LDN Video Interviews and Presentations

Joy - US: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Joy is from the United States and takes LDN for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, to boost her endorphin levels and to control her antibodies. In 2008 she had a big crash, probably from her thyroid. It would bet getter, then get worse. By 2011 she hit rock bottom – “all the fuel went out of my tank” – her thyroid was not producing enough T-3 to have any sense of wellbeing. She believes her endorphin issues started in her teenage years. In her early 20s he was treated with full-dose naltrexone for an opiate addiction, and it made her feel terrible. So, when she heard about LDN for thyroid she was concerned, but interested. She researched LDN and found it was very effective at lowering the antibodies affecting how her thyroid was working.

When she started LDN her quality of life was maybe up to 6 out of 10, because she had just started taking a natural thyroid product; before the thyroid product she was perhaps at level 2. She found naltrexone to order from India and had it shipped to her, then she mixed it with distilled water and dosed herself. When she started LDN she had “three-dimensional dreams” that were extremely vivid, but faded after about a week.  She noticed improvements in about a week as well, and had to lower her thyroid medication by about 20%. Her antibodies decreased by about 50%, but were still a bit over the acceptable range on LDN 1.5 mg. She has been on LDN 3.0 mg for a while but hasn’t been retested.

At the time of the interview Joy had been on LDN for almost 4 months, and her quality of life bounced up to an 8. If it helped her peri-menopausal hormone issues it would be a 10, but LDN doesn’t seem to be helping with that. Linda Elsegood commented that talking with Dr. Phil Boyle she learned that LDN does help with a lot of women’s problems like endometriosis, though not necessarily menopausal problems; and that LDN helped her endometriosis improve over about 18 months.

If others are unable to find a doctor to prescribe LDN. Joy recommends they do research; and gives the warning to know the signs of overmedicating with thyroid medication, as once on LDN they’ll need to lower their thyroid dose pretty quickly. Linda Elsegood advised that importing LDN from India isn’t actually legal, but realizes it may be the only way some people can get it.

Joy would love to share her information so others can talk to their doctors about LDN. Her personal physician has some autoimmune issues, and is quite excited about LDN. Linda Elsegood pointed out that the LDN Research Trust’s doctor’s information packs have been quite successful. People print it and take it to their doctors, and the success rate is very high once the doctors read the information. Word is spreading, more neurologists are using LDN for multiple sclerosis, rheumatologists are now using it as well

Summary of Joy's interview, please listen to the video for the full story.

Keywords: LDN, low dose naltrexone, Hashimoto’s, thyroiditis, thyroid, endorphins, menopause, endometriosis, multiple sclerosis

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Johnny - US: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Johnny has suffered from ME for nine years; since the age of 21. He rates his overall quality of life at 3 before taking Low Dose Naltrexone. Since taking it that's gone up to around 6. Though he still has several health issues it's made a huge difference.

He suffered from insomnia, swollen glands, sore throats, headaches, joint pain, overwhelming fatigue, which is probably the most common, symptom, sleeping a number of hours and not feeling refreshed, memory loss, brain fog, feeling disorientated at times, not retaining information, forgetting what he was talking about halfway through a sentence.  He also had IBS after the ME, so he had bowel issues. 

He has been taking Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for seven months and the severity and frequency of those conditions has decreased slightly. It's the only thing that has relieved anything other than overall health, eg diet and supplements.

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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.

John - US: Manic Depression, Pain (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

John from the United States who takes LDN for manic depression and first heard of LDN in April 2013.

His dear friend who was an osteopathic physician, and had severe mania and depression for a period of over eight years. She recommended LDN, because LDN he. He was experiencing a lot of anxiety and was very uptight, unable to relax was not sleeping well.

Since starting LDN he's had no pain in his body body at all, anywhere, no headaches, which he used to get all the time, and now sleeps very deeply. He felt very relaxes and finds LDN amazing!

Before LDN his quality of life was struggling to be 3 out of 10 and he said it's now 25 in just 6 months.

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John (2) - England: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

John from England takes Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS), he was diagnosed in 1987 at the age of 38.

