Guest guest Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 FYI: Just wanted to be sure you all knew that pregnenolone is the PREcursor to DHEA. It is not DHEA itself. If you take DHEA and take too high a dose you can have symptoms of hormone overload...for example, in men, there might be a swelling of the breasts and extreme mood swings...and for women, an excess of body hair and problems with or absence of menstruation. When you take DHEA your body uses all of the dose, and cannot get rid of the excess. But if you take Pregnenolone instead, which precurses DHEA, then your body takes only what it needs, and eliminates the rest via the kidneys which excretes it out via urination. When I was busy (read: healthy and active) as a nutritional counselor, I always warned my clients (mostly women) away from DHEA and suggested they use the Pregnenolone instead. The resulting hormonal stability for women is wonderful. Especially if you are having perimenopausal symptoms, or estrogen overload, and it helps improve stamina, desire,etc. Men do well on either but if taking DHEA have to find their dose carefully, to avoid unwanted symptoms of hormone overload. Personally, I use progesterone (transdermal) cream now, for perimenopausal symptoms. Sometime in the next 5-10 years I will switch over to pregnenolone and probably stay on it through menopause. It is safer than HRT such as Premarin, and has few, if any, side effects. For those of you that have been on LDN for a while and are feeling better, getting active again, it might be worth investigating pregnenalone as an aid to help re-stabilize your hormonal system, give you some extra energy. Plant Sterols are also helpful in that department. It takes time to find balance...and as with any new remedy you can't dismiss it in just a few weeks of use. The longer you have been ill or had a condition like MS, the longer it can take for herbal, nutritional and alternative therapies to work. Everything takes time. Although I'd love a magic button right now so I could press and order a new liver! :-) Happy Weekend, Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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