Weird effects from DHEA - advice plz

[jimmy jam]

About 6 wks to 2 months ago I got a pretty comprehensive hormone blood panel where many of my hormones came back low. I saw a urologist who was not very knowledgeable and he basically laughed at me and said " I don;t even know what these tests mean" . It was very frustrating.

Things of note that were low were DHEA-S, Test, and E2. I started taking DHEA at about 125-150 mg a day and along with Maca powder and DIM.

Slowly things started improving considerably. Mood lifted, anxiety down, libido way up. So I assumed the protocall I was taking was working well. But within the last week I have had 3 things that concern me which I believe are due to the DHEA supps.

I had a serious rage fit, which has never happened to me. I got so angry it wasw unbelieveable. Next Suddenly my libido has dropped down considereably again. Last of all, I have found myself becoming very emotional and even weepy. This is very uncharacteristic of me and my guess is that the DHEA must be converting to E2 and raised that too much.

I am going to lay off the DHEA , but any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated as I donot know a whole lot about hormones although I am trying to learn. Thanks

 

[The Matrix]

About 6 wks to 2 months ago I got a pretty comprehensive hormone blood panel where many of my hormones came back low. I saw a urologist who was not very knowledgeable and he basically laughed at me and said " I don;t even know what these tests mean" . It was very frustrating.

Things of note that were low were DHEA-S, Test, and E2. I started taking DHEA at about 125-150 mg a day and along with Maca powder and DIM.

Slowly things started improving considerably. Mood lifted, anxiety down, libido way up. So I assumed the protocall I was taking was working well. But within the last week I have had 3 things that concern me which I believe are due to the DHEA supps.

I had a serious rage fit, which has never happened to me. I got so angry it wasw unbelieveable. Next Suddenly my libido has dropped down considereably again. Last of all, I have found myself becoming very emotional and even weepy. This is very uncharacteristic of me and my guess is that the DHEA must be converting to E2 and raised that too much.

I am going to lay off the DHEA , but any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated as I donot know a whole lot about hormones although I am trying to learn. Thanks

I would do a spot urine to check your estrogen metabolites (2,4,16 hydrox estrones) with estrodial sensitive serum or blood spot ZRT LABS. Your e2 is probably going up.

 

[jimmy jam]

Hey Matrix, thanks for the reply,

I actually got an estradiol test (sensitive) today. Does DIM actually work as an AI? I started taking it bc I saw some references to it on this board, but I could not get an idea of a consensus of wether it worked or not.

 

[Woodward]

After my last test, all of my estrogen levels were very high and then the Dr. had me begin taking DHEA, 25mg twice a day.
Within days i began feeling a bit better. Energy, mood, libido and so on. This lasted 1-2 weeks and then it was like i fell off a cliff.
My guess is it may have upped my E levels even more.
I've only been doing this (HRT) for about 6 months so I'm no source for good info but that was my experience with DHEA thus far.
Hope you get your problem sorted quickly.

 

[The Matrix]

After my last test, all of my estrogen levels were very high and then the Dr. had me begin taking DHEA, 25mg twice a day.
Within days i began feeling a bit better. Energy, mood, libido and so on. This lasted 1-2 weeks and then it was like i fell off a cliff.
My guess is it may have upped my E levels even more.
I've only been doing this (HRT) for about 6 months so I'm no source for good info but that was my experience with DHEA thus far.
Hope you get your problem sorted quickly.

Usually you feel good for 6-8 weeks then you get bite in the ass ..
e2 is creeping up and bad estrogens may not being converted properly either.
I reduce my dhea to 10 mgs TID every 8 weeks for 4 weeks and just had blood work drawn today to see if this will = 25 BID due to steady plasma levels. I have been using adex at .25 m,w,f at 10 BID and was fine. I have been about .82 -1.0 mgs a week average so it will be interesting to too see.