Hello Mary.
I've just been made aware of this thread so please ignore my private message.
I too am going to try LDN. I need to get hold of it so it may well be another month until I start.
I am going to start at 0.1mg as I am SO sensitive to medications and a lifelong insomniac. I think I am going to take it in the day but if my sleep is tolerable then I will change to the evening or in the night.
I think it is a very good idea for you to go down to 0.5mg. I have listened to some radio interviews online and some people start smaller and only ever go to 0.5-1mg so more is not necessarily better perhaps.
How are you feeling today? I know that a lot of people feel massively worse to begin with and are very pleased they stuck with it but that's so hard to believe when you are in the thick of it.
Please do keep us posted.
DD
Hi DD - well, I went down to 0.25 mg. last night, after taking 0.5 mg the night before because I was still dragging last night, though not nearly as bad as on the week-end. It's a little hard for me to tell what is doing what, because I got sick (again!) after 2 days at 1.5 mg., I think because it was pretty rough.
So I feel kind of crappy today, but I think it's more from being sick than from the ldn, though it's impossible to tell right now. Anyways, am going to stick with 0.25 mg. for awhile, I think I'll do okay with that.
Re sleep: I had a little trouble falling asleep last night, but after I took all my stuff around 12:15 or so (l-theanine, inositol, theanine serene by source naturals, niacin (200 mg.), melatonin and 1 mg. lorazepam), I went back to sleep and slept pretty soundly the rest of the night. so it may be interfering with sleep a little but it's manageable, at least for me. I also take 2 g. glycine and more melatonin and magnesium and 100 mg. 5-htp before bed. It's crazy, but it works --
Upon reflection, I've just decided I'm going to stop the ldn until I get over being sick as it is impossible for me to tell what is making me so tired, and I need to kick this bug. But I definitely will go back on the ldn after I recover, at 0.25 mg.
Good luck - yeah, it sounds like less is better - keep us posted -