Yep..no problem. I took in occasionally after crashes, to boost low libido.

You didn't say how much you were taking and whether it was pill or cream.

My guess is that your dosage is too high. I instantly got Acne when I used health food store brand, not so much when I used lower dose compounded version.

Compounded dhea did help with libido but at all the wrong times...middle of the day at work, when my boyfriend wasn't around, etc. it didn't work when I needed it to.

I would recommend lowering your dosage even if you have to get a compounded version so you can use on a consistent basis vs. higher dosage every few days.

Have you tried 7-keto? Does that give you acne?

Why not try pregnenolone, the grandmother steroid adrenal hormone, instead? The body makes DHEA from preg.

With CFS/ME you'd probably benefit from the extra preg; however, your body might not be making all of the conversions at a normal rate to allow you to make enough hormones at the end of the production lines, for example cortisol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steroidogenesis.svg
Note DHEA is not abbreviated in the image.

Have you gotten a good hormone panel? It seems fairly common for people in heavy metal detox groups to report that they don't tolerate normal doses of DHEA. They don't seem to convert it towards Testosterone at a normal rate, maybe due to weak sulfation that seems to be common with a HM problem. Note Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome is also quite common in detox groups since adrenal related systems are so vulnerable to HMs.

I've found a nice combo for myself. 10mg preg x 3 daily plus 6mg DHEA once or twice per week. I like the feeling of the extra DHEA. Recent followup hormone tests suggest that I've gotten a good feel for what my body needs.

Originally my doctor suggested 25mg DHEA after testing. It never felt right. I took around 12mg almost daily with nice results for maybe a year.

When I started HM detox--Cutler--I increased my zinc intake. For whatever reason I started getting symptoms of high DHEA and T, including deeper voice, grumpy old man personality, even heart palpitations. That is when I started to cut back and change over to mostly preg.

Joe

not to be afraid of, and take it with good and healthy source of fat to avoid having low HDL or cholesterol.

Methylation problems, maybe b12methyl 1-4 mg,folate 1mg, 100-200mg of p5p and a general coenzymed B vitamin with taurine and selenium,zinc can push your cycle of methylation a step further (from self experience).