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Just had my consultation with Dr. Thomas O’Connor and he advised me NOT to donate blood due to my ferritin levels in the toilet. He advised to stay on current protocol of 50mg every 3.5 days and do labs again in 60 days. Hopefully my RBC and Hematocrit levels stay put where they are. Im so...

I was on testosterone cypionate for a year and was struggling with anxiety. Dr. Switched me to Enanthate and anxiety went down dramatically after week 5. Don’t know why but it did and I feel a hell of a lot better on enanthate.

Thanks for the input guys. I just saw Dr. Crisler’s video about this. I haven’t been here in a while and just found out about his passing. Very very sad news. I was definitely donating too much. I must have donated 5 times last year alone . ‍♂️ Always a learning process with TRT.

my hematocrit is slightly high at 50.5%. my red blood cell count is high at 6.59 million/uL but my ferritin is low at 11ng/ml and my iron is low at 45 mcg/dL. I'm really concerned about my high RBC and wondering if i should donate with my iron and ferretin so low.

Thanks Vince. I didn’t see reverse T3 should I test that as well? Mine was pretty high at 35 About a year ago but haven’t tested thyroid since.

Can anyone post a list of the most complete labs to get while on TRT so I can let my primary Dr. know since he's willing to work with me and I'm going through my insurance this time and they will cover it. I did that follow up TRT blood work at discounted labs last test but I wan't more details...

Any long term issues associated with monotherapy? Can your testicles recover after long term mono treatment if you had to stop TRT for any reason?

When I first started TRT I was given HCG with my protocol. It has never seemed to agree with me for some reason or another so I stopped taking it. I recently tried to incorporate it back in my protocol but it was making me feel like shit at just 250 iu every 3.5 days and had to stop. I suspect...

for those that suffer from occasional prostatitis.

Thanks for your input, It’s much appreciated.

Dam. I’m sorry to hear that dude.

I’m sorry you’re feeling so bad man. I’ve been on TRT for over a year and still having trouble dialing in. Hang in there man. I have learned A lot in my short time on this forum trying different things. Best advise I can give is introduce one thing at a time. This is a for sure way you know...

have you tried changing your diet? Avoid foods that are high in iron since this mineral provides your body with hemoglobin. Consume grapefruit daily because according to recent studies, eating half a grapefruit per day lowers hematocrit levels because naringin, a flavonoid that facilitates the...

Thanks MarkM for your response. I’m definitely going back to every 3.5 days. I felt much better there and was able to get off the AI’s. I only brought up e2 because Vince Carter said it may still be too high which is another reason why I tried EOD. I personally hate AI’s. It gives me the worst...

My apologies for not being as knowledgeable as you are in this regard. I’m asking an honest question based on labs done on a protocol That I already have labs for. I’m not understanding why I need to wait for labs if I already know what the numbers are. You mentioned to wait for my free t to...

I agree with the free estradiol and will Be definitely testing for that on my next blood draw. However, the above listed labs were done after seven weeks on every 3.5 day protocol. Since I already know what my numbers are like on that protocol based on the numbers that are listed would you take...

So my question still remains. Based on the my above listed labs would .25 mg of anastrozole every 3.5 days taken with injections be ok?

I thought 30 eod was a lot too.i mentioned it in another post but tried anyway. I felt the surge right away after just the 3rd injection and went down to 25mg eod. 1week later went to 22mg but by then I was feeling like dg shit and didn’t want to continue. Sometimes you just have to listen to...

2 years with no issues on every 3.5 day injections? Just go back to that. That’s what I’m going to do.

update: still feeling worst by the day. anxiety is off the charts and now experiencing acne on forehead, face and major water retention. I'm no rocket scientist but obviously my e2 is getting high. I'm not going to waste my time or money doing labs since I haven't been on the protocol long...

Ask and you shall receive. LOL! thanks Vince. That's what I'm looking for.

I've done a bunch of searches on the web but There's not a lot of information out there on the correlation of e2 and free e2. I think this a great topic for an in depth discussion. Maybe this has been covered before and I just haven't found it.

wow! that's really interesting. This is exactly why i created this thread. Here you have what appears to be high e2 yet your free e2 is on the money. now what? what if it was vice versa? Interesting stuff here.

I get it now. Thanks! When I do my next blood draw I will definitely be adding this to the list. Is it a specific test for men like sensitive e2 or just free estradiol?

Hoping Vince Carter will chime in with a link to that thread. I couldn’t find much on the search.

On another thread i posted, Vince Carter mentioned about also testing free e2. I've never heard about testing that so I'm really curious and trying to educate myself about it. Can one have normal levels of sensitive e2 yet have high free e2? If so, how would one address that problem?

Vince, since we touched on the subject of e2 and free e2. would you treat it the same with an AI? What I mean is, can one have healthy e2 sensitive levels but have high free estradiol? How would one address that if it is even possible to have such a thing?

Will do. Thanks Vince!

I know Vince, I’m the worst at over thinking things and the minute I feel it’s not right I want to change. I’m going to continue EOD and give it a chance. Could I just be dosing to high for EOD? I started at 30mg but went down to 25mg. What are your thoughts on dosage?

My God, I have so much to learn. I’m more confused now then ever before on what protocol is best for me. So EOD injections will raise your free E but lower sensitive E? How would one control Free E? Anastrozole? I’m sorry for all the questions but i’m Just so frustrated. I’ve been chasing the...

That’s the part I don’t understand. Shouldn’t my estradiol be lower on EOD? Do you think my numbers looked good on every 3.5 days? Those numbers are 3 days post injection. I’m assuming the day of injection my sensitive Estradiol would be higher correct?