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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Testosterone Side Effect Management
Large dose reduction
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymon" data-source="post: 202464" data-attributes="member: 42608"><p>The clinic I work with is great, experienced, knowledgable, and is run by someone on HRT himself since he was younger. Most are. Any time I’ve talked to standard medical folks like endos and GPs, however, they don’t give the best advice, and are usually being paid to read blood test results to me and tell me whether or not something’s ‘within the normal range’, which they will tend to only know because the blood test says so. If a grown ass man that works out regularly has a ferritin of 24, that’s not typically healthy. The lowest mine got on a test was 9, and that was on a day I took iron pills before, so it’d be artificially high.</p><p></p><p>I’m biased in this, but have personally struggled with low ferritin and presumably iron for years that was always brushed off despite my odd symptoms that knowing what I know now are all pretty textbook iron deficiency. I’ve been on a iron regime for a 2-3 weeks now and it’s moving the needle for me, knock on wood!</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would try to supplement iron and eat iron foods and see how you feel. I’ve supplemented iron for years and it was never enough for me based on blood tests it seems, so I’m now on a heavier protocol: Ferrit’s Iron + L-Lysine + Lactoferritin + Vitamin C twice a day, alongside daily beef, and alternating between beef liver and spleen, those also with Vitamin C. That’s a lot of iron, but the normal protocols of iron supplementation and a diet in theory having enough iron never worked for me based on symptoms and blood tests. I’d feel okay for a while if I didn’t use too much energy, but then if I tried being normal, I’d ‘deplete’ myself of something within a week. My free T3 would also drop low like yours during these times, and I would respond poorly to thyroid supplementation as it would also seemingly deplete me of something after a time.</p><p></p><p>Most endos and GPs just want you in the normal range, even if within that range you actively pass out and can’t leave your home. It’s a personal decision, but I am actively deciding to pursue upping my iron, and it’s been helping me, slowly but surely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymon, post: 202464, member: 42608"] The clinic I work with is great, experienced, knowledgable, and is run by someone on HRT himself since he was younger. Most are. Any time I’ve talked to standard medical folks like endos and GPs, however, they don’t give the best advice, and are usually being paid to read blood test results to me and tell me whether or not something’s ‘within the normal range’, which they will tend to only know because the blood test says so. If a grown ass man that works out regularly has a ferritin of 24, that’s not typically healthy. The lowest mine got on a test was 9, and that was on a day I took iron pills before, so it’d be artificially high. I’m biased in this, but have personally struggled with low ferritin and presumably iron for years that was always brushed off despite my odd symptoms that knowing what I know now are all pretty textbook iron deficiency. I’ve been on a iron regime for a 2-3 weeks now and it’s moving the needle for me, knock on wood! Personally, I would try to supplement iron and eat iron foods and see how you feel. I’ve supplemented iron for years and it was never enough for me based on blood tests it seems, so I’m now on a heavier protocol: Ferrit’s Iron + L-Lysine + Lactoferritin + Vitamin C twice a day, alongside daily beef, and alternating between beef liver and spleen, those also with Vitamin C. That’s a lot of iron, but the normal protocols of iron supplementation and a diet in theory having enough iron never worked for me based on symptoms and blood tests. I’d feel okay for a while if I didn’t use too much energy, but then if I tried being normal, I’d ‘deplete’ myself of something within a week. My free T3 would also drop low like yours during these times, and I would respond poorly to thyroid supplementation as it would also seemingly deplete me of something after a time. Most endos and GPs just want you in the normal range, even if within that range you actively pass out and can’t leave your home. It’s a personal decision, but I am actively deciding to pursue upping my iron, and it’s been helping me, slowly but surely. [/QUOTE]
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