why is my dhea so low

[eliteballa3]

im relooking over my lab rsults and my dhea is 212 range is 180-1250 why is it so low and what can i do about it i do have a ton of dhea at my house.

[hackskii]

I know that when I took 100mg of DHEA a day it sent my levels through the roof.
I take 25mg a day and thats it.

[eliteballa3]

o for real so you think i should start taking dhea at a low dose.

[SPE]

Your DHEA is low because you probably have adrenal "issues". Your cortisol was in the gutter as well. Both of those together suggest your adrenals are not functioning properly. To me, that issue is much bigger than your low e2.

[pmgamer18]

Originally Posted by hackskii

I know that when I took 100mg of DHEA a day it sent my levels through the roof.
I take 25mg a day and thats it.

Check that range DHEA dose not go that high maybe 80 to 560 what was the units.

[TylerR]

Originally Posted by SPE

Your DHEA is low because you probably have adrenal "issues". Your cortisol was in the gutter as well. Both of those together suggest your adrenals are not functioning properly. To me, that issue is much bigger than your low e2.

The low DHEA could be a reason you also have low E2, I forget which I read this from, the person said taking DHEA increased his E2 significantly.

[eliteballa3]

what can i take to fix my adrenal issues.

[SPE]

Originally Posted by eliteballa3

what can i take to fix my adrenal issues.

You need to address your cortisol levels, they are way too low. Therapy for low adrenal reserve is usally hydrocortisone. Here are some very good forums that can help you with adrenals.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...itary_Support/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group...rmonesADRENALS

[eliteballa3]

chris holly jackson is currently workign with me he sponsors alot of boards on pitutary etc. What kinda efffects will; i ntoice from adresssing my adrenals may i see increase in test actually and maybe later can go off trt

[SPE]

Originally Posted by eliteballa3

chris holly jackson is currently workign with me he sponsors alot of boards on pitutary etc. What kinda efffects will; i ntoice from adresssing my adrenals may i see increase in test actually and maybe later can go off trt

Good, I'm glad you found him. With cortisol levels like yours, you could see alot from treatment. Whether or not you can discontinue TRT is something you will have to wait and see.

[hackskii]

Originally Posted by eliteballa3

o for real so you think i should start taking dhea at a low dose.

I think so.
I thought they gave DHEA for Adrenal burnout issues.

Originally Posted by pmgamer18

Check that range DHEA dose not go that high maybe 80 to 560 what was the units.

It was 925 MCG/DL
So yah it was out of range.
Male: 45-345

So I was almost triple the max, from just 100mg a day.
I take 25 now and not everyday.

[1cc]

Originally Posted by eliteballa3

maybe later can go off trt

It's really strange that all your hormones are low. This has to be related to your very low cholesterol. Perhaps if your cholesterol was fixed, it would resolve all your hormone problems, but I really have no idea on how to improve your cholesterol properly.

[SPE]

Originally Posted by 1cc

It's really strange that all your hormones are low. This has to be related to your very low cholesterol. Perhaps if your cholesterol was fixed, it would resolve all your hormone problems, but I really have no idea on how to improve your cholesterol properly.

1cc, this is what happens when you are hypopituitary.

Eliteballa - have you had your IGF-1 levels tested?

[eliteballa3]

yeai have them tested but he might be right about the cholestorl cause this all happened when i went from eating a ton of eggs a day to barley any eggs a day i was eating 12 eggs a day then wehn to no eggs a day and they were all the whole eggs so that coulda deffintily done it he may have a point.

[eliteballa3]

ref range for my dhea was 180-1250ng/dl