Sleep, HCG and elevated H&H

[Tylurnt]

Having issues with sleep and elevated H&H that came about 3 or 4 months after starting injections. Never had issues with sleep before TRT. On the following trough results, i was doing 40mg e3d IM
Total T 631
Free T (direct) 23.5 (9.3-26.5)
E2 sensitive 24
SHBG 10.4
HCT 52.1
HGB 17.9

Have since donated blood (felt no difference) and lowered my dose to 35-36mg e3d.

Curious what would be causing my broken up sleep? Have considered adding HCG , has that helped anyones sleep issues? Im concerned my neurosteroid production is low and is contributing to sleep issues. Ill fall asleep and sleep 4-5 hrs then rest of the night its very broken and light sleep.

Also HDL has been low and LDL high, even though i eat extremely healthy. Before TRT, i ate like complete shit and my LDL and HDL were in the green!!!

Overall i feel better than i did on EOD and ED subq but im far from dialed in. What im dealing with now is mostly just fatigue and lethargy which may be from the poor sleep. Anxiety is better now on e3d IM for sure.

Not ready to throw in the towel on injections yet...really hate to screw myself up again going to cream and trying to dial that in... have some HCG coming and was going to trial first

 

[Nelson Vergel]

Curious what would be causing my broken up sleep?

Potential sleep apnea worsened by TRT? Hotter body temp? Lower progesterone upstream?

 

[Willyt]

Having issues with sleep and elevated H&H that came about 3 or 4 months after starting injections. Never had issues with sleep before TRT. On the following trough results, i was doing 40mg e3d IM
Total T 631
Free T (direct) 23.5 (9.3-26.5)
E2 sensitive 24
SHBG 10.4
HCT 52.1
HGB 17.9

Have since donated blood (felt no difference) and lowered my dose to 35-36mg e3d.

Curious what would be causing my broken up sleep? Have considered adding HCG , has that helped anyones sleep issues? Im concerned my neurosteroid production is low and is contributing to sleep issues. Ill fall asleep and sleep 4-5 hrs then rest of the night its very broken and light sleep.

Also HDL has been low and LDL high, even though i eat extremely healthy. Before TRT, i ate like complete shit and my LDL and HDL were in the green!!!

Overall i feel better than i did on EOD and ED subq but im far from dialed in. What im dealing with now is mostly just fatigue and lethargy which may be from the poor sleep. Anxiety is better now on e3d IM for sure.

Not ready to throw in the towel on injections yet...really hate to screw myself up again going to cream and trying to dial that in... have some HCG coming and was going to trial first

Exact same sleep issues for me when my TE dose it too high - 3am wakeup and its all over. My sleep is less shitty on lower dose.
Try stepping down dose 40->35->30 and see what happens.

 

[Tylurnt]

Potential sleep apnea worsened by TRT? Hotter body temp? Lower progesterone upstream?

Did a sleep apnea test and very mild apnea when i slept on my back. I actually have pretty cold body temp...iodine has helped , just added that recently. Progesterone was 0.4 in december

 

[Tylurnt]

Exact same sleep issues for me when my TE dose it too high - 3am wakeup and its all over. My sleep is less shitty on lower dose.
Try stepping down dose 40->35->30 and see what happens.

crazy that my levels would be too high though... i guess Free T is top of range. Lowered to 35-36mg 2 weeks ago and no improvement yet. Ill wait a couple more weeks, assess and maybe lower some more.