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    Quote Originally Posted by 38onTRT View Post
    For the sake of me not knowing, what is all that extra Free Test doing...? I'm surprised your Hematocrit and Hemoglobin isnt much higher.. Do you give blood?
    Actually hTC is about par for the course.

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    Gbrice, do you feel any fatigue or slight sleepiness around 3pm?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 38onTRT View Post
    For the sake of me not knowing, what is all that extra Free Test doing...? I'm surprised your Hematocrit and Hemoglobin isnt much higher.. Do you give blood?
    Hopefully building muscle!

    Re: Hema and Hemo - I just gave blood about 6 weeks ago. Both were JUST over the high end of the range. Will be donating again in a couple months.

    Quote Originally Posted by austinite View Post
    Actually hTC is about par for the course.

    Great coverage above.

    Gbrice, do you feel any fatigue or slight sleepiness around 3pm?
    I can't say for sure Austin... only because I always have a slight fatigue lol. The time I have to sleep isn't great to begin with (roughly 6 hours) and to make matters worse, I don't sleep very well more often than not. :\

    Curious though - why do you ask?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbrice75 View Post
    Hopefully building muscle!

    Re: Hema and Hemo - I just gave blood about 6 weeks ago. Both were JUST over the high end of the range. Will be donating again in a couple months.



    I can't say for sure Austin... only because I always have a slight fatigue lol. The time I have to sleep isn't great to begin with (roughly 6 hours) and to make matters worse, I don't sleep very well more often than not. :\

    Curious though - why do you ask?
    I asked because my cortisol levels were similar to yours. For everyone, cortisol levels drop around 2 to 3 pm, this was causing me to crash, even though I was still in range. Medication fixed that. Since you took this in the AM, your PM number is probably around 7 or 8. But I was just curious, it's possible that it doesn't have the same effect on you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by austinite View Post
    I asked because my cortisol levels were similar to yours. For everyone, cortisol levels drop around 2 to 3 pm, this was causing me to crash, even though I was still in range. Medication fixed that. Since you took this in the AM, your PM number is probably around 7 or 8. But I was just curious, it's possible that it doesn't have the same effect on you.
    All prior lab work was done around 2-3pm believe it or not, and as you would expect, cortisol was around the number you mentioned. Even then, I can't say I recall any feeling of crashing around that time moreso than any other.

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