How to avoid rise in HCT?

I decreased my testosterone dose to 20mg eod and hct stabilized around 49.
But hemoglobin still went up a bit.
Now I have reduced it further and anxiety is much less now. Better over all

Testing this lower dose to see how it goes. Time will tell.
@M.J Do you have an update since you lowered your dose?
 
@M.J Do you have an update since you lowered your dose?
I stopped this testing as. Had to travel and decided to stop hcg. As this trip is a it long.
Which has giving me the time to test my protocol without hcg.I feel I should have tested testosterone alone without hcg Long time back. until now I feel much better but I would talk about this more once I give it enough time.
Been 2 to 3 weeks without hcg. Morning wood daily. I will talk about it later.

Regarding hematocrit I went back to 20mg I hope if I lowered it my protocol would be as good. Bottom line I have no answer yet still testing but for sure lowering dose stabilized hematocrit.
 
I stopped this testing as. Had to travel and decided to stop hcg. As this trip is a it long.
Which has giving me the time to test my protocol without hcg.I feel I should have tested testosterone alone without hcg Long time back. until now I feel much better but I would talk about this more once I give it enough time.
Been 2 to 3 weeks without hcg. Morning wood daily. I will talk about it later.

Regarding hematocrit I went back to 20mg I hope if I lowered it my protocol would be as good. Bottom line I have no answer yet still testing but for sure lowering dose stabilized hematocrit.
Ok. Curious how you go. Thanks.
 

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Estradiol (E2)

A form of estrogen produced from testosterone. Important for bone health, mood, and libido. Too high can cause side effects; too low can affect well-being.

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The biologically active form of testosterone not bound to proteins. Directly available for cellular uptake and biological effects.

Scientific Reference

Lakshman KM, Kaplan B, Travison TG, Basaria S, Knapp PE, Singh AB, LaValley MP, Mazer NA, Bhasin S. The effects of injected testosterone dose and age on the conversion of testosterone to estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in young and older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug;95(8):3955-64.

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