I had a very long and twisty trip to diagnosis.
I believe it started with sudden surgical endocrine crisis -- stupid doctor wanted to take out all reproductive organs, but I insisted on only the cystic ovary damaged by his medical indifference. Still, it threw me into menopause like I went over a cliff. In my case, there were no physical symptoms at all, it was mental: short-term memory issues, inability to sleep, and the overpowering urge to destroy things with an axe if people wouldn't stop annoying me.
I got the usual hormone therapy, which was part of the problem: these are all artificial hormones, which are dangerous, unlike the bio-identical kind, which are not. So I basically treated myself, especially after a disastrous appointment with a top endocrinologist who was an unmitigated a$$hole.
I actually improved all my issues, then kept hitting a wall. The name of the wall was Asperger's, so I look forward to actually being much better now.
This is how I discovered pregnenolone. It is an INCREDIBLE help with stress issues of any kind.
It is not a hormone itself: it is a hormone precursor. It is the building blocks our endocrine system uses to make all the hormones we need.
Under stress, the pregnenolone generator can't keep up. And we become fatigued.
Right now, I generally take 100 mg of it at bedtime, under the tongue, because digestion destroys it. And it works wonderfully for sleep! But it is also good for anxiety of all kinds, which is highly endocrine related.
Now, mind you, "officially" I am not supposed to take so much, etc. But in all my data mining, I only came across one caution, which is that if we are already taking hormone supplements, the pregnenolone can throw off the dosage. My response was to drop my artificial hormones, and let the pregnenolone help my body do what it wants and needs to do.
Well worth investigation, IMHO.
I believe it started with sudden surgical endocrine crisis -- stupid doctor wanted to take out all reproductive organs, but I insisted on only the cystic ovary damaged by his medical indifference. Still, it threw me into menopause like I went over a cliff. In my case, there were no physical symptoms at all, it was mental: short-term memory issues, inability to sleep, and the overpowering urge to destroy things with an axe if people wouldn't stop annoying me.
I got the usual hormone therapy, which was part of the problem: these are all artificial hormones, which are dangerous, unlike the bio-identical kind, which are not. So I basically treated myself, especially after a disastrous appointment with a top endocrinologist who was an unmitigated a$$hole.
I actually improved all my issues, then kept hitting a wall. The name of the wall was Asperger's, so I look forward to actually being much better now.
This is how I discovered pregnenolone. It is an INCREDIBLE help with stress issues of any kind.
It is not a hormone itself: it is a hormone precursor. It is the building blocks our endocrine system uses to make all the hormones we need.
Under stress, the pregnenolone generator can't keep up. And we become fatigued.
Right now, I generally take 100 mg of it at bedtime, under the tongue, because digestion destroys it. And it works wonderfully for sleep! But it is also good for anxiety of all kinds, which is highly endocrine related.
Now, mind you, "officially" I am not supposed to take so much, etc. But in all my data mining, I only came across one caution, which is that if we are already taking hormone supplements, the pregnenolone can throw off the dosage. My response was to drop my artificial hormones, and let the pregnenolone help my body do what it wants and needs to do.
Well worth investigation, IMHO.
