Yes! Going to ED micro dosing will help with lowering Hematocrit. I just got back on after being off for 6 months. I'm micro dosing ED for the same reason. Please go read through the thread below, I do a thorough deep dive about the benefits of micro dosing for lowering E2 and HCT:
Good day, I have a question maybe someone can help with. I recently had my blood work done and Im 45yrs old and was told my test was at 1536. I’ll get the rest of the information on Monday. I recently started Test C last month after my levels were 145. I was put on 100mg a wk thru my dr. I felt...
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Because you're getting regular labs the above link to the thread "Test Question" is going to provide a lot of valuable information for someone doing labs. For the last 6 months I've been trying to get my hematocrit down into range to get a legit script for HRT/TRT. This past Friday I came in at 55 for my HCT, down from 70 in the beginning, yes 70. I've been doing phlebotomy for the last 3-4 months to get my HCT down. I can't get a script for TRT/HRT until I get my HCT into range. I live at altitude, two miles above sea level, primary reason my HCT is so elevated. So, I've been doing a lot of research on how to get my HCT down and keep it down while on TRT/HRT.
Now to explain why micro dosing has an impact on HCT. With every injection comes a spike with your hormonal levels in your blood serum. This raises certain hormones artificially, ie: Testosterone. Well, your body recognizes this spike, but it doesn't know it's dealing with exogenous hormones you injected into the body. What does the body do, it naturally raises your other hormones to bring homeostasis to the endocrine system. So now you have all your hormones balanced out to make sure your endocrine system is properly function as your body was designed to do. The problem is you pinned a good amount at one time by only pinning twice a week causing more than a normal spike compared to when the body naturally releases hormones into your system. This supraphysiological surge of exogenous hormones causes other hormones like estradiol (E2) and SHBG to become elevated beyond what your body normally would elevate them to, to keep homeostasis. One of the other things that gets elevated with a bolus dose of exogenous hormones being injected into the body is your hematocrit level.
The body recognizes the exogenous hormone but doesn't know what to do with it other than what it was innately designed to do. Because you're injecting an artificial hormone into your body, your body is incapable of regulating it, it can only regulate the other hormones it's naturally releasing to balance out all the hormones in the body for proper function of your endocrine system. So, what happens when you pin only twice a week is you get this big surge of a hormone spike in your blood serum. The problem is because your using exogenous testosterone it's serum levels in your blood drop much quicker than the hormones your body is naturally releasing into the system. So, what you end up having is a big spike in testosterone along with the body releasing the other hormones to balance things out causing elevated E1, E2, SHBG, Albumin, etc. Your exogenous Test levels in your blood serum drop faster than the endogenous hormones do. Now your ratios are really skewed causing side effects in the body like acne, moodiness, water retention, elevated HCT, even gyno, etc. What we're looking at here is your Test levels continue to drop at a much faster rate than the other hormones in your body because your body is able to regulate your E1, E2, SHBG, albumin, etc. but not the artificial exogenous testosterone. This causes an imbalance of hormones in the body. One of the most important things about using AAS's is keeping proper ratios between all the hormones.
Most don't understand this; they single out and focus on one thing like elevated E2; then they crush it because they know no better. In certain circumstances it's good to have elevated E2 to keep a good ratio between Test and the other hormones so the body functions properly. Estradiol is a critical part of muscle growth; you crush it, you crush your gains. I could spend hours explaining how and why it's important to balance out hormones in body, but it's not necessary for answering your question and I don't have that kind of time because we're talking at least half a day or better going through everything.
Bottom line is keeping your spikes down through ED micro dosing keeps your body from releasing more hormones at one time than is necessary to bring homeostasis in the blood stream. What this does for you is keeps your hematocrit levels down as well. This past week I just received some new needles, yes, I get excited about this stuff. Seeing now I'm practicing micro dosing for the same reason you want to lower your HCT. I picked up a box of 25G x 5/8, 27g x 1/2, and 21G x 1&1/2 inch (for drawing only). I'm loving the 25G and 27G needles, pain free allowing me to deal with pinning every day. Hell no, do I subscribe to Subcutaneous injections, I think it's stupid to be honest. It's not necessary to do SubQ, I'm a 100% all the time IM guy, no matter what. But it's a preference, you do your injections the way you like to do them.
I hope this post helps you out, feel free to reach out with any other questions. Cheers, Tyler
Note: for 20 years I did twice a week injection with no issues at all. At least on the surface. It's only been recent that I learned if I'm going to keep my hematocrit down, I have to go to ED micro dosing. Other things that will improve your HCT: staying hydrated, CPAP or O2 machine at night, daily cardio (preferably HIT), stay at lower elevations. Good luck brother
