I’ve just been told I have low amh 3.6.
Fertility consultant said it’s up to me if I take dhea. My clinic won’t test Dhea levels. Where do I go to get relevant blood tests? Is it DHEA-s and testosterone that I need tested?
Any ladies here that didn’t take dhea, and with low amh that managed to have a successful cycle?
Hello, I took DHEA after my first cycle resulted in no embryos and had much better results for taking it. My clinic also won't test levels but you can do DHEA-S and testosterone via Medichecks. Good luck!
Dear Helen, which test on medicheck did you actually order? I had a look and for dhea sulfate it says "Are you concerned that your male hormones including DHEA-S are declining with age?"Would you be able to send me link to the blood tests you purchased please?
Thanks
Sorry not to reply sooner - I did these: medichecks.com/products/dhe... and also medichecks.com/products/tes...
Thank you! I’m ordering these ones today. Really appreciate it. When you get the results are they easy enough to interpret?
Yes - they send you an email with results and a scale and then I also looked at some info from itstartswiththeegg.com/faq/... in terms of trying to see whether my levels seemed about right. From my experience, I started taking 75mg a day but after a while my levels were too high, so had to reduce to 25mg a day
Thank you
I took dhea but I have no idea if it helped. I did not have my dhea level tested prior. I thunk the studies on whether dhea helps are inconclusive, so it is more ‘take it in case it actually works’. My first cycle after taking dhea for just a short while was more successful than the subsequent ones when I was on the pills for longer…
Hey- I have love AMH and didn’t take DHEA and had a successful cycle. I got my levels tested with medichecks and I had low testosterone but my clinic weren’t that keen on DHEA for me so I didn’t bother with it. Good luck! Xx
I took it for 3 months with low Amh and got pregnant naturally. I am not sure where you are based but if it happens to be south west London I’d be happy to gift you my supplies for free!
I don't have low AMH but there is super strong evidence that it works for women with this issue: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/313...
you should try and take a micronized formulation at 75 mg/day. I took at the age of 43 and i think it really helped me conceive my son (and i think my leftover dhea helped my 43 year old friend with recurrent misccarriage conceive her son)
Thank you. I’ve bought the life extension DHEA - from iherb. I don’t know if that’s micronized though? Thanks for the article - very informative. My consultant mentioned a RCT done in Liverpool which showed no effect but with this meta- analysis there does seem to be positive influence with Dhea so I think I will take depending on my bloods results.
Definitely get your dhea/testosterone levels checked first - I have low AMh but my test showed dhea levels were actually high so those supplements could have hindered. Our ivf worked in April & I’m currently 28 weeks along.
Hey sorry I wondered if anyone could help. So I started 75mg DHEA. Initial bloods normal however after 4 weeks they are all abnormal. SHBG – 31 (32.4-128)
- Testosterone 3.57 (0.29-1.67)
- Free T calculated 0.071 (0 -0.03)
- Free andogen index 11.52 (0.2-7.1)
- DHEA = 20.4 (1.65-9.15)
Looking at zita west - I obviously on too high of a dose. I due IVF in Feb. So now worried I harmed the egg quality.
Unsure if stop or reduce and maybe delay the IVF?
Any advise ??
Taking micronised DHEA for too long for IVF
DHEA, where can I buy this from? 
Should I take a break?
DHEA supplement with normal levels
DHEA, Where Can I Buy?
