Needs a third option: makes things worse
I'm the same, can't take DHEA at night. It keeps me awake.Me and DHEA do not get along but i still take it because my doctor/blood tests says I need it.
As I understand DHEA is used to make many different hormones and without it you could be depriving your body of other hormones.
I was told to take it in the evening but I get a caffeine buzz from DHEA and can not fall asleep. So I take at after breakfast.
I honestly can't say if it is helping in any way.
Once I get my protocol fine tuned I might experiment to see what happen without supplementing DHEA but I can't afford to do that right now.
I'm the same, can't take DHEA at night. It keeps me awake.
My bloodwork was showing my DHEA was a little lower than my NP at Defy likes to see. I think mine was between 300 and 400, she wanted to get it up to 600. I agreed to take DHEA 100mg / day. I bought a bottle of 120 capsules from Swanson. After 90 days of supplementing with the DHEA, my bloodwork showed that my DHEA had maxed out (above 1000). It caused serious cystic type acne all over my back. E2 was fine as I have been taking anastrozole all along (.5mg twice a week). I cut out the DHEA immediately, and the acne almost immediately went away too. As far as the well being and feeling different, I felt nothing different while on the DHEA......nothing noticeable. Libido and erections are fine without the DHEA. Also, I can't understand how and why 100mg / day took my DHEA level off the chart. That was insane.
Ratbag it was probably the prog that reduced your need for AI.
Dhea will absolutely increase estrogen conversion.