I have slowly and reluctantly made the decision to stop Jatenzo. I only feel good when hematocrit is 50% or lower and when not taking iron supplements.
I wasn’t meant to operate on high normal testosterone!
If I don’t take iron supplements, I become iron deficient, and when I begin the iron supplementation again, it dehydrates me, causes ED and brain fog.
While on Jatenzo, if I eat anything with iron in it, it makes me dehydrated and it’s spikes my glucose and gives me ED right afterwards. These are the same symptoms I get when I take the iron supplements only to a lesser degree.
Hematocrit on Jatenzo is 55%, hemoglobin 18-19.
Yesterday I didn’t take my Jatenzo and I had pretty OK energy all day, no big crash. I actually felt better yesterday than I had in a long time. This morning I woke up and my fasting glucose levels were 106, slightly better than they were when I was on the Jatenzo!
If it wasn’t for daily injections crushing my ferritin levels, 7 mg daily would’ve been for me as it only got me a 425 total testosterone and I felt like a God!!
When I was on Jatenzo and had the high hemoglobin and hematocrit, I couldn’t tolerate creatine supplements, now I have no problems and the only thing that changed is stopping Jatenzo! That’s because anyone taking creatine while in a dehydrated state muscle pain and cramps will occur.
I’m going to try Natesto and given my high sensitivity to testosterone in itself, I think my response will be very good considering I only need like a 450 total testosterone to feel optimal. I wasn’t meant for high normal testosterone, midrange is for me.
In the future when I get my body fat percentage lower, I can just stop the Natesto and see the outcome rather quickly to see if my natural production has been restored.
