I do appreciate it.
Any questions or comments you may have, please contact us. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for joining us today. We really appreciated your company. Until next time, stay safe and keep well.