LDN Treatment: Nighttime Wakings

Anyone else on LDN? I’m up to 1mg. After 25 years of being mostly housebound and often bedbound, I’m seeing a slight increase in physical ability and daily activity level, with slightly less intense crashes and PEM. However, I wake 5.5-6 hours after taking it every single night and can’t go back to sleep. Apparently it blocked endorphins and wears off after 4-6 hours, and then you get a rush of endorphins at that time? I don’t tolerate it during the day, makes me too drugged and sleepy. Anyone else struggle with the nighttime wakings? Any tips?

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ginkgowink

1y ago

I am on it (3mg) and I think it’s really helping my fatigue. I don’t feel so fatigued and have to remind myself to rest rather than feeling like I have to rest. I think I’m crashing less and my crashes are less intense. I’ve only been on it for maybe 2 months so it’s hard to say. I did struggle with taking it at night. Sometimes it was fine and other times I was feeling super buzzy and agitated and couldn’t sleep. I switched to taking it in the morning and haven’t noticed an issue. Are you saying you tried taking it in the morning but it made you feel drugged/sleepy?

Ashley_W

1y ago

thanks for the response! I tried around noon and I felt drugged/sleepy so I was nervous to try in the morning and feel that way all day. I should probably just give it another go though. This is not enough sleep haha.

princessbun

1y ago

It also kept me from sleeping so I switched to daytime but have not noticed any increased fatigue from that however I sleep significantly better. I am on 4.5 mg. Started there with no increases. Has been a few months so far. I'm not sure if a alight increase in ability to function can be attributed to that yet or if it's a coincidence. I will keep taking it and see!. Its super expensive where I am though..

Ashley_W

1y ago

thanks for the response! I’ll give morning a shot. In terms of expense, the higher doses are a 1-1 ratio with milligrams of water. So if 50mg pills are less expensive (I got a bottle for $10), you can dissolve in 50 ml of water and refrigerate for one month and draw up in a syringe (1ml=1mg). These were instructions from my doctor but you can probably look them up online and talk to your doctor about it! Makes the whole thing extremely cheap if you can do it this way. Tastes appalling though haha.

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