Cubit wrote:
I've been curious about DHEA, but did not want to try it. It is a hormone?

Did it have an effect on your energy, mood, or memory?


Cubit,

I tend to avoid posting about the DHEA because I get so enthusiastic I
sound like a spammer. But the fact is that in my own particular case,
DHEA had a phenomenally positive effect on my energy, mood and memory.
I've had a lot of trouble with exhaustion and poor memory. I started
this stuff in November, in mid December I got a burst of energy and
started on a programming project. By the end of March I'd written and
debugged some 35,000 lines of code after putting in many weeks of 12
hour working days. I doubt I'd have had the energy or memory capability
to design and write anything this complex without it. It also does
wonderful things for my usually painful back. And it normalizes my blood
sugar.

I started taking DHEA because some research published in JAMA suggested
it reduced insulin resistance in both men and women. Some recent
research I've read also suggests that it is extremely helpful for
people with deficient adrenal hormone production and that it is as
effective for people with depression as the SSRIs (though in doses FAR
higher than what I'm taking.)

However, if you are a male under 40 or have a family history of prostate
cancer, it is NOT recommended as in men it may boost testosterone rather
than cortisol and the other adrenal hormones.