Just a quick question about electrolyte activity I've been noticing. Sodium and potassium both come back high in my blood work. Thyroid is normal. I go to the gym regularly and I'm on a mineral restoration protocol called The Root Cause Protocol. My daily magnesium intake is quite high.
I've been orally taking 50mg pregnenolone and 25mg DHEA since around August (so approximately 5 months now). I'm 34. No major side effects. My crown is balding but it's been doing that for years now and there is no acceleration. The balding sucks but I don't feel I can do anything about it. I'm not taking finasteride and minoxidil is a pain in the ****.
I consulted with Ray by e-mail and based on my labs, he believes I've found really good brands of both DHEA and pregnenolone. He thinks 25mg DHEA isn't going to do me much harm. My progesterone is above normal and estrogen is in normal range. He thinks the elevated progesterone is preserving my body.
The thing that bothers me is that my kidney tests show a reduced eGFR. I'm still in normal range, but reduced from before. My potassium and sodium are both upper range if not over most of the time, so my body is retaining. I believe this is because the pregnenolone is converting to aldosterone.
Is this dangerous?
My goal is mainly bone resorption, as long-term prednisone use damaged my skeleton. Also the pregnolone is helping me amazingly with my stress levels. Stress no longer impacts my body like it used to, and my auto-immune condition is in remission. I can't say enough good things about this stuff....
But the possible aldosterone connection concerns me. My T is also above normal, which probably means even more DHT is happening. I am going to re-assess all of this in January, but for now I just wanted to ask about the aldosterone connection.
Thanks for reading!
I've been orally taking 50mg pregnenolone and 25mg DHEA since around August (so approximately 5 months now). I'm 34. No major side effects. My crown is balding but it's been doing that for years now and there is no acceleration. The balding sucks but I don't feel I can do anything about it. I'm not taking finasteride and minoxidil is a pain in the ****.
I consulted with Ray by e-mail and based on my labs, he believes I've found really good brands of both DHEA and pregnenolone. He thinks 25mg DHEA isn't going to do me much harm. My progesterone is above normal and estrogen is in normal range. He thinks the elevated progesterone is preserving my body.
The thing that bothers me is that my kidney tests show a reduced eGFR. I'm still in normal range, but reduced from before. My potassium and sodium are both upper range if not over most of the time, so my body is retaining. I believe this is because the pregnenolone is converting to aldosterone.
Is this dangerous?
My goal is mainly bone resorption, as long-term prednisone use damaged my skeleton. Also the pregnolone is helping me amazingly with my stress levels. Stress no longer impacts my body like it used to, and my auto-immune condition is in remission. I can't say enough good things about this stuff....
But the possible aldosterone connection concerns me. My T is also above normal, which probably means even more DHT is happening. I am going to re-assess all of this in January, but for now I just wanted to ask about the aldosterone connection.
Thanks for reading!