Megadosing 5000mgc/ED B12 on 500mg Test-E a week - high RBC risk?

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So you had blood work, what was the hematocrit?

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Originally Posted by InsaneMuscle

My HB (Hemaglobin) came in as 14.9 g/dl (13-17 range) so knowing that the Hematrocit result would be the value if we divide HB by 3, so should be 4.96 (I THINK!) Fix me if Im wrong

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That is an estimate, not the real value, and its multiply by 3. Post your BW.

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HCT is the hematocrit and is at 43%, so pretty low.

It is true that B12 is required to the erythrocyte (RBC) formation, iron also enters this equation, and steroids will elevate erythropoiesis (sorry for the spelling, I think lol), but yours is still quite normal.

B12 is water soluble vitamin, so your body will easily excret excess, 5000mcg orally I would not say its low dose but its not mega dose. I have injectable B12 of 20mgs, ussually only use a quarter or a fifth of it per week, but it is injectable, in orals you have to account absortion which can be like 50% or less.
So maybe reduced to 2-3 times per week, and you should be fine.

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Last time checked was almost 2 years ago and was at 734 pg/ml (range 193-982), its an expensive test for me here, dont remember how much was supplementing lol

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Originally Posted by InsaneMuscle

Well, my finding was that 1000-2000mcg a day of this b12 gave me greater appetite but nothing too impressive plus my memory has improved greatly and I had been just more alert in general,

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Same here.

Drastic appetite increase will not happen on b12 whatever dose.