Posted by tealady on November 20, 2004, at 2:24:30
In reply to Re: DHEA for motivation » KaraS, posted by JLx on November 14, 2004, at 9:33:16
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> 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.
>Intersting, thanks.
I tried 20mg DHEA..but got pimples (I also got pimples from fish oil, took 3 months to acclimatize to 1 capsule, never could do 2)DHEA is supposed to go to testosterone and estrogen...with me its more testosterone I think...but I'm going to try 10mg a day sometime soon..have a script for..us prescription over here.
> A good article from Life Extension:
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> "The DHEA Debate:
> A critical review of clinical and experimental data"
> http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_cover_dhea_01.htm
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> The 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
>Have you read this one by Susan Somers..just came across it....
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mag2004_10.htm
As Suzanne relates in The Sexy Years, Prempro™ was still in vogue when she was searching for a natural means of relief from her menopausal symptoms. She describes what was, until all too recently, a common occurrence in doctors’ offices around the nation:
“I went on to yet another doctor, who came highly recommended. He asked, ‘Why do you want to take natural hormones?’ I said, ‘Because I want to take the hormones I’ve lost in the aging process, not simply take away the symptoms.’ At that, he patted me on the head and said, ‘THE DRUG COMPANIES KNOW BEST, DEAR.’”
LOL
> 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.
>hmm that might have been me, although quite a few others got acne too from fish oil to start with..maybe it cleared my testosterone receptors :-)
Jan
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