I use a pretty low dose of DHEA (12.5 mg/day) and think I’m more sensitive to it than most men. I occasionally take 25 mg/day for more energy, but when I do I inevitably have less sleep that night, around 6 hours when I usually hit between 7-8.
Whenever I try pregnenolone my well-being always takes a hit around 4-5 days in and I never make it past 7. That’s on 25 mg/day though, so perhaps I’d do better on 10 and/or by pushing through and letting my body adjust. But I don’t really have any issues and have done it more experimentally to see if it would provide added benefits… but again I end up stopping around the one week mark. If you start at 10 you should minimize the likelihood of that situation though.