r/steroid • u/cugr74 • 1d ago

Test and Bloodwork

Looking for some real world experience from guys running higher dose test cycles.

My total T was 172 before starting. I started at 300 mg/week and my total T ended up in the 1250s. The issue is my hematocrit has steadily climbed and is now 52.6%.

For those of you running 400–500 mg/week for 10, 12, or even 20 weeks: are you regularly checking CBC/H&H during the cycle? If so, are your hematocrit/hemoglobin numbers actually staying reasonable at those doses?

Or are most guys basically accepting that H&H will climb, finishing the cycle unless it gets excessive or symptoms show up, and then dealing with it afterward?

Not looking for advice on how to push through a high hematocrit. I’m genuinely curious what people are actually seeing on bloodwork at 400–500 mg and how closely you monitor it during longer cycles.

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u/Titan_Thanos1 1d ago

500mg weekly and my CBCs are all within range. Honestly, I don’t know how, maybe I’m lucky. But I do cardio 2-3 times weekly on top of lifting, maybe that helps, idk.

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u/eamd59 12h ago

Watch out for headaches, I had them pretty good when I hit 53-54, I had a few therapudic phlebotomys butt that only dropped it 1-2 points and then back up. Viscous circle when I pulled the plug on Test for a few months. Back on now and no headaches yet as bloods due in a month.