I take my metformin at breakfast and dinner. It does not work over night but will help. If you have one of those blood sugar monitors (stick your finger) you will see the metformin working.
500x2/24hours has cut my blood sugar levels by 20 points. It took about a month to see these results.
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Are yours extended release?
My fasting glucose at 79. Doctor said my fasting insulin is could be a little better it was 9.8
Could understand why she said I could actually take them together when I go up to 2 since they are extended release and are much better on the stomach
Iād be a little nervous about taking a big dose at once, especially at night. It may interfere with your bodyās ability to spike BG upon waking in the morning. This could be complete hear-say on my end though. Just thinking out loud.
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DHEA is OTC, so if you want to give it a go, give it a go. I would start with on Metformin and see what happens, if I was going to take it. If it causes issues you donāt want the issues x2 right out of the gate.
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Some do better with DHEA towards the higher levels. If you go OTC, make sure it is micronized.
You might look into transdermal metformin if it bothers your stomach.
@highpull
Do you think thereās value in continuing metformin for life? I know the possible anti aging stuff about it.
My glucose is 79 fasting. A1c close to 5. Fasting insulin close to 10.
Am thinking I can take for 2-3 months to reset my insulin and possibly help me lose some belly fat.
My pills are 500mg extended release. I have no bad side effects splitting my dose.
Thank you all for the feedback. Appreciate it
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I know the bodybuilder types like it, but I do not think you need it. I do not think it would hurt to try it for a couple of months though.
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Made me extremely tired and hated it after 2 says of usage.
Can someone explain this to meā¦ The thinkingā¦
I donāt have time to read this thread, so surely youāre aware of the thyroid issue from the 1st labs at least.
but your fasting insulin on the first test is rather high too. Iād at least try some otc insulin sensitizers - chromium, lipoic acid, etc.
Apologies if thereās been better testing and itās plainly posted somewhere.
Cheers.
DHEA is produced from cholesterol. So, basically, heās saying that unless you are wildly out of range or vegan, donāt worry about it.
Preg converts to dhea as well. Some
Guys can just take Pregalone and have plenty of dhea.
If you take dhea you will quickly find out if it was something your body craved. You will notice an uptick in mood , sleep and libido.
Other folks like myself hated it. Made me sleepy and tired and groggy. It did help me
Sleep.
My dhea spiked into the 600s after just 2 weeks of use.
My point is why did he say only supplement if very low? Maybe because itās not proven that optimal dhea levels are needed?
There are a lot of negative side effect risks associated with high DHEA.
Ok so I ve been doing it for a few days. 25mg in the morning. So far so good.
I guess best to recheck levels in a couple months. I def will be happy with just mid range. I was at the very low end of normal.
Dhea s 115 (102-416)
If theirs no point in having higher levels I rather not supp. Am not one that believes all hormones need to be in upper range.
Your body has a number it likes. Itās better to eat some meat than take a pill, as far as I am concerned.
I need help for my wife. We went to a obgyn who is also trained by Dr rouzier bhrt program.
Problem is Dr wants $1750 upfront then monthly for meds that he gets from Utah.
I picked guys brain enough and he would prescribe the following
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Increase her free t3 by doubling her 30 mg armour. This I may be able to get by convincing her endo.
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Give 100 mg progesterone day 1-14 and 200 mg day 15-30.
How can I get this? Should I creme from Amazon? Is pregenelone pills ok? -
Testosterone. I have plenty of Cypionate to give her.
No estrogen no dhea.
I can get her labs from other doctors to monitor.
Progesterone is a cream usually, her endo would probably prescribe that. There are a few guys with wives on stuff here. @bmbrady77 I think and @hrdlvn . I could be wrong on that though.