Pregnenolone and dhea

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Hi I am new to the group and just wanted to know if anyone out there

experienced lumbar spinal discomfort while taking pregnenolone and

dhea. I am taking adrenstim which is a lotion that you rub in your

body that contains these ingredients. My doc just started me on this

because I've already been on isocort but can't seem to raise my

thyroid meds because adrenals keep crashing. Have been on 1/2 grain

for about a month and everytime I think my adrenals are feelin great

I try that other 1/2 grain and experience a major crash (tired,

depressed). So my doc thought if we tried adrenstim in addition to

isocort mabye that would do the trick so I can raise my

naturethroid. Adrenstim makes me feel alert, positive, improves

memory, less tendency to get depressed-However my lumbar spine right

where the low back meets the sacrum is so unusually tight (right

around kidney/ adrenal) and at night my calves feel slightly cramped.

I really wasn't low in DHEA but am stage 5 adrenal fatigue. Mabye the

Dhea is to much although this cream is only supposed to deliver small

amounts and it's the pregnenolone I think is helping. Sometimes I

really think having the autoimmune component makes this so tricky

because my body is so sensitive to everything b/c hashi's and most

likely other autoimmune stuff going on in my body. Really scared to

take Cortef I'm only 29 and am hoping I can restore some of this.

Balancing the endocrine is like walking a tight rope and I just pray

for the day I can feel some sense of balance instead of this yo-

yoing. Any comments or suggestion or stories would be greatly

appreciated. THANKS