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First labs after starting TRT - WOW!
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<blockquote data-quote="madman" data-source="post: 201735" data-attributes="member: 13851"><p>Clear as day now that your trough FT level is too high.</p><p></p><p>As you can clearly see your hematocrit/hemoglobin was high on your current protocol 120 mg T/week (60 mg every 3.5 days).</p><p></p><p>As I stated in one of your previous threads when starting trt or tweaking a protocol (increasing dose of T) it will drive up your RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit within the first month and can take up to 9-12 months to reach peak levels.</p><p></p><p>Now that you finally posted where your levels sat although you feel great overall on your current protocol you are going to most likely be struggling with high hematocrit/hemoglobin due to running a very high trough FT level and will most likely get caught up on the donating blood too frequently merry go round to try and manage it while at the same time crashing your iron/ferritin which can lead to other issues.</p><p></p><p>As I stated earlier if you feel great overall leave it be.</p><p></p><p>If you run into issues and find that you need to donate blood often to control it then it would be more sensible to lower your overall weekly T-dose and bring down your trough FT level as you easily have room to do such and would most likely feel just as good.</p><p></p><p>The downfall is unfortunately your trough TT/FT levels were driven up very high from the get-go and you will have a hard time accepting the fact that you would most likely feel just as good running lower levels.</p><p></p><p>Many will tend to donate when hematocrit starts creeping up over the high end but some leave it be unless it hits 52-54.</p><p></p><p>Donating too frequently to try and manage elevated RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit is a catch 22 as although it will bring levels down it can lead to crashing your iron/ferritin stores which can lead to many other issues.</p><p></p><p>Too many get caught up on where their TT levels sit at the true trough on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency) without paying attention to <u>peak let alone FT level which is more important when managing your T levels</u>.</p><p></p><p>Although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the active unbound fraction of testosterone responsible for the beneficial effects.</p><p></p><p>The key point being is that running too high of FT levels can result in elevated RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit let alone cause some other side-effects in sensitive individuals (genetically prone).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madman, post: 201735, member: 13851"] Clear as day now that your trough FT level is too high. As you can clearly see your hematocrit/hemoglobin was high on your current protocol 120 mg T/week (60 mg every 3.5 days). As I stated in one of your previous threads when starting trt or tweaking a protocol (increasing dose of T) it will drive up your RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit within the first month and can take up to 9-12 months to reach peak levels. Now that you finally posted where your levels sat although you feel great overall on your current protocol you are going to most likely be struggling with high hematocrit/hemoglobin due to running a very high trough FT level and will most likely get caught up on the donating blood too frequently merry go round to try and manage it while at the same time crashing your iron/ferritin which can lead to other issues. As I stated earlier if you feel great overall leave it be. If you run into issues and find that you need to donate blood often to control it then it would be more sensible to lower your overall weekly T-dose and bring down your trough FT level as you easily have room to do such and would most likely feel just as good. The downfall is unfortunately your trough TT/FT levels were driven up very high from the get-go and you will have a hard time accepting the fact that you would most likely feel just as good running lower levels. Many will tend to donate when hematocrit starts creeping up over the high end but some leave it be unless it hits 52-54. Donating too frequently to try and manage elevated RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit is a catch 22 as although it will bring levels down it can lead to crashing your iron/ferritin stores which can lead to many other issues. Too many get caught up on where their TT levels sit at the true trough on such protocol (dose T/injection frequency) without paying attention to [U]peak let alone FT level which is more important when managing your T levels[/U]. Although TT is important to know FT is what truly matters as it is the active unbound fraction of testosterone responsible for the beneficial effects. The key point being is that running too high of FT levels can result in elevated RBCs/hemoglobin/hematocrit let alone cause some other side-effects in sensitive individuals (genetically prone). [/QUOTE]
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