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Raising ferritin FAST (a how-to, not a question)
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<blockquote data-quote="FDV70" data-source="post: 210685" data-attributes="member: 43104"><p>I would say no. I would do only 4 or 5 days.</p><p>The trigger for hepcidin is 60mg, but you are using 50mg and I think that will probably still accomplish the goal. I have not had anyone using 50mg so let me know if it worked when you look at your bloods. </p><p></p><p>Let's just go with a hypothetical. Let's say you did this for (arbitrary) 14 days. You like the rest of us probably have high RBCs. So that hepcidin is staying high and filling cells with iron (from these recycled RBCs and it's stored as ferritin) and you end up with a crazy high ferritin of (guessing) 300. If you were a normal person not on TRT you would be happy.</p><p></p><p>The moment you stop the iron, things go back to normal. You are a Test user so the body will rob from that 300 -- and put it into serum. And you will end up with high hemoglobin again, too early. And you'll have to donate again, too early. So we don't want to put ferritin too high. I have no hard figures but from anecdotes I am seeing guys who are on TRT who end up donating seem to have a "glass ceiling" where ferritin that goes above 100 gets smacked back down. Some guys might be less. I am at 36 right now. I need to sneak mine up but I am going to target a ferritin of 50 soon. Then see how I feel there. It has been sooooo long since my ferritin has been up even at 36.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who has to take iron every day or his ferritin falls FAST. I can;t even take 5mg per day or I donate too soon. So I am now dietary only after my 4 or 5 days. (I will probably try 6 days next.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FDV70, post: 210685, member: 43104"] I would say no. I would do only 4 or 5 days. The trigger for hepcidin is 60mg, but you are using 50mg and I think that will probably still accomplish the goal. I have not had anyone using 50mg so let me know if it worked when you look at your bloods. Let's just go with a hypothetical. Let's say you did this for (arbitrary) 14 days. You like the rest of us probably have high RBCs. So that hepcidin is staying high and filling cells with iron (from these recycled RBCs and it's stored as ferritin) and you end up with a crazy high ferritin of (guessing) 300. If you were a normal person not on TRT you would be happy. The moment you stop the iron, things go back to normal. You are a Test user so the body will rob from that 300 -- and put it into serum. And you will end up with high hemoglobin again, too early. And you'll have to donate again, too early. So we don't want to put ferritin too high. I have no hard figures but from anecdotes I am seeing guys who are on TRT who end up donating seem to have a "glass ceiling" where ferritin that goes above 100 gets smacked back down. Some guys might be less. I am at 36 right now. I need to sneak mine up but I am going to target a ferritin of 50 soon. Then see how I feel there. It has been sooooo long since my ferritin has been up even at 36. I have a friend who has to take iron every day or his ferritin falls FAST. I can;t even take 5mg per day or I donate too soon. So I am now dietary only after my 4 or 5 days. (I will probably try 6 days next.) [/QUOTE]
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