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Symptom oriented vs immunesystem supporting treatment?
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Posted 3/19/2016 1:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone, I am new here on this forum. I was diagnosed with RA last December. After thorough research came to the conclusion that I would start with less aggressive treatment and leave the hard meds for later if needed. Started with the very strict paleo autoimmune diet. After 3months my fatigue was gone and energy was back. My joint inflammation has settled but still need nasids at times.Started with LDN a month ago, hoping it will support the normalization of my dysfunctional immunesystem.Has anyone here tried or is trying this treatment combination?
Posted 6/11/2016 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Simba. I am doing AIP and minocycline. Going to ask my Doc about adding LDN next visit. How is it going for you?
Posted 6/11/2016 8:08 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Nikkoal, I'm really doing quite well with just AIP+LDN+supplements and vit. Am still waiting to see if I need Mino. Except for the antibiotic effect Mino and LDN have very much the same effects on calming and modulating the immunesystem, this is what research states. So I'm hoping that I won't be needing antibiotics. I'm glad Mino is working for you. I think AIP also makes a big difference.
Posted 6/13/2016 7:09 AM (GMT 0)
Alice22,
Autoimmune Paleo diet. Look it up on google. Very effective diet for reducing inflammation in autoimmune conditions. Recommend warmly.
Posted 6/13/2016 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I am very careful with my diet as it has helped with inflammation. Unfortunately it has not been a long term solution for me however and I continue to have big flare ups and high markers in my tests.

I hope that you have continued success with this. There are some FB groups who are very big on this approach but they are also very militant in their mindset as well. Proclaiming that RA is curable via diet. This is simply not true for many.

If you begin to have big flare ups please think very carefully about your decision on treating RA with this approach. It took a very short period of time when I was very sick for my hands to begin to deform. Im talking a noticeable difference over a period of weeks. This is why Doctors treat RA very aggressively rather than not like they used to. My father had aggressive RA as well and he was in much worse shape at a much earlier age than me. I am sure that this was a result of the changes in treatment regime. He could not work at a very young age as a result.

Post Edited (Don_D) : 6/13/2016 8:18:25 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/13/2016 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, Don you really need to be very millitant with the AIP if you want it to go on working. It should be seen as a form of therapy that can decrease inflammation considerably. Like hard meds it can only control RA in quite a huge % of RA sufferers, actually a higher % than what hard meds can but it cannot cure just as the hard meds can't, with the difference that it supports your immunesystem and does not do bad things to your body and have no side effects. The effect of LDN in my case remains still to be seen. But after 6months have no more joint swelling, no fatigue no brain fog, evidently my nontoxic treatment protocol is still working😊
Posted 6/14/2016 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
Hello Alice,

Good luck👍🏻 It takes an effort in the beginning but it's well worth it😊.
Simba
Posted 6/15/2016 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
That is awesome Simba. After a year and a half of it I stopped concentrating on it with the exception of corn products and processed meats and sugar. Those I still do not eat. I simply was not seeing further progress once I hit about 6-8 months on it but I carried on thinking that maybe because of a lifetime of illness it would take considerably more time to heal than average. These days I still have considerable inflammation, fatigue and brain fog. I am glad to hear that it has worked so well for you though.

I spent a lot of time talking with others on FB who had results similar to yours so I do believe that diets such as these can help a fair amount of people.
Posted 6/15/2016 3:48 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Don,
Thank you for your post:) I am sorry it didn't work for you even though you kept to the strict AIP diet not just Paleo. I wonder why it works for some and not others, curious. I hope LDN will supplement the possitive process.
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