Brooks Esq.
Member
Hello guys, I need some advice from the Peaters,
I have Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the chronic fatigue effects that usually accompanies it. I usually cannot get up in the morning, cant focus or function or do anything without the use of a stimulant, and even the stimulant only has minimal benefits after chronic usage.
Last year, I asked my doc to do a comprehensive steroid panel. I discovered that my pregnenolone seemed a little low (although the test only shows an abnormal if the level is too high and has no minimal level) I went and bought a pregnenolone oral disintegrating supplement and it has worked great for the past year or so. I have been able to focus, the stimulant has been working, and I have been able to get up before noon and work hard. I was even able to get up some days before 9am! I had been taking L-Opti Zinc Methionine throughout the year off and on, I had recently bought some to adapt to the weather change and to prevent colds while at the law school. I started having some really abnormal side effects from it, as I was mixing it with the Focalin I am prescribed. I subsequently had to quit the zinc.
Last week and this week I'am back to baseline as far as my chronic fatigue is concerned. The stimulant isnt producing any focusing benefits and I feel so tired once again and out of it; just like I did before I started the pregnenolone supplement. I wake up so tired, sleep through alarms, fall back asleep, and drag throughout the day.
(1) Do you guys think this re-occurrence of chronic fatigue was due to discontinuing the opti-zinc?
(2) Do you think the pregnenolone will ever work again the way it used to? I increased the dose and still not having any benefit.
(3) Would taking an ultra-low dose of the opti zinc pose any benefit? or should I just wait for my body to adapt.
(4) open to other suggestions from you guys.
Pregnenolone Levels:
17 Hydroxypregnenolone <33
Pregnenolone <35
Deoxycorticosterone <16
Thank you, Brooks
I have Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and the chronic fatigue effects that usually accompanies it. I usually cannot get up in the morning, cant focus or function or do anything without the use of a stimulant, and even the stimulant only has minimal benefits after chronic usage.
Last year, I asked my doc to do a comprehensive steroid panel. I discovered that my pregnenolone seemed a little low (although the test only shows an abnormal if the level is too high and has no minimal level) I went and bought a pregnenolone oral disintegrating supplement and it has worked great for the past year or so. I have been able to focus, the stimulant has been working, and I have been able to get up before noon and work hard. I was even able to get up some days before 9am! I had been taking L-Opti Zinc Methionine throughout the year off and on, I had recently bought some to adapt to the weather change and to prevent colds while at the law school. I started having some really abnormal side effects from it, as I was mixing it with the Focalin I am prescribed. I subsequently had to quit the zinc.
Last week and this week I'am back to baseline as far as my chronic fatigue is concerned. The stimulant isnt producing any focusing benefits and I feel so tired once again and out of it; just like I did before I started the pregnenolone supplement. I wake up so tired, sleep through alarms, fall back asleep, and drag throughout the day.
(1) Do you guys think this re-occurrence of chronic fatigue was due to discontinuing the opti-zinc?
(2) Do you think the pregnenolone will ever work again the way it used to? I increased the dose and still not having any benefit.
(3) Would taking an ultra-low dose of the opti zinc pose any benefit? or should I just wait for my body to adapt.
(4) open to other suggestions from you guys.
Pregnenolone Levels:
17 Hydroxypregnenolone <33
Pregnenolone <35
Deoxycorticosterone <16
Thank you, Brooks