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Posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:45
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 16:27:36
Do you know if DHEA works for women?
> Elroy, well said. I have a dear friend, who after being thrown from a horse that caused an injury to her brain, she is now bi-polar. Another woman, after injuring her head in a car accident, became severly depressed and killed herself. There is so much we just don't know.
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> As far as the sexual side effects on SSRI's, try taking 25 mg. of DHEA in the morning. It can be purchased OTC and seems to help restore a lagging sex drive. It also seems to boost my energy level and therefor, I won't take it after 1 p.m.
>
> Hand me the pill bottle, please,
> TinMan
Posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:45
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 16:31:35
Do you know if DHEA works for women?
Yes, it seems to work for me and my sister!
Posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:45
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 16:27:36
> Elroy, well said. I have a dear friend, who after being thrown from a horse that caused an injury to her brain, she is now bi-polar. Another woman, after injuring her head in a car accident, became severly depressed and killed herself. There is so much we just don't know.
>
> As far as the sexual side effects on SSRI's, try taking 25 mg. of DHEA in the morning. It can be purchased OTC and seems to help restore a lagging sex drive. It also seems to boost my energy level and therefor, I won't take it after 1 p.m.
>
> Hand me the pill bottle, please,
> TinMan> HEY!!!! what exactly is DHEA? i'll go get some today! :-D
Posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 16:42:25
Wow, cool thanks!!! Does that stand for something? Sorry a little ignorant of the acronyms and such.
> Do you know if DHEA works for women?
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> Yes, it seems to work for me and my sister!
>
>
Posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 16:44:11
DHEA stands for Dehydroepiandrosterone. It is a form of testosterone. You may want to try it to see if it helps you.
TinMan
Posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 16:47:57
> DHEA stands for Dehydroepiandrosterone. It is a form of testosterone. You may want to try it to see if it helps you.
>
> TinMan> I def. will starting 2morrow AM and its OTC? would it be w/ the herbal supp. or elsewhere? dont mean 2 bother u but thank u very much
Posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 16:52:52
I just looked it up, you can get it OTC and on-line VERY easily. It was under the Vitamin section where I looked.
> > DHEA stands for Dehydroepiandrosterone. It is a form of testosterone. You may want to try it to see if it helps you.
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> > TinMan
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> > I def. will starting 2morrow AM and its OTC? would it be w/ the herbal supp. or elsewhere? dont mean 2 bother u but thank u very much
Posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 16:56:19
Thank u!! I owe u :-D
Posted by haddsl on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 17:14:26
---> We both owe the tin man!!! Thanks Sweets!
> Thank u!! I owe u :-D
Posted by TinMan on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 16:52:52
Yes, you can get it at any drug, grocery, or superstore. Please, please let me have your feedback!
Posted by Elroy on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 16:42:41
DHEA is a hormone that is erleased by your adrenal glands. Here it is sold OTC whereas in many (most?) countries it is sold only by prescription... just like testosterone is sold only by prescription over here.
(A) First of all, do some research on DHEA, find out what it is about, what it does, what it's side effects are (it might counter the med you are currently on for example), and whether it's MAYBE for you... and then
(B) Get a salivary hormone kit (online) and do a DHEA test to see exactly what your DHEA levels are. They may very well be fine. They might even be high. So taking too much DHEA (if you're female) could result in some (likely) unwanted androgenic effects... like facial hair, body (chest, back) hair, coarse hair, coarse "manly" voice, etc., etc. Or if you're a male it could end up converting to estrogen (especially estradiol, E2) if your testosterone levels are already good... and you end up with estrogen dominance and all sorts of problems (loss of libido, feminine characteristics most fondly known as "b&%#h t*ts", etc., etc.).
Don't take drugs just based on what you read someone else is doing - even if it;s working well for THEM (we are all individual), nor hormones, nor even vitamins and minerals for crying out loud (my wife and I take different multi-vitamin & mineral combos because her iron levels are fine but I have somewhat higher levels so I don't need any extra iron supplementation - in fact, it's a good idea for me to avoid it).
Elroy
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> > Elroy, well said. I have a dear friend, who after being thrown from a horse that caused an injury to her brain, she is now bi-polar. Another woman, after injuring her head in a car accident, became severly depressed and killed herself. There is so much we just don't know.
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> > As far as the sexual side effects on SSRI's, try taking 25 mg. of DHEA in the morning. It can be purchased OTC and seems to help restore a lagging sex drive. It also seems to boost my energy level and therefor, I won't take it after 1 p.m.
> >
> > Hand me the pill bottle, please,
> > TinMan
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> > HEY!!!! what exactly is DHEA? i'll go get some today! :-D
Posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 23:46:46
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba » carolina, posted by Elroy on July 8, 2005, at 18:45:20
> DHEA is a hormone that is erleased by your adrenal glands. Here it is sold OTC whereas in many (most?) countries it is sold only by prescription... just like testosterone is sold only by prescription over here.
>
> (A) First of all, do some research on DHEA, find out what it is about, what it does, what it's side effects are (it might counter the med you are currently on for example), and whether it's MAYBE for you... and then
>
> (B) Get a salivary hormone kit (online) and do a DHEA test to see exactly what your DHEA levels are. They may very well be fine. They might even be high. So taking too much DHEA (if you're female) could result in some (likely) unwanted androgenic effects... like facial hair, body (chest, back) hair, coarse hair, coarse "manly" voice, etc., etc. Or if you're a male it could end up converting to estrogen (especially estradiol, E2) if your testosterone levels are already good... and you end up with estrogen dominance and all sorts of problems (loss of libido, feminine characteristics most fondly known as "b&%#h t*ts", etc., etc.).
>
> Don't take drugs just based on what you read someone else is doing - even if it;s working well for THEM (we are all individual), nor hormones, nor even vitamins and minerals for crying out loud (my wife and I take different multi-vitamin & mineral combos because her iron levels are fine but I have somewhat higher levels so I don't need any extra iron supplementation - in fact, it's a good idea for me to avoid it).
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> Elroy
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> > > Elroy, well said. I have a dear friend, who after being thrown from a horse that caused an injury to her brain, she is now bi-polar. Another woman, after injuring her head in a car accident, became severly depressed and killed herself. There is so much we just don't know.
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> > > As far as the sexual side effects on SSRI's, try taking 25 mg. of DHEA in the morning. It can be purchased OTC and seems to help restore a lagging sex drive. It also seems to boost my energy level and therefor, I won't take it after 1 p.m.
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> > > Hand me the pill bottle, please,
> > > TinMan
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> > > HEY!!!! what exactly is DHEA? i'll go get some today! :-D
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> xcellent point...i will check into the DHEA b4 jumping the gun. thanx 4 the reality check-take care
Posted by Declan on July 14, 2005, at 15:55:51
In reply to Re: Lou's acceptance of Dr. Hsiung's offer-chmimba, posted by carolina on July 8, 2005, at 21:39:36
My Dr has taken me off DHEA (30mg/d) and now I just take testosterone. I ended up with a really high progesterone reading which was difficult to account for but was probably from DHEA. It was 39 and then 11, and I think for men it's supposed to be somewhere like 1.
Declan
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