Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Posted April 6, 2006 Hi Carolyn, The only reason to take DHEA that I am aware of is to supplement if your blood levels show that you are low. Most of us who have been fighting thyroid disease for a long time find that our DHEA levels are low. My doctor prescribes a compounded dose for each person depending on their situation. It can be anywhere from 2mg a day to 20mg or more, I imagine. I wouldn't take anything from the drugstore that was all one strength, in fact I wouldn't take anything like that without a doctor's testing and guidance. Just my two cents! > > I've been reading several emails regarding dhea and I'm curious. Is this the same dhea that can be purchased OTC at any drugstore and what is the reason for taking it? Will it help with the energy level since some have trouble sleeping after taking the dhea? I am learning so much from all of you. When I go in to see the endo I've made an appointment with in May I will be loaded with questions. She will probably throw me out the door. > > Jan, I saw in one of your earlier posts that you don't care much for endos. Can you please explain why? > Quote
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2006 Report Posted April 6, 2006 With a few notable exceptions, most of us do not get our best thyroid care from endos. They tend to be very numbers oriented. This leaves a large number of thyroid patients undermedicated. This applies even to endos on Shomon's Top Doc List. We know a number of folks who have been to those endos and had hideous experiences. The better thyroid docs are more symptom oriented, more patient oriented. The very best thyroid docs are hypo themselves and did not do well on the standard protocols. Almost all of them are in primary care. We do have a few endos on our list. But you will note that none of them have an asterisk by their name. Like Hans und Franz on the old Saturday Night Live used to say, "You can believe me now, or you can believe me later." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DHEA is an adrenal hormone. You can buy it over the counter, but there is no guarantee about what you will be getting. We determined that at one point I had been taking OTC DHEA that had been contaminated with testosterone. (ooh lala!) I liked it, but it could have very well been contaminated with something less fun. That advice goes for all hormones. You can buy OTC progesterone, too. What most of us take is a prescription from a compounding pharmacy. I do not recommend that you take DHEA unles you are tested and found to be deficient. ", Carolyn S (GE Infra, Energy)" wrote: I've been reading several emails regarding dhea and I'm curious. Is this the same dhea that can be purchased OTC at any drugstore and what is the reason for taking it? Will it help with the energy level since some have trouble sleeping after taking the dhea? I am learning so much from all of you. When I go in to see the endo I've made an appointment with in May I will be loaded with questions. She will probably throw me out the door.Jan, I saw in one of your earlier posts that you don't care much for endos. Can you please explain why? Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. Quote
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