Advice on 7-KETO (DHEA) effects please

April 12, 2008

I started to take 7-KETO DHEA about 10 days ago. I am having both good

and bad effects from it and would like any comments from people who

know more.

I have general low adrenal and thyroid symptoms and my test results

are the low end of the range for everything (particularly DHEA when

you consider I am a 31 yr old male, for my age it should be nearer to

the top)

The only other endocrine support I take is Adrenal Cortex (besides a

lot of supplelemts, like tyrosine, etc).

I liked the idea of 7-keto because I am trying to stay away from the

Rx adrenal and thyroid meds and also thought it would be better than

normal DHEA because the 7-keto form is not supposed to mess with sex

hormones. I have not tried normal DHEA.

The biggest positive gain from the 7-keto is my bloating and general

weight gain around the mid-section has gone down. I can now fit into

my pants loosely again!! Also, my energy throughout the day is more

constant, without a big drop off for a few hours in the afternoon.

Work stress seems easier too.These are positive results I really don't

want to give up

The negative results seem to be hypo-thyroid exaggeration. My average

body temp (which did go up slightly the first couple of days on

7-Keto) has dropped about 0.5C!! I am cold all the time now. My body

temps used to be 36.5-36.7C. Now it is 35.9-36.0). My dry skin and dry

eyes are even worse, painfully worse

Any ideas? Anyone been through this?

I have a few thoughts:

1) Just stop taking the 7-Keto or try DHEA instead (any reason DHEA

might work better?)

2) if in fact the 7-KETO is causing my hypothyroid symptoms to be

worse, do more support for the thyroid

3) Do I need to take more 7-KETO? I take 25mg 3x's/day. The bottle

recommends 75mg 3x's/day

Thanks for any ideas or comments.

-Ed

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