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Testosterone Side Effect Management
Blood pressure If it’s not one thing, it’s another
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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 130397" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>Blood pressure If it’s not one thing, it’s another, but this does seem to be some sort of side effect related in one way or another to TRT. </p><p></p><p>Recently, my BP rose suddenly, like one week it was 120/76 or lower, the next week it was 132/92 measured in a clinic. Not sure if it rose in 1 day or gradually over 7 days.</p><p></p><p>Now BP is consistently 121/80/72 - 146.83/71, say around 135/92.</p><p></p><p>BUT, BUT if I take a couple of grams of GABA, BP drops to:</p><p></p><p>103/65/65 – 120/74/66, averaging around 110/70. Not sure how long, I think the effect will only last 3-4 hours, not longer than overnight. I tried the GABA at night, by the AM my BP was back up. I tried GABA again at 6:00 AM when I woke up and again at 9:30 AM, my BP remained low for 3 hours. (It seems dose dependent, less than a gram didn’t have much of an effect.)</p><p></p><p>So it seems to be related to neurotransmitters, the only reason I say this is because it’s strongly affected by taking GABA. </p><p></p><p>Since 10/17/2018, I changed my diet to lower carbs, ate much lower calories, lost 16 lbs of weight, started taking Metformin, dropped my blood glucose a lot (12-20 points), started taking prostate supplements like turmeric, LEF Ultra prostate formula, lycopene and baby aspirin. </p><p></p><p>So a lot changed, but those things should have been positive for lowering BP. Besides, in the past in 2011 I had a similar rise in BP and I wasn't taking any of those supplements.</p><p></p><p>I am not taking DHEA or HCG, but I am on Nebido. Same as the past. I haven’t recently measured E2, but I haven’t gained weight and my E2 should be around 20-25 pg/ml. Since it’s been over 7 weeks since that injection and that is how Nebido falls off in my body. Besides, I am losing weight, so it’s not water weight.</p><p></p><p>I haven’t recently tested any hormone levels, it’s quite possible DHEA level has dropped, I have never measured cortisol, and on a blood test maybe 60% of the time potassium levels are slightly elevated. It’s all possibility related but really no idea if any of this is related to blood pressure.</p><p></p><p>As I said, in the past I have had a similar rise in BP on TRT, but for one reason or another it went back down. Not sure why exactly, I was trying various supplements to lower BP and losing weight at the time. It could be I had a similar rise in BP in the past not on TRT and just never noticed it. I measure BP frequently, but only in the last 12 years.</p><p></p><p>I have given a lot of info, any thoughts on why my BP rose?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 130397, member: 18023"] Blood pressure If it’s not one thing, it’s another, but this does seem to be some sort of side effect related in one way or another to TRT. Recently, my BP rose suddenly, like one week it was 120/76 or lower, the next week it was 132/92 measured in a clinic. Not sure if it rose in 1 day or gradually over 7 days. Now BP is consistently 121/80/72 - 146.83/71, say around 135/92. BUT, BUT if I take a couple of grams of GABA, BP drops to: 103/65/65 – 120/74/66, averaging around 110/70. Not sure how long, I think the effect will only last 3-4 hours, not longer than overnight. I tried the GABA at night, by the AM my BP was back up. I tried GABA again at 6:00 AM when I woke up and again at 9:30 AM, my BP remained low for 3 hours. (It seems dose dependent, less than a gram didn’t have much of an effect.) So it seems to be related to neurotransmitters, the only reason I say this is because it’s strongly affected by taking GABA. Since 10/17/2018, I changed my diet to lower carbs, ate much lower calories, lost 16 lbs of weight, started taking Metformin, dropped my blood glucose a lot (12-20 points), started taking prostate supplements like turmeric, LEF Ultra prostate formula, lycopene and baby aspirin. So a lot changed, but those things should have been positive for lowering BP. Besides, in the past in 2011 I had a similar rise in BP and I wasn't taking any of those supplements. I am not taking DHEA or HCG, but I am on Nebido. Same as the past. I haven’t recently measured E2, but I haven’t gained weight and my E2 should be around 20-25 pg/ml. Since it’s been over 7 weeks since that injection and that is how Nebido falls off in my body. Besides, I am losing weight, so it’s not water weight. I haven’t recently tested any hormone levels, it’s quite possible DHEA level has dropped, I have never measured cortisol, and on a blood test maybe 60% of the time potassium levels are slightly elevated. It’s all possibility related but really no idea if any of this is related to blood pressure. As I said, in the past I have had a similar rise in BP on TRT, but for one reason or another it went back down. Not sure why exactly, I was trying various supplements to lower BP and losing weight at the time. It could be I had a similar rise in BP in the past not on TRT and just never noticed it. I measure BP frequently, but only in the last 12 years. I have given a lot of info, any thoughts on why my BP rose? [/QUOTE]
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