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That's interesting. I'm going to have to read about how that works. Might be a clue as to what was going wrong.

My labile hypertension started the very moment I started taking cortisone. I don't know why or how, but it did. But by that point my HPA axis was already messed up and my adrenals were shot. My AM and PM cortisol were extremely low, and so we thought a little hydrocortisone would help. Nope.

Cortisone made me worse, a lot worse. Your adrenals will heal if you let them. Liposomal vitamin C. Lots of sleep. Don't overdo it with exercising. Unless you have Addison's disease, then that's a different story.

I built lots of muscle with TT under 250 years ago. But my DHEAs and IGF-1 were high. I actually built less muscle once my TT got up to 1800 or so, but I got bloated, acne, etc. YMMV. I'm a weirdo.

I tried thiamine and mega doses of B vitamins in 2007 but for some reason actually made me worse. Maybe I was using expired stuff or it had something else in it. I can't remember.

I just sent you a DM about the doctor who I saw there.

TLDR; Stop panicking. Stop reading. Get a beta blocker (use Metoporol XL, name brand - generics suck). Get a good doctor to help you eventually get off the benzos later. Stay hydrated. Rest. Reduce stress. Stop working out for weeks/months. Slowly re-introduce exercise with a recumbent bike and...

I was reading that article last night. Yeah, it seems this is more common than reported. Here's some other random facts, in case anyone else is dealing with this: 1. I noticed this flared up again after I overdosed on vitamin B3 (niacin) last year (which normally causes flushing). I guess that...

not in my case, no pain. just the outer, upper ear. Sometimes both ears, but more often than not, just my left one.

We're lopsided!

Ok. Seems it might be a vasodilation thing from hormones. I just can't understand why it's mostly my left ear. Maybe I need my carotid artery looked at.

When my serum T gets to around 400-500 or higher lately, I get a weird symptom. At night just before bed, the top of my ears get hot.. Mainly my left ear. It gets inflamed, hot and red. This lasts for an hour or two. I'm not sure if its blood sugar related, and why the heck it is mainly my left...

Yeah, less seems like more. I'm a "super hyper metabolizer" according to 23andme. For the past 20 years or so I never did well with IM injections. I've been through it all, the gels, pellets, creams (twice), subq, IM, pills, etc. etc. and subq seems to work best for me - but I think where I...

Thanks a ton.

My supplements should be here by Tuesday. Prilosec worked last night and I could sleep, but I'm not taking it again. I don't want to get stuck taking that shit. I switched over to bottled alkaline water. My diet has been crap and I've been eating red meat every day. but was fine while off...