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How fast can hematocrit rise?
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<blockquote data-quote="trt1" data-source="post: 72516" data-attributes="member: 15719"><p>Be weary of these Hematocrit lab values from labcorp especially is you tend to drink a great deal of water. On 5/10/17 I had some labs done via labcorp and my hematocrit came in at 47.7 and I only had 1 glass of water that day. I could feel the blood/sludge moving around my body. </p><p></p><p> On 5/19/17 my hematocrit came in from the finger prick test at 54 and this was after a whole blood donation on 4/27/17. Before trt my hematocrit was 45. Some dr's see you are within the range and say everything is fine even if you are on the high side of the range. I can feel my blood getting too thick and that's when you should donate. </p><p></p><p> By the time your labs indicate they are too high you will either have to come off your maintenance dose to experience relief of serious symptoms. I was on 120 mg cypionate weekly and 500 iu HCG twice a week. </p><p></p><p> I'm now currently just dosing 10 mg a day because when my hct was too high I felt like I was going to die and a 50 mg dose every 3.5 days brought my symptoms back with a vengeance, I rushed myself to urgent care twice in 3 weeks and every time they ran the cbc my HCT RBC and Hemo #'s were in the range. I suspect partially due to me over hydrating because I knew what was up and water appeared to provide a tiny bit of relief. </p><p></p><p> I have since donated on 5/19/17 when my HCT was 54 and then donated on 5/24 and my hemoglobin was 16.3. If it is in fact true that HCT is 3 times hemoglobin my 5/19 donation brought me down around 5 points. I still didn't feel much relief after that donation and plan on doing one more donation on 6/2/17 before having ferratin checked and beginning a maintenance phlebotomy every 2 months. </p><p></p><p>After my 5/24 donation I still feel as if my blood was a bit viscous. Makes me realize that many of these anti aging clinics dont know their ass from 3rd base when they prescribe 200 mg cypionate a week considering the average man produces 4-7 mg of test a day, that's around 3-5 times physiological doses and with HCG on top of that its even more. </p><p></p><p> On the bright side I seem to be experiencing more libido on 70-90 mg a week than I ever did on 120,140 and 200 a week and I no longer need an AI, sometimes Ill just take a micro dose because it allows me to last longer in the sack, prior to this I was battling my AI dose with my T just trying to keep my libido up. </p><p></p><p> I was deathly afraid of phlebotomy before trt and now its as easy as watching a rerun of columbo.</p><p></p><p> Bottom line, if its becomes harder to breathe and you feel as if your blood has become too viscous and you have trouble thinking and feel pressure in your head I would suggest an immediate cbc test without hydrating too much before hand for accurate results. And if your hematocrit is over 48-49 I would consider either lowering your dose or donating blood or double rbc's before you start to experiencing some hellish like symptoms that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Everyone obviously is different but this happened to me around my 8 month mark of trt and it has been almost a show stopper for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trt1, post: 72516, member: 15719"] Be weary of these Hematocrit lab values from labcorp especially is you tend to drink a great deal of water. On 5/10/17 I had some labs done via labcorp and my hematocrit came in at 47.7 and I only had 1 glass of water that day. I could feel the blood/sludge moving around my body. On 5/19/17 my hematocrit came in from the finger prick test at 54 and this was after a whole blood donation on 4/27/17. Before trt my hematocrit was 45. Some dr's see you are within the range and say everything is fine even if you are on the high side of the range. I can feel my blood getting too thick and that's when you should donate. By the time your labs indicate they are too high you will either have to come off your maintenance dose to experience relief of serious symptoms. I was on 120 mg cypionate weekly and 500 iu HCG twice a week. I'm now currently just dosing 10 mg a day because when my hct was too high I felt like I was going to die and a 50 mg dose every 3.5 days brought my symptoms back with a vengeance, I rushed myself to urgent care twice in 3 weeks and every time they ran the cbc my HCT RBC and Hemo #'s were in the range. I suspect partially due to me over hydrating because I knew what was up and water appeared to provide a tiny bit of relief. I have since donated on 5/19/17 when my HCT was 54 and then donated on 5/24 and my hemoglobin was 16.3. If it is in fact true that HCT is 3 times hemoglobin my 5/19 donation brought me down around 5 points. I still didn't feel much relief after that donation and plan on doing one more donation on 6/2/17 before having ferratin checked and beginning a maintenance phlebotomy every 2 months. After my 5/24 donation I still feel as if my blood was a bit viscous. Makes me realize that many of these anti aging clinics dont know their ass from 3rd base when they prescribe 200 mg cypionate a week considering the average man produces 4-7 mg of test a day, that's around 3-5 times physiological doses and with HCG on top of that its even more. On the bright side I seem to be experiencing more libido on 70-90 mg a week than I ever did on 120,140 and 200 a week and I no longer need an AI, sometimes Ill just take a micro dose because it allows me to last longer in the sack, prior to this I was battling my AI dose with my T just trying to keep my libido up. I was deathly afraid of phlebotomy before trt and now its as easy as watching a rerun of columbo. Bottom line, if its becomes harder to breathe and you feel as if your blood has become too viscous and you have trouble thinking and feel pressure in your head I would suggest an immediate cbc test without hydrating too much before hand for accurate results. And if your hematocrit is over 48-49 I would consider either lowering your dose or donating blood or double rbc's before you start to experiencing some hellish like symptoms that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Everyone obviously is different but this happened to me around my 8 month mark of trt and it has been almost a show stopper for me. [/QUOTE]
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