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So for the first time in my life I tried a low dose of pregnenolone. For those who don't know, I've started supplementing since 2016 (well actually longer then that, but 2016 was when I got more serious about them and started finding out good brands and this forum). During the years I've tried different things and I had 2 bad experiences in these years. The last one was a couple of months ago, and I felt it was perhaps a good thing because it made me more cautious. I never felt I was overdoing them and I felt I was doing it responsibly but it just happened I guess.
I'll start of with things I definitely noticed, then later on I will write some assumptions which may or may not be responsible (basically things that happened between the ears haha):
Well on the main point: what I did was write down my experience with using pregnenolone for the first time, so that I could remember what the effects were like and how I felt at that moment. I wrote everything down on sundaynight/morning (and I took the dose on Saturday, around 18:00-19:00). Can't recall exactly how late I took it, but I do know I set my alarm till 21:30. I sometimes take a siesta (a very late one lol) before I go clubbing on saturdays, I just feel refreshed when I do that. Sometimes I wake up fine, feeling very refreshed and sometimes not so, feeling tired as if I needed more sleep. Anyhow, this saturday was very different from the others, as I tried something different.
So for the first time in my life I tried a low dose pregnenolone. A full microscoop says 8-10mg on the package, and I used half a microscoop in a 50ml cup. I drank approximately half or a bit less of what was in it, so I assume I got anywhere between 1-3mg of pregnenolone.
At first I thought it was a low-dose but as of now my mindset tells me I just cannot be "too cautious" because I didn't want to experience anything bad. However, believe it or not, something really did happen approximately 30 minutes after I took it in (it was after having the evening meal, chicken and white rice mainly).
Few symptoms I noticed (don't know whether it's good or bad):
I felt I got a bit of an anesthetic effect, my muscle tightness was starting to relieve and I started passing out "gass" lol. Everything was becoming more relaxed. No amount of magnesium/dieting/supplements have ever done it to that degree. So at first, I thought something bad was going to happen but at some point I seriously felt like I was becoming a bit "high", well not high but some sort of "uplifting" effect. So that's when I started to lay down, because my eye-lid wasn't really moving but I felt like it was trying to shutdown, as if my body forced me to sleep. I also felt a little bit numb/relaxed, also "down below" if u get what I'm saying. Nothing too drastic though.
After trying this stuff out, somehow I also felt very calm (somewhat sedated) in a way that I haven't really experienced. It also felt funny at the same time.
I couldn't really sleep for another 30 minutes because and then I was browsing my phone until I really noticed sleep was kicking in, so I put my phone aside and I was gone very quickly. 2 hours later and I woke up very refreshed, I was like dayumn "I must be making this up", since it's just 1-3mg of preg you took in (especially when you compare it to other people who take/took much higher doses). I just never took hormones and I was actually scared of trying it out but at this point I was willing to try it after reading so much about it. The one thing I just don't want whatsoever, is estrogen symptoms. In the past I did lower my estrogen a bit too much and that wasn't funny either (joint pains etc.). I don't have joint pains as of lately, but it may kick in someday if I lower estrogen too much again. Also, my scalp is dry/flaky so that's what I am also trying to figure out (as in what causes this).
When I woke up, I felt fine and refreshed. One thing I noticed was my muscles were very relaxed, no amount of magnesium has ever done that to me (and I did use some big doses in the past) and I haven't used magnesium since the bad experience. I'm not saying it was the magnesium, because if u read my other posts, you'll see that I think something else is the culprit. I am simply reintroducing everything once at a time, at more appropriate dosages to see if I can find a culprit and perhaps notice when I need to cut something out. Magnesium did relieve my cramps when I started it 2 years ago, so it has really good effects.
My back was relaxed and I felt my nerves weren't overloaded/sensitive as much. I had a very peaceful feeling for the rest of the night (and even felt no agitation or oversensitiveness in the muscles/nerves during that night and the day after).
I do fasts on thursdays and sundays (approximately 12-16 hours), nothing crazy. One thing I feel from fasting is my nose is more sensitive to scents (in a good way), I pick subtle scents in the air. Also, I sometimes experience these feelings which I had when I was younger (teenager like) and I really like it. Everything seems much more interesting and exciting.
Is it possible that pregnenolone may boost the health-effects of fasting, altough this can be taken with a grain of salt and it's purely an assumption? I'll leave that up to the experts.
The above is something I just wanted to mention in this thread, so feel free to ask me anything on my experiences regarding fasting.
So to sum things up:
1) This is possibly the weirdest thread I ever created but I did it anyways XD
2) So is it also possible that pregnenolone may have pheromone like effects (not implying it happened that night because it was a very low dose, but I am curious whether it may have such effects in general)?
