Bleeding? What did you eat today?

Glad you're getting the transdermal LDN.

Why is your doctor starting you at 1mg dosage?

Patients are usually advised to start at lower dosages when they have thyroid problems, especially with Hashimotos'.

Before I started on LDN, Skip had told me that because of the bleeding he suggested I start at 4.5mg per night, and to deal with the minor side effects if they were any. He told me with the heavy bleeding with the UC, I needed to take that dosage for at least 6 months (of course I didn't have serious thyroid problems).

As far as locations to apply the cream: back of forearms, right above the wrist (where the skin is the thinnest and you can see the veins), top of the hands, top of the feet - (all areas where the skin is thin and the veins show) - and you should alternate areas, i.e. one night left forearm, the next the right forearm, the next night left top of hand, etc.... I wouldn't suggest the back because the skin isn't thin enough and you don't have the veins readily available there, but what do I know?

Apply it between 10pm and 2am, you should rub the dosed amount in, and then let it air dry for 10-15 minutes. And if you want, you can wash it off in the morning.

So, what's the reason your doc is having you start at such a low dosage?

That makes sense - she started you on a low dosage because her patients (autistic kids) usually start at much lower dosages and work up from there. BTW, there's a very interesting correlation between autistic kids from the whole autism spectrum who suffer from IBD too.

And interestingly, when you clear up one problem, you clear or ameliorate the autism.

I believe it will definitely work for you, but IMO you'll need the 4.5mg dosage. And since you are already on a version of SCD - dairy, wheat, gluten free, I think once you hit the 4.5mg dosage, you'll get pretty quick results.

As I may have told you before, and forgive me for repeating this again, on day 3 of taking transdermal LDN, my bleeding went from a 10 to a 3 or 4 (on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst), and then 4 days later on day 7, I had ZERO bleeding.  Yes, my results were that dramatic!

So yes, I am optimistic you'll get the same results.

By the time I had gotten to LDN, I had already tried all meds - oral mesalamines which I couldn't tolerate, prednisone which didn't work, and canasa suppositories. And so the only thing I kept doing while on LDN was canasa suppositories. No prednisone.

I've been on transdermal LDN since last March, almost 1 year now. And although in remission, I do not intend to stop it. I don't see any down side to using it, only a big up side with cancer prevention, etc...  about 7 months ago I was still using the canasa as maintenance ( 2 x per week), but I've stopped that entirely.

Please keep me apprised and let me know how you're doing.

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Good luck, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!