Enhances mental performance, facilitates learning, helps us adapt to stress
The parent of all hormones. All other sex hormones are derived from it, including DHEA. It is the super hormone of our brain. The brain and the adrenal cortex produce it and levels decrease as we age. By age 75 we produce only about 40% of our youthful levels. •
Notice the effects within a few hours of taking a dose of 10 or 20 mg. However, it takes several days of supplementing with pregnenolone at a smaller dosage to notice the visual effects. Colors become brighter and clearer, and shapes and patterns are more obvious. Reports from patients indicate that about a third notice these dramatic effects. Barbara, a television producer from Orange County, California, relates an interesting response: "I took 10 mg of pregnenolone in the morning for three days and didn't feel much. On the fourth day, while waiting at a traffic light, I noticed how beautiful the red color looked. The light turned green and I kept looking at it in amazement. I had never seen a traffic light look so beautiful. I had to move soon, though, because cars behind me started honking. I arrived at the shopping mall and now realized the beauty of the planted flowers. I kept staring at them for a long time." Ted, a physician from San Diego, says, "I had stopped at a gas station to fill up the tank when I noticed an American flag by the pump. I had never seen red and blue colors that intense. It came to mind that I had taken pregnenolone for the first time that morning, at a dose of 20 mg. I will always remember that flag at the gas station."
The visual effects from pregnenolone can last from a few hours to all day.
Use as hormone replacement therapy in low dosages, such as 1 to 3 mg. Ten mg can be taken occasionally, such as once or twice a month, by healthy individuals who have no major medical problems. If you don’t notice an effect from taking the oral pills, try the sublingual (under the tongue) form.
The body makes pregnenolone out of cholesterol, however our body's production of pregnenolone declines with age. Taking pregnenolone has been found to improve memory, reduce stress and enhance DHEA levels. Also important, pregnenolone has been found to strengthen the myelin sheath membranes that are vital to the healthy functioning of our brains and nervous systems.
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