3) Also, regarding the symptoms I noticed/described, would any of them fall under the category of estrogen raising (because I try to avoid raising estrogen at all costs), again not implying that it did happen because most of what I described seemed to be positive symptoms/effects?
I'll start of with things I definitely noticed, then later on I will write some assumptions which may or may not be responsible (basically things that happened between the ears haha):
Well on the main point: what I did was write down my experience with using pregnenolone for the first time, so that I could remember what the effects were like and how I felt at that moment. I wrote everything down on sundaynight/morning (and I took the dose on Saturday, around 18:00-19:00). Can't recall exactly how late I took it, but I do know I set my alarm till 21:30. I sometimes take a siesta (a very late one lol) before I go clubbing on saturdays, I just feel refreshed when I do that. Sometimes I wake up fine, feeling very refreshed and sometimes not so, feeling tired as if I needed more sleep. Anyhow, this saturday was very different from the others, as I tried something different.
So for the first time in my life I tried a low dose pregnenolone. A full microscoop says 8-10mg on the package, and I used half a microscoop in a 50ml cup. I drank approximately half or a bit less of what was in it, so I assume I got anywhere between 1-3mg of pregnenolone.
At first I thought it was a low-dose but as of now my mindset tells me I just cannot be "too cautious" because I didn't want to experience anything bad. However, believe it or not, something really did happen approximately 30 minutes after I took it in (it was after having the evening meal, chicken and white rice mainly).
Few symptoms I noticed (don't know whether it's good or bad):
I felt I got a bit of an anesthetic effect, my muscle tightness was starting to relieve and I started passing out "gass" lol. Everything was becoming more relaxed. No amount of magnesium/dieting/supplements have ever done it to that degree. So at first, I thought something bad was going to happen but at some point I seriously felt like I was becoming a bit "high", well not high but some sort of "uplifting" effect. So that's when I started to lay down, because my eye-lid wasn't really moving but I felt like it was trying to shutdown, as if my body forced me to sleep. I also felt a little bit numb/relaxed, also "down below" if u get what I'm saying. Nothing too drastic though.
After trying this stuff out, somehow I also felt very calm (somewhat sedated) in a way that I haven't really experienced. It also felt funny at the same time.
I couldn't really sleep for another 30 minutes because and then I was browsing my phone until I really noticed sleep was kicking in, so I put my phone aside and I was gone very quickly. 2 hours later and I woke up very refreshed, I was like dayumn "I must be making this up", since it's just 1-3mg of preg you took in (especially when you compare it to other people who take/took much higher doses). I just never took hormones and I was actually scared of trying it out but at this point I was willing to try it after reading so much about it. The one thing I just don't want whatsoever, is estrogen symptoms. In the past I did lower my estrogen a bit too much and that wasn't funny either (joint pains etc.). I don't have joint pains as of lately, but it may kick in someday if I lower estrogen too much again. Also, my scalp is dry/flaky so that's what I am also trying to figure out (as in what causes this).
When I woke up, I felt fine and refreshed. One thing I noticed was my muscles were very relaxed, no amount of magnesium has ever done that to me (and I did use some big doses in the past) and I haven't used magnesium since the bad experience. I'm not saying it was the magnesium, because if u read my other posts, you'll see that I think something else is the culprit. I am simply reintroducing everything once at a time, at more appropriate dosages to see if I can find a culprit and perhaps notice when I need to cut something out. Magnesium did relieve my cramps when I started it 2 years ago, so it has really good effects.
My back was relaxed and I felt my nerves weren't overloaded/sensitive as much. I had a very peaceful feeling for the rest of the night (and even felt no agitation or oversensitiveness in the muscles/nerves during that night and the day after).
I do fasts on thursdays and sundays (approximately 12-16 hours), nothing crazy. One thing I feel from fasting is my nose is more sensitive to scents (in a good way), I pick subtle scents in the air. Also, I sometimes experience these feelings which I had when I was younger (teenager like) and I really like it. Everything seems much more interesting and exciting.
Is it possible that pregnenolone may boost the health-effects of fasting, altough this can be taken with a grain of salt and it's purely an assumption? I'll leave that up to the experts.
The above is something I just wanted to mention in this thread, so feel free to ask me anything on my experiences regarding fasting.
So to sum things up:
1) This is possibly the weirdest thread I ever created but I did it anyways XD
2) So is it also possible that pregnenolone may have pheromone like effects (not implying it happened that night because it was a very low dose, but I am curious whether it may have such effects in general)?
3) Also, regarding the symptoms I noticed/described, would any of them fall under the category of estrogen raising (because I try to avoid raising estrogen at all costs), again not implying that it did happen because most of what I described seemed to be positive symptoms/effects?
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