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Does Hematocrit ever level out?
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<blockquote data-quote="ZoomyR6" data-source="post: 86465" data-attributes="member: 15728"><p>Hey Fellas,</p><p></p><p>I just got back from donating blood and for the first time since initiating therapy 3.5 months ago, my HCT was 50 and hemoglobin at 16.6. Naturally I was questioned as why I might think it was that high and I explained. They took my blood since the cutoff is 60.</p><p></p><p>Before starting, my values were 14.4 and 44.6. When I tried clomiphene first, they shot up to 16.6 and 49.9. I quickly donated blood and started my injections at 100mg 1x/week. I had blood drawn 5 weeks later and my levels were normal again at 14.6 and 46.4. The donation helped but I was expecting a significant increase in HCT and hemoglobin but thankfully, that wasn't the case.</p><p></p><p>The labs showed my TT was less than stellar at 480 so my Doc decided to go from 100mg/wk to 80mg 2x/wk (total of 160mg)- a 60mg per week increase. About 4 weeks into that, I started getting headaches, my BP went to 150/80, my heart was beating faster and I felt flush. All the typical symptoms of elevated HCT. I wasn't able to donate blood for another 2 weeks after that (which was today) but closely monitored myself. My BP stabilized around 120/60 but still had the other symptoms. As of today at the blood draw, it was 110/80.</p><p></p><p>My question is that, since my HCT and hemoglobin were well within range and not anywhere near borderline high, will it finally stabilize after giving blood this time? Could it stabilize ever? Could it be expected to jump anytime you increase the dose but once you give blood, it will normalize or can it keep creeping up?</p><p></p><p>I guess I was just hoping I was one of the few lucky ones that didn't have to rely on giving blood every 8 weeks since I was nowhere near high to begin with. I just find it remarkable it jumped that high in 4 weeks time. As stated, I am hoping the massive jump in 4 weeks time was from the significant jump in dosage and all will be fine after this donation.</p><p>I am still waiting for the recent labs since the increase.</p><p></p><p>Aside from this, I found an interesting video on youtube. Its about a Doc saying that elevated HCT from TRT is NOT polycythemia. Polycythemia is a disease that thickens the blood and elevated HCT from TRT does not cause that. Just a healthy increase in red blood cells just as the people that reside in higher elevations get. Thoughts???</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-J5kXU-jQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-J5kXU-jQ</a></p><p></p><p>Regards fellas and thanks for any and all responses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZoomyR6, post: 86465, member: 15728"] Hey Fellas, I just got back from donating blood and for the first time since initiating therapy 3.5 months ago, my HCT was 50 and hemoglobin at 16.6. Naturally I was questioned as why I might think it was that high and I explained. They took my blood since the cutoff is 60. Before starting, my values were 14.4 and 44.6. When I tried clomiphene first, they shot up to 16.6 and 49.9. I quickly donated blood and started my injections at 100mg 1x/week. I had blood drawn 5 weeks later and my levels were normal again at 14.6 and 46.4. The donation helped but I was expecting a significant increase in HCT and hemoglobin but thankfully, that wasn't the case. The labs showed my TT was less than stellar at 480 so my Doc decided to go from 100mg/wk to 80mg 2x/wk (total of 160mg)- a 60mg per week increase. About 4 weeks into that, I started getting headaches, my BP went to 150/80, my heart was beating faster and I felt flush. All the typical symptoms of elevated HCT. I wasn't able to donate blood for another 2 weeks after that (which was today) but closely monitored myself. My BP stabilized around 120/60 but still had the other symptoms. As of today at the blood draw, it was 110/80. My question is that, since my HCT and hemoglobin were well within range and not anywhere near borderline high, will it finally stabilize after giving blood this time? Could it stabilize ever? Could it be expected to jump anytime you increase the dose but once you give blood, it will normalize or can it keep creeping up? I guess I was just hoping I was one of the few lucky ones that didn't have to rely on giving blood every 8 weeks since I was nowhere near high to begin with. I just find it remarkable it jumped that high in 4 weeks time. As stated, I am hoping the massive jump in 4 weeks time was from the significant jump in dosage and all will be fine after this donation. I am still waiting for the recent labs since the increase. Aside from this, I found an interesting video on youtube. Its about a Doc saying that elevated HCT from TRT is NOT polycythemia. Polycythemia is a disease that thickens the blood and elevated HCT from TRT does not cause that. Just a healthy increase in red blood cells just as the people that reside in higher elevations get. Thoughts??? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-J5kXU-jQ[/url] Regards fellas and thanks for any and all responses. [/QUOTE]
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