| Anxiety and depression are treatable forms of mental | | | | Treatment |
| illness. With anxiety, the patients are overwhelmed with | | | | DHEA has a number of useful properties that make it |
| worry, too frightened to face a situation and with no | | | | a useful anti depression treatment. Research has |
| other wish than to keep themselves locked up at | | | | confirmed that there is a direct link between taking |
| home. In depression, the patients feel dejected, | | | | DHEA supplementation, and the effective treatment of |
| discouraged, worthless, and sometimes show suicidal | | | | anxiety depression. |
| tendency in severe cases. | | | | Reduction of Cortisol |
| The severity of the symptoms in both these conditions | | | | DHEA helps in depression treatment by reducing the |
| prevents a person living a normal life, or the life that is | | | | production of the hormone cortisol, which is also |
| normal for them. Instead of being in control of their | | | | produced by adrenal gland. Excessive secretion of |
| hormones, their hormones control them. It is not | | | | cortisol hormone causes cellular damage, and can give |
| surprising then, that anxiety and depression treatment | | | | rise to some of the symptoms of depression. Cortisol |
| should exist in the form of natural hormones. What | | | | is produced in excess by the adrenal gland when |
| might be more surprising is that these hormones for | | | | under stress. Supplementation of DHEA helps in |
| the treatment of depression can come in the form of | | | | improving the symptoms of depression by decreasing |
| supplements. | | | | the secretion of cortisol and increasing stress |
| DHEA, (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is a hormone | | | | tolerance. |
| produced in the adrenal glands. It can also be | | | | Increase of Serotonin Levesl |
| manufactured by the gonads (ovaries for women; | | | | As well as decreasing the "bad," DHEA can also treat |
| testes for men) when the adrenal gland is under | | | | depression by increasing the "good." DHEA helps in |
| stress. DHEA regulates the thyroid and pituitary glands | | | | depression treatment by increasing serotonin (a |
| besides exerting a powerful impact on the entire body | | | | neurotransmitter) levels in the brain and controlling the |
| by keeping up the physical and mental balance of the | | | | production of other brain chemicals that help manage |
| body. | | | | stress. Serotonin helps improve mood, and combat the |
| Usually the level of DHEA hormone is at peak at the | | | | symptoms of depression. |
| age of 25, after that, it starts decreasing at the rate of | | | | DHEA is widely used in the depression treatment |
| about 2% per year. Generally by the age of 40 its | | | | because it enhances stress coping abilities, boosts |
| secretion declines considerably and you the effects of | | | | mood, and gives a feeling of relaxation. The University |
| lower DHEA may be felt. DHEA hormone also | | | | of California La Jolla showed a significant increase in |
| declines rapidly when the body is suffering from | | | | the mental and physical level of depression patients |
| disease. More importantly, if the body is put under | | | | when DHEA was used. The study conducted on |
| stress for long periods of time then DHEA production | | | | patients suffering from anxiety and depression |
| can drop considerably - leading to fatigue, lowered | | | | experienced improved energy levels, better mood, and |
| energy levels, and anxiety depression. It is this | | | | an ability to handle stressful situations. DHEA is a |
| connection between DHEA deficiency and anxiety | | | | controversial supplement because it has often been |
| depression that has led people to believe that DHEA | | | | touted as a treatment for diseases where no known |
| can be an effective active anti depression treatment. | | | | connection is known. However, it is undeniable that |
| Research done into DHEA appears to confirm this... | | | | DHEA supplements can be used in anxiety depression |
| Properties of DHEA for Anxiety Depression | | | | treatment with positive results. |