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John from the United States takes Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for Crohn's disease.
"I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 19 years old. I'm 55 now. When I was about 17 years ago I had a resection done.
During the time before the resection there were times when I felt great and then there were times when I had major flare-ups where I was cramping in excruciating pain with diarrhoea, vomiting and always promising that I'll be better.
I walked around with a perforated intestine for three months and I was down to 127 pounds.
I was in the hospital for 20 days and at that point, I came to the conclusion that I just have to come up with a plan so I started reading everything.
I finally accepted my disease and I embraced it. My life really changed a lot. I made sure that I ate what I was supposed to eat. I had acupuncture four to six times a year. I took vitamins. I stayed away from beef and dairy.
I was only on two milligrams of prednisone every day and I was fine until my doctor told me that I had strictures and on top of that I had active crump, even though I was pretty much pain-free.
And I just freaked out because, at that point, my mom was dying of cancer. And so anything that had cancer written into it just about a death sentence for me.
So I started searching out any avenue for alternatives.
One day when I was looking for more answers, all of a sudden Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) came up and Crystal gave me the name an LDN doctor in my area, and she put me on a very strict diet along with some anti-inflammatory supplements like curcumin and EPA and DHA and stuff like that. On top of that, I take three milligrams of LDN, and my C reactive protein level went from a an 8 to 0.19 in two months.
The biggest thing that's really helped me with Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) is my mental health.
One thing that I learned is that you have to accept and embrace your disease and to search out all the answers. And I'll be honest with you. Traditional medicine is going to send you towards trying to beat it into submission whereas LDN is going to love your body and it's going to help you heal your own.
You're going to have to take on traditional medicine and you're going to have to go against your doctor. Unless you're willing to go with your traditional doctor, but there's a lot of side effects. You can't stay on that poison forever. Sooner or later, you've been happy to get off of it, and you'd have to come my way sooner or later".
Summary of John's interview. Please listen to the video for the full story.