Posted by JLx on November 14, 2004, at 9:33:16
In reply to DHEA for motivation, posted by KaraS on November 13, 2004, at 18:48:59
> I'm considering taking a small amount of DHEA for motivation. I'm thinking it might also help a little with hot flashes. I'm worried about taking hormones at all but I could really use the boost right now. I'm also worried about it causing my uterine fibroids (which have shrunk way down) to start growning again (not to mention problems with acne). I am thinking of taking it for a short while only. The last time I was tested my levels were low. Any thoughts?
I took 25 mg of DHEA daily for years as part of a herbal women's formula, not really knowing what I was doing. I discovered it had really helped my mood when I accidentally bought the kind without DHEA. I also tried another brand's herbal mix that also didn't have DHEA and that didn't do a thing for me. That was all before I started supplementing with magnesium. Magnesium deficiency exacerbates DHEA deficiency, is my understanding.
A good article from Life Extension:
"The DHEA Debate:
A critical review of clinical and experimental data"
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_cover_dhea_01.htmThe interview with Suzanne Sommers in an issue of the LEF mag is interesting too. She has been taking bio-identical natural hormones throughout her breast cancer treatment. Gotta admire her courage to fly in the face of conventional wisdom for that. http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/oct2004_cover_somers_01.htm
I've been taking a quarter of a 50 mg tablet when I remember which is probably only 1-2 a week. I'm thinking now that I might try upping it to 25 mg or maybe even 50 mg a day again, for a month at least, see how that feels. I didn't realize that fish oil caused acne until someone here mentioned it so now I wonder if I mistook some fish oil acne for DHEA acne. I don't notice any effect from the small amount I've been taking.
It may have really helped me with hot flashes all those years as I haven't been particularly bothered by them. I was having them at night for a very short while but I didn't pay attention to what I was doing differently -- could have been the no DHEA time.
I haven't read "Discover Your Menopause Type" but I ran across this site recently. http://www.yourmenopausetype.com/questionaire/mtq.html I wish I had before I tried natural progesterone after reading lots about it, as this indicates I wasn't in a low progesterone state. It's a little hard to answer some of those questions as they imply a state of wellness before perimenopausal type symptoms that I didn't really have! "More depressed"...more depressed than when?? ;)
JL
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