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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Optimal level Question
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<blockquote data-quote="ScottM" data-source="post: 76470" data-attributes="member: 14696"><p>Yes! This. This is important to understand. The ranges you see are "reference" ranges based on the weighted averages of the population tested. It is not some magical number based on years and years of scientific research that makes you feel at optimal health when the levels are achieved. That is why you'll see some discussions on here focused around declining T and rising E in the population due to environmental and lifestyle factors causing reference ranges to be lower than what is therapeutically beneficial and why it is a PITA to get on therapy via insurance or at your GP, Uro, etc.</p><p></p><p>Are your levels on the lower end of "normal" but you're showing signs/symptoms of low DHEA? Then my informal non medical advice is to consider supplementation, but also consider all the other ddx (differential diagnoses) and try to tweak those lifestyle factors first as those are much less likely to shunt to E and hey, they're free.</p><p></p><p>Get your levels tested, see how you compare to the reference range, but also look at how you feel, what other levels might be impacting you, etc. Is your T level normal, but your SHBG off? That kind of thing.</p><p></p><p>-Scott</p><p>-Telthera</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScottM, post: 76470, member: 14696"] Yes! This. This is important to understand. The ranges you see are "reference" ranges based on the weighted averages of the population tested. It is not some magical number based on years and years of scientific research that makes you feel at optimal health when the levels are achieved. That is why you'll see some discussions on here focused around declining T and rising E in the population due to environmental and lifestyle factors causing reference ranges to be lower than what is therapeutically beneficial and why it is a PITA to get on therapy via insurance or at your GP, Uro, etc. Are your levels on the lower end of "normal" but you're showing signs/symptoms of low DHEA? Then my informal non medical advice is to consider supplementation, but also consider all the other ddx (differential diagnoses) and try to tweak those lifestyle factors first as those are much less likely to shunt to E and hey, they're free. Get your levels tested, see how you compare to the reference range, but also look at how you feel, what other levels might be impacting you, etc. Is your T level normal, but your SHBG off? That kind of thing. -Scott -Telthera [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Optimal level Question
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