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BP stayed low for a week. Got higher yesterday and lowest reading this morning was 138/86. My body feels really good since donating blood, gym workout yesterday was best in a long time and my body just doesn’t feel like it’s under constant strain and pressure. However, my BP doesn’t seem to be...

Had blood donation this afternoon. 5 1/2 hours later BP was 125/73 and 125/72 on last two reading 2 minutes apart. I’ll monitor and see if drop is temporary for a day or so, or if it is sustained due to decreased hematocrit.

Thanks for your detailed feedback as always. Believe me, I don’t want to be donating blood very often, and my goal with this donation is to get my hematocrit down to a good level in the 40s, and then try to address the possibility of having obstructive sleep apnea. I’m going to see my primary...

It was a typo. I take 6 grams a day

I got my first full lab work done in almost 6 months, and got the results back today. For almost 7 weeks before these labs, I lowered my weekly dose from 100mg, to 84. I inject three times a week. This blood draw was done at a 49 hour trough after my last injection. You can see my total T has...

My doc bumped me down to 40mg for two weeks to see how my pressure stabilizes before any drug change. I started that on Thursday. Today my BP averaged 128/82 for three reading each 1-2 minutes apart. Since starting BP meds back at the end of September, my erectile function has been in and out...

My doc suggested that we try a full 80 milligrams a day of Telmisartan. I’ve been on this dose for 3 1/2 weeks, and it’s become clear that 80 is too much. I started out taking it in the morning, but after a few days, I just couldn’t handle how lightheaded and dizzy it was making me, so I...

Thanks for the feedback. I do 5 mg cialis daily along with citruline 6 mg a day. I probably need to do 40 mg of Telmisartan and a low dose of another drug to bring my systolic down without tanking my diastolic

I came back to this thread because my BP treatment and levels have been all over the place. My BP jumped back up on 40 mg of Telmisartan, so my doc added in 12.5 of hydrochlorothiazide and after about a month of it, I dumped it due to my systolic BP still being in the mid 130s and it starting to...

Well, a couple weeks later now, and a decent amount of the side effects have worn off. My libido is still mediocre, but I’m getting pretty decent nocturnal erections again. I’ve been somewhat fatigued since I started Telmisartin, but it’s not every day that I feel it. I’m also starting to get...

His nurse responded today and said that we could look into other medication’s, but it might take a stronger dose of something else to keep my blood pressure low. I also know that 50 mg of losartan is equivalent to 40 mg of Telmisartin. I’m gonna give this another week, I don’t think things will...

That makes sense and was what I was thinking. Unfortunately, my primary care physician doesn’t feel the same way. I sent him a message through my chart yesterday, telling him my symptoms. His response was that Telmisartin doesn’t cause ED, and another drug would only make it worse. So there’s no...

Curious, if losaran is also an ARB, how would it not affect me the same as Temisartin?

Libido is starting to come back around over the past couple of days, but erections are not. My flaccid state is also greatly reduced. Would an ACE inhibitor like lisinopril possibly be better?

Sleep study is on my list of things to address. Unfortunately it keeps getting longer. All this smacked me out of nowhere. I was feeling good for over a month after getting over Covid, and then my body started to fail on me out of nowhere. Thanks for support, it’s appreciated.

I normally take 6 g of citrulline powder a day. I was off of it for a few days because I traveled out of town. I started back up today.

I’m not sure either. It’s a real struggle right now for me. My sleep is getting worse as well. Waking up after three hours and wired. I stopped my microdose of AI a couple of weeks ago, which may be contributing. I don’t want to take it, but my estrogen elevates and hurts libido and erections...

I take 5 mg cialis daily. Usually works nicely, it isn’t right now.

I recently started taking 40 mg of Telmisartin 2 1/2 weeks ago. My blood pressure has been extremely high since I got Covid at the end of July. It topped out at 170/100 on my doctors visit three weeks ago, and it was time to start some meds as always, I come here because the people on here seem...

Just that you have to be careful with magnesium lowering blood pressure with the meds. Just wondering if anyone has had any issues. I haven’t so far

Thanks. Me too.

Bumping down 10 and going from there. My 48 hour trough for free testosterone was over 24 on my last labs in July. I don’t feel like I need to be quite that high, but I was also feeling really good for about the past 4-5 weeks before my blood pressure spiked again. Talking to my PCP yesterday...

Does anyone know if Telmisartan can be taken along with magnesium at night? I’ve seen some conflicting things but nothing too bad online.

My guess is 90 or 100 a week

I am contemplating going down to 90 a week. My doc prescribed telmisartan 40 mg to me today. I chose it over losartan for the longer half life and other benifits I researched. I am also going to check into my cortisol levels. My BP has been slowly creeping up for years, even before TRT. It is...

My sleep has now gone to absolute crap the last few days as well. High BP and I am waking up every hour regardless of what I do. Wired and awake right now at 3 AM. My sleep had gotten somewhat better, but since my BP has spiked, it has gone to garbage.

Thanks. Took 6 readings 1-2 minutes apart this morning and averaged 132/77. I’m feeling better, but body still feels somewhat tight and fatigued, but nowhere near how it felt the previous two days. It may very well just be residual from the previous two days of stress. Gonna hydrate, took my...

How much potassium do you supplement daily?

It’s been a while since I updated so I figured I would post and talk about how the changes Defy suggested worked and other issues that are now coming up. The micro dosing of half a .125 pill with each shot worked very well for a few weeks, but it’s kind of lost its effectiveness for libido...

Thanks for the feedback. I’m willing to try what the doc laid out for me. He feels the same way about my target E2 number. I don’t use HCG. I would say my natural production has completely shut down. I have been injecting for almost 3 months.

I took another Covid test and it came back positive. I knew it couldn’t be hormonal. Wish me luck that recovery is short. My symptoms are mild besides headaches and my blood pressure going up a little.