He was healthy and working at the time as a police officer and played squash and went swimming with his children and did other activities with them. He suffered from Optic Neuritis and wasn’t unti 1998 that he started having spasms on his right side.

When the neurologist told him he had MS it was like, he took a sledgehammer to his head, he first thought was, “Oh my kids. Oh my God” MS affects the whole family 

He managed to obtain a private prescription about 2 years ago and improvements have been in the bladder and his advice to other people with MS is LDN is a Life-changer give it a go. 

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John - England: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

John from England takes Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). During the years 1981-82 he had a muscle virus, where he had to deal with the aftermath. During this time he was 31 years old, still teaching judo, so he was an incredibly fit, strong and active person.

His symptoms included, trouble walking, he was tired all the time and found concentrating difficult. He even had a headache from October to July the following year. After his first consultation, it took the doctor some time to be able to prescribe the LDN medication to John. Initial symptoms with the new medication included insomnia, although he no longer had brain fog and his ability to concentrate went up, and he has now been on LDN since January of 2010. He quotes it has been excellent.

John quotes that if other people would like to try LDN for themselves, they have to be brave, the reason being that you have got to stop the pain killers and opiates. But, do give it a serious try.

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John - England: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

John from England shares his Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) story on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

John began to notice symptoms in 2004 when he began to stumble regularly while walking. Over the following months this progressed until he had multiple seizures, leading to his diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

He didn’t find any solution for six years, meaning he could no longer run nor take part in golf anymore due to his lack of energy and increased fatigue. John’s discovery of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) changed his life, as he is now able to walk properly again and get back to playing golf and doing the things he enjoys.

This is a summary of John’s interview. Please listen to the rest of John’s story by clicking on the video above.

John - Australia: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

John from Australia shares their Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) story on the LDN Radio Show with Linda Elsegood.

John started to notice issues with his health when he began stumbling while walking due to a developing pain in his left leg, eventually leaving him in a wheelchair.

While his wife worked as a waitress at the local restaurant, John began to research his own treatments which was when he came across Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN), learning about how successful it can be in combating Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients.

He says he can now control his bladder and his overall energy levels have improved. John recommends LDN to anyone who’s interested, saying “there are only benefits to be had”.

This is a summary of John’s interview. Please listen to the rest of John’s story by clicking on the video above

Joanna - England: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Joanna was 14 when she first started noticing Chronic Fatigue Syndome (ME) symptoms. At first she had acute pancreatitis which was caused by gallstones, further leading to infections. As well as this, normal symptoms included muscle pain and pains in her eyes which only got worse over time. 

Unfortunately, the NHS gave little help or understanding over Joanna’s difficulties with her disease. All that they offered was referral to a support group. Later on Joanna heard about a clinic based in Liverpool, where she told her GP that she was referring. Joanna heard about Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) through a friend who was using LDN treatment himself. Which resulted in him having much success and recommended that Joanna would look into it. 

Using a private doctor, blood tests resulted in Joanna having the LDN medication, which she agreed to and was on it for 6 months with this private clinic in Liverpool. Due to circumstances, Joanna had to go back to the NHS where it took her countless attempts for the NHS to oblige for the LDN medication prescription.

As she knows of, Joanna did not have any side effects, it took two months for her to notice improvements which resulted in more energy and bad fatigue, which she then rated her quality of life a 6/10.

Summary of Joanna’s interview, please listen to the video for the full story.

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Key Words: ME, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, acute pancreatitis, gallstones, infections, muscle, pains, NHS, Low Dose Naltrexone, LDN, quality of life, fatigue, energy

Joan - US: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (LDN, low dose naltrexone) from LDN Research Trust on Vimeo.

Joan from the United States shares her LDN  story for multiple sclerosis. She first got symptoms back in 1985 when she was 30. She got double vision and originally the doctor thought she had a brain tumour, but it turned out to be MS. She also experienced bladder issues. She first heard about LDN through Facebook and Yahoo. The only side effect she experienced was sleeplessness for only a couple of weeks. She didn’t get the effects that everyone else got on LDN but she still recommends people take it. She just didn't have time to constantly take it.

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