I am on sustanon. 250mg every 16 days, split so I take every 4 days. I take HCG 150iu twice a week.
Now my blood pressure is high now (135) and have really high haemoglobin 180, hct 53 . My testosterone doesn’t feel that high.
It’s making me sad. I’ve had a lot of health problems recently as I randomly got hep C. I know what you are thinking but honestly I got it through sex. heterosexually and I am not even very sexually active. Worst twist of fate as the probability just doesn’t compute, but it’s true. I did find out though donating so only had it for 7 months and I could pinpoint to the one girl I had been seeing. I’m cured of it now but it mucked up all my hormones and I was really I’ll.
So I can’t donate anymore, as even though I’m cured they have a policy.
I’ve been slowly getting things back . I am on thyroid which made a difference but it looks like I’ve got kidney damage from the hep C /hormone issues . GFR is 80 and I’m 26.
I was wondering if people knew if HCG amps up haemoglobin production?.. Do I need to ditch HCG as I can’t donate how long it takes for hgb to come down naturally.
Starting out with trt I was very responsive to hcg and was on way too higher dose. If I wasn’t donating I imagine my hct and haemoglobin would have been so high. But now I don’t think my T is that high…but im not donating.
My ferritin has been low, I presume now due to TRT, so stupidly I’ve been supplementing which probably just ramps up my hct
Yes, wait sorry, in the UK I’m prescribed 250mg sustanon.
So I take double that. 110mg a week. I never thought about that. But split every 4 days—which I’m thinking is maybe a bad idea, and maybe I’m on a really high dose for me as I’m only 75 kg, 185cm and eating cleanly now. For some reason in my head I thought I was on a low dose, but Im not into body building.
My testes are really responsive to hcg, as im 26, and only on this crap because of finasteride which put my Testosterone at 250 and TSH at 5.
No I wasn’t dehydrated
Cos I had Hep C for a brief period, I got all these health problems, like my RBC count was really low and iron really low, so I’ve been chasing shadows. I finally feel better a year and a bit later. But I thought I kept needing to supplement iron which I realise now has maybe been contributing to the high RBCs?
Before Hep C I would donate every three months, so the haemoglobin never came up as a problem. So not being able to donate is an issue.
I’m concerned the hcg is amping it up, and is just a nasty variable, my ferritin always comes back very low if I don’t supplement. I think I feel better on a little hcg but maybe that is placebo.
I feel good the testosterone side of things, not too competitive, no acne, so don’t know how much to reduce.
Apologies for lack of clarity. I made a mistake in my first post—I am taking 62.5mg (1/4 of the 250mg ampoule) of sustanon every 4 days. 150iu hcg twice a week
You’ve got room to go up, 130mg weekly is on the lower side if you’re not feeling great still. Could up dose and retest CBC and see if that high HCT was a one-off
I think my T is too high if anything, as im getting over the range CBCs. Im not sure if i should dose less frequently. 1x week, or go off hcg or reduce T and stickk to every 4 days.
I’m in the UK . I had a look --Can only see that offered for ridiculous prices , I could ask my GP, but I doubt they would agree, as it should be my TRT doc, who is private and I don’t see face to face anymore . He just reduced my dose after I said about the rbc numbers, but I do decide to split it E4 Vs every week, as I think I felt better that way, but maybe I was influenced from on here.
I don’t feel I am on that higher dose, either the regularity of my injections, the HCG or my frequent cardio a lot, and iron supplements.i feel good apart from when blood gets too thick
So frustrating that A 3 month donation would resolve this problem . Even looked up self blood letting which sounds mental. And I dont Think I could do.
I can’t gauge how many TRTers on here give blood as it seems nearly a given side effect especially with frequent injections, even if on very reasona going off HCG and reduce further but it sounds like it would be months to get down
My Endo just wrote a prescription for a phlebotomy every 3-4 weeks as my hematocrit keeps climbing back to 56%. I had my hematocrit at 52% when iron deficient so assuming I’m naturally on the higher end for hematocrit.
Oh really! , thanks. That’s interesting. Maybe the frequent injections are raising T more than I thought. And I have highish T. I think I’ve got used to having quite high T levels (600-900) since HRT as I don’t really lose muscle even though I only do cardio.
Thats really high, so thats good youve got regular phlebotomy. Are you on a really high dose or is it your genetics ?
and do you take iron supplements—Like does it matter that TRT uses up all the iron, as anemia is obviously not a problem. I’ve been supplementing due to low ferritin but am stopping.
I’m guessing you are in the US—problem is in the UK, with the NHS they are frugal with stuff that isn’t close to life or death. I do want to start getting my RBC measured and find a way to control it.
For me: I will change back to 75mg Every 6 days , + 100 Iu x 2 a week and see what happens. As sustanon is a combination of all the esters anyway. Annoyingly Ive finally started to feel better on my current regimen, I am also on thyroid (NDT 1.5 grains, 50mg T4). Just got High blood pressure recently, and high hameologbin in latest blood test. They didnt measure HCT.
I over-respond to all medicines, alcohol, caffeine and even androgens. A little goes a long way. I do take iron supplements you will become anemic very quickly if I do not.
I’m on the lowest possible dosage of 158mg twice daily and 6 hours after my morning dose I’m at 476 ng/dL, 250 at 12 hours and at 2 hours 880.
I’m sure our bodies need iron for stuff we don’t even know yet, thyroid needs iron and I’m sure the list doesn’t stop there. You can be iron deficient with normal blood parameters.
Yh I would imagine so. I think I felt better when I started supplementing.
I’m just so out of touch with the TRT , how sustanon compares etc. I’m going to start again with sustanon 100mg a week, split into every 6 days and see what happens. I think I felt good on the every 4 day but it seems to spike everything.
I’ll try and get my hcg, cholesterol and blood pressure in range , and then maybe work up to 110mg-125mg.
I think I feel better with HCG but it’s too complicated.