#68-PREGNENOLONE – PART 2

PREGNENOLONE - PART 2

Hey everyone!

This is the second part of my blogpost dedicated to pregnenolone. If you haven't read PART 1 yet, be sure to read it before continuing.

With each new treatment I take, I tell myself that I will get better and that I will be able to stop it when my body is finally healed.

So how did I stop pregnenolone?

I was forced to stop taking pregnenolone when I ran out. As it is a master preparation from the pharmacist, it is necessary to have a prescription from my doctor. My closest appointment was 4 weeks later. So, I gradually reduced the doses a few weeks before. I took it every other day to save as much as possible. My hope was to manage without it.

Three weeks before the appointment, I stopped completely. I thought it would be a good test to see if it was necessary to continue the treatment or if I could stop.

The first week, I didn't feel any particular symptoms. I was fine, just a little more tired.

But during the second and, especially, the third week, my symptoms flared up: flashes in the head, dizziness, extreme fatigue, difficulty concentrating and memorizing. It was scary because all my abilities are essential to be able to work and keep my job.

Symptoms of pericarditis returned. I thought I was going to relapse. I was writhing in pain on my couch again. And as you can imagine, the stress and anxiety of a relapse of pericarditis did not help my condition.

On this observation, my doctor gave me the necessary prescriptions to resume treatment, first 50 mg, then 25 mg as background treatment once my condition was stabilized again. All my symptoms disappeared within two or three weeks.

It was an experience that obviously disappointed me because I thought I would be cured and be able to do without it. But this forced stop leads me to ask myself a lot of questions about cases of pericarditis, extreme fatigue, LC, ME, etc. Not that I know the answers, but just this question: has anyone tried pregnenolone?

Currently, I take 50 mg of pregnenolone every morning and my condition is stable. I have almost returned to a normal life: I work (from home), I have some activities on the weekend. I went on vacation to Switzerland for a week and was able to do some easy, short hikes. I reconnect with nature.

I sometimes have moments of great fatigue, but if I force myself to take a nap, the discomfort dissipates quickly.

It took me more than 5 years to find the doctor capable of getting me back on my feet and giving me back my life by taming my pain and pathological fatigue.

My quality of life has greatly increased. What if I need to continue pregnenolone for life? What will be, will be!

BEING MISERABLE DID NOT MAKE ME STRONGER

Pericordially yours,

Vali