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I'm 65 and have been taking DHEA as my husband's urging for maybe three or four months now. I've been getting sicker and sicker so finally tonight put several of my symptoms into a search engine and find that many of them could be related to DHEA. I've been taking 100mg a day for all this time and feel like I'm dying.
I had a very severe adrenal crash a few years ago and went to the Mayo Clinic to get straightened out but the past year I've been feeling like I'm having adrenal problems again. My husband takes the DHEA and suggested it for me. I wish I would have researched it myself before taking it.
My question is, HOW DO I SAFELY GET THIS EXCESS DHEA OUT OF MY SYSTEM? I would list my diseases and unexplained symptoms but don't want to make this first post any longer than it already is. Thank you.
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This is a reply to # 2,270,375DHEA in high doses is DANGEROUS and can produce excessive testosterone in women. I suggest you quit DHEA IMMEDIATELY. I had adverse reactions to a 5MG dose (and I'm a male), I can't begin to imagine what I would have felt like on 100!
What did you take the DHEA for? And for how long have you been on it?
Never take medical advice from just any one, consult a doctor or practitioner. People on forums are even sometimes equipped with much better information, you should have asked here prior to taking ANY hormonal supplement. Even the most conventional health websites on the first page of a Google search will tell you that DHEA should be taken with caution and never exceed AT LEAST a 20mg dose.
Stop taking ALL the supplements you're on and focus on nutrition.
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This is a reply to # 2,270,492Thank you. Yes, I agree with what you are saying. I am 65, 15 years post menopause and I took 100 mg DHEA per day since May of this year so I've taken it between two and three months. Because of my PAST adrenal insufficiency problems, I felt like maybe I was starting to have some adrenal problems again. My husband ordered the 50mg DHEA for both of us because he found on a forum he is on that taking DHEA is similar to, yet not as detrimental as, taking cortisone. (For ten years I took Medrol for Lupus and RA. That is what put me into an adrenal crisis several years ago and I ended up at the Mayo clinic to be treated.) It is my own fault for blindly taking 100mg just because my husband suggested it. That is what he takes and it works for him. I should have done my own research but have been stressed to the max in the middle of an ongoing extended family crisis and mistakenly thought that taking a supplement from a vitamin company couldn't hurt me. DUHH!!
Thank you again for your help.
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This is a reply to # 2,270,595"that taking DHEA is similar to, yet not as detrimental as, taking cortisone."
I really don't think that is true. Look at the diagram here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steroidogenesis.svg
Notice that cortisol and other glucocorticoids are not downstream from testosterone and DHEA ( not abbreviated in the diagram )
At your age you might like the effect of 10mg x2 per day of pregnenolone, maybe even more if followup tests suggest that.
Unfortunately a few people who are chemically sensitive might not even tolerate those low doses.
I don't see why you think there is a "detrimental" aspect to taking hydrocortisone. When a person can't make enough, taking an appropriate dose can have wonderful effects on having enough energy to be functional. There have been some really heart warming stories.
Of course there have been plenty of unpleasant stories from those who misused it, somewhat like you apparently did with DHEA.
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This is a reply to # 2,270,375I had heart palps on too much dhea even though I liked some of the effects of it. My doctor tested and suggested the dose.
I did better on a precursor, pregnenolone plus just 6mg DHEA a couple times per week. Followup tests of those and related hormones were all in the middle third of the ref range.
Response to these hormones is fairly individual especially in people with some chem sensitivities.
So much more could be said about this, including liver sulfation, zinc, relationship with cortisol, etc.
Followup saliva test would be around $125.
If your hubbie wants the benefits ; ) of extra DHEA he should pony up for at least half of the test $.
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