Just added in hCG.. facial flushing

[chickenstirfry]

Hi gents, I wonder if you can help.

I've recently just added in hCG at 350iu's twice weekly to my regime of 75mg test twice weekly (150mg total). I have used hCG in the past before a fair bit.

I tested slightly elevated e2 before adding in the hCG so I spent a couple of weeks using Adex until the point where I was noticeable a lot drier, joints feel a bit too dry, libido is not quite what it was and bloat has really gone down... so I'm assuming that e2 is now nice and low.

So I took my first shot of 350ius hCG last night. Today I wake up with moon-face and a lot of flushing and just feel kind of sweaty... similar to high e2 symptoms. But my joints feel very dry still! Do you think it is possible for hCG to cause these type of estro effects without e2 actually being too high?

Blood work costs a bomb here in the UK so I really only get it when I see my endo every 6 weeks, which is another few weeks ago.

I'm thinking about just riding it out and continuing using 1mg adex per week split up and continuing with the hCG despite these apparent effects. What do you think? Cheers.

[bass]

you know low e2 symptoms are similar to high e2? based on your current symptoms you may have crashed your E2! how much Adex are you taking?

[imom]

My E2 levels quadrupled after taking HCG (500 IU/week) so I dropped it.

[chickenstirfry]

My E2 levels quadrupled after taking HCG (500 IU/week) so I dropped it.

I hear this so often, I don't understand how guys are keeping it in check with such minimal AI doses.. different people react differently I guess.

[chickenstirfry]

you know low e2 symptoms are similar to high e2? based on your current symptoms you may have crashed your E2! how much Adex are you taking?

Dude I am definitely on the low side.. I can just feel it in my joints and lack of water all over. I was taking 0.5mg Adex per day for 1 week just so that I KNEW I'd be on the low side, and that I would have a good build up of Adex in my blood... that way when I introduce hCG there should be no estro problems at all.

But like I said, hCG 350ius last night, woke up this morning when a red face, puffy cheeks and just feeling kinds flushed and hot, like e2 was creeping up again. I must say it has settled a little bit through the day, but my joints do not feel as dry now.. another thing leading me to think that despite the AI, hCG has elevated e2 quite a bit.

Man this can be a frustrating game sometimes! Especially when labs are expensive here, and sensitive e2 is nowhere to be found. I'm not feeling too bad, but libido is not there really. Hopefully as a back of the adex dose to 1mg a week or so, and continue with hCG... things will just 'settle in'.

[OdinsOtherSon]

Use an online lab. They will run labs on a much shorter list of specific parameters thereby making them much more affordable.

[chickenstirfry]

Unfortunately no online labs I know of here in the uk do the sensitive test. My e2 is def on the low side man. I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed transient high e2 like sides from hCG use, even when systemic e2 levels should be low.

[bass]

is the hCG pharma grade, and was it prescribed by your doc?

[EverettCD]

My E2 levels quadrupled after taking HCG (500 IU/week) so I dropped it.

Are you male or female? Just going by your screen name I'm ASSuming female, but hey I'm wrong A LOT

Sent from my iPhone that was manufactured in a sweat shop in China

[imom]

Are you male or female? Just going by your screen name I'm ASSuming female, but hey I'm wrong A LOT

IMOM = international MAN of mystery

[EverettCD]

IMOM = international MAN of mystery

I'm wrong once again lol. Thanks for the translation.

Sent from my iPhone that was manufactured in a sweat shop in China