Re: Dana & Val (Cherwyn)

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Cherwyn

I thought it was an " important " coincidence that I read that article

on DHEA the night before reading your post! I had thought of

supplimenting with DHEA too but, decided to wait a bit as I didn't

want to change anything major while raising my Armour again. I am

glad that it helped you.... This site is so valuable bc we ALL have

so much to learn from one another.....you cannot get that at a dr.'s

office! Keep us posted on how you feel after the decrease, ok? :0)

Dana

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> Dana,

> I'd like to thank you ever so much for sending in that article on

DHEA and its impact on the body and especially other hormones. It was

exceptionally interesting to me to see in the article you sent that

corticosteroids can reduce the endogenous production of DHEA! This

tells me that maybe as I continue to wean off the HC, and my adrenals

spring back to life, perhaps they will begin once again to produce

sufficient DHEA. It was a bit intimidating to read all of the

negative things that supplementary DHEA can do. It is making me think

really hard about staying on this dose for very long! And the fact

that it can contribute to estrogen-dependent breast cancer, that is a

doozy because my estrogen is already too high.

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> Val,

> Thanks for letting me know that your DHEA went up so very quickly

after supplementing. That is something I wasn't aware of! So when I

couple Dana's article with your own experience, I think that I must

be on too much DHEA right now (after two weeks of supplementing

25mg), and I should lower my dose. I'm going to give it one full

month, as the doctor suggested, but I'm going to ask her after I am

tested at that time, to lower my dose of DHEA.

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> You guys are very wise, and I am thankful to have you as

experienced resources, and researchers!! I am always amazed at the

insights of the people on this board, and their generosity to help

others. This DHEA supplementation business sounds like scary stuff -

too much of it sounds much more dangerous than too much thyroid

hormone. I guess my Dr. and I should really go easy on it.

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> Very gratefully,

> Cherwyn

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