ferritin

By Nelson Vergel — chemical engineer, patient advocate, and 34+ years on TRT | Last updated: July 2026 You feel flat. Training that used to feel easy now drags. You're sleeping enough, your testosterone looks dialed in, and your doctor says your bloodwork is "normal." So why the fatigue? For a...

I’ve searched this forum and several others trying to find a situation that matches mine, but I haven’t found anything that really lines up, so I’m posting here hoping someone sees something obvious that I’m missing. I’m a boxer with 15+ years of training. For the last 4 years I’ve been battling...

What's the consensus on Iron supplementation while on TRT? Is it a good thing or a bad thing to do? I'm currently taking Ferosom Forte powder to try to get my Iron back in the normal range but also don't want HCT to skyrocket. Let me know what works for you. Thanks Funkybeats

* Personally I and most hematologists use actually a ferritin cutoff of 50 ng/dL * GI iron absorption only returns to normal ferritins of 50-60 ng/dL https://www.vumedi.com/video/iron-too-much-or-too-little/

Hi Guys, 52 yo male here. I started TRT 4 1/2 months ago due to free test levels of 7.9, range 7.7 to 24. I had every hypogonadism symptom in the book. I have high SHGB and I'm a low estrogen aromatizer. I'd say I'm a TRT hyper responder. I use test enanthate and HCG both injected...

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is doing well today. Looks like I may have found the source of my fatigue, after reviewing my recent iron labs I noticed things look off. My iron saturation is testing at only 17% while my ferritin is 151. All rbc parameters test as robust if not slightly...

https://www.vumedi.com/video/new-insights-in-iron-deficiency-anemia/ By SOHO ITALY FEATURING DOMENICO GIRELLI TAKE-HOME MESSAGES https://ifpbm.org/scientific-associates/prof-domenico-girelli/

Hi, My labs just came back and surprise, I have high HCT 57.5 and low iron 8.5 umol/l from donating. Can someone explain to my why this can't be fixed with iron supplementation? Seems like the only thing that works is lowering your T dose. I'm only at 60mg twice a week. I feel no side effects...

Hey guys, I’ve been on 100mg Test Cyp IM weekly for the past 15 years, started at 25 I'm now 40 with good results overall, but something’s changed recently and I need experienced eyes on this. For the past month, I’ve had constant lightheadedness, faint feelings, brain fog, and general weakness...

Hi everybody, I thought I would share something a bit interesting for me as I got advanced labs finally. Of note, my E2 which had been very high is now LOW after taking 0.40mg of anastrozole in the past week. From 300 to only 22 (81 pg/ml to 6 pg/ml). Meanwhile, my testosterone is excellent at...

Have you tested your iron levels lately? Are you currently taking iron? Are you taking it every day? (spoiler alert: you don't want to take iron every day!) Iron may be a standard, almost boring supplement to think about, but having adequate iron levels is absolutely essential to your health...

Haven’t donated blood in years because when I was donating 4 times per year my ferritin dropped as low as 0 (according to labs). After lowering my T dose and stopping all phlebotomies, it took about 2 years to get a normal (in the 40s) ferritin level. I donated again 6 weeks ago because me...

https://www.etsu.edu/com/intmed/facultymeans_robert.php Dr. Means joined the ETSU faculty in 2014 to serve as dean of the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine and continued as dean until 2018. He is board certified in internal medicine and hematology. He is internationally recognized for his...

I donated blood for the first time in 4 years because my hematocrit was 55.5 One week post donation my Ferritin came back at 27.2 - Normal value: 22.0 - 322.0 ng/mL Still considered normal, and I wish I knew what it was before the donation. How bad will it be for my ferritin If I have to...

Anyone keep their HCT and Hemoglobin in check without donations? If so, how?

Many people in the anti-aging world have heard of the experiments done by the team of Mike and Irina Conboy which involved putting the blood from young mice into old mice and vice versa. In summary it showed that the old mice showed signs of getting younger and the young mice showed signs of...

Hey all - my ferritin was at 16. I did the "Raising ferritin fast" protocol, taking the recommended pills at the recommended dose for 7 days without missing any doses, no vitamin C or D supplements, and checked ferritin three days after it was over - 16!! A. I read the whole thing through and...

I donate blood because I always have high HCT on TRT(150 per week/split Mon & Thurs). My HCT usually runs around 53-54 if I'm behind on donation. Blood test was 1 month after last blood donation. Doc's thoughts was to not take iron supplement, to just let things ride for now. No symptoms other...

Dr Rudy Eberwein explains how to Manage Iron Overload: Causes, Supplements, Treatment

Someone help me! Lol Donating blood too frequently but the kicker is I always feel better after donating for a few weeks… but my numbers are horrendous..

Should I supplement?

I read that someone took 1 cap of Jarrow Brand IP6 + 1200 mg NAC daily and it reduced their HCT/HGB and need to donate blood. This video briefly mentions that: Has anyone had any success with this?

How should I explain raised ferritin to a patient? Before explaining the result, we recommend reviewing the initial reason the test was requested and how the result may or may not be in line with the initial thought process. We suggest explaining: • Ferritin is a marker of iron stores in the...

I'm not sure why nobody talks about this, and I could only find a study replicating these results in pigs :) Anyway, a 5-7 day fast will result in a lasting increase in Ferritin due to the recycled iron in the body, no supplements, no blood donation madness, nothing, just don't eat for a week...

I’m currently in the middle of decreasing my dose due to high e2 issues that I did not want to mitigate by AI use. The following labs were taken while taking 100mg a week split Monday morning and Thursday evening. IM. Labs drawn Thursday morning on day 14 of new 100mg protocol. E2 sensitive -...

Anastrozole resulted in high RDW and low ferritin. Never had this issue before using Arimidex. Anyone else develop high RDW and low ferritin on ADEX? My HGB,HCT,RBC are normal. Doc had me on 1mg/week with 100mg CYP/week. Only plus to ADEX was that it normalized my GGT, which can ride high with...

Here we go again. Sorry but there are dozens of dozens of threads and posts on this topic with lots of information but to the best of my knowledge no consensus. Maybe no consensus is possible or even necessary as these things are individual. Let me phrase my next question as carefully as I...

I crashed my ferritin badly.. I gave blood too frequently and it was at 1. I felt like crap, all of the low ferritin symptoms. Doc told me to stop donating, and get on 350MG Iron + Vitamin C. I went out and got tons of iron supps. The first and second day... I felt amazing. Tons of energy, tons...

The formula, courtesy of @Cataceous 4:3 ratio of T cyp to T prop. 6mg/day testosterone, about 8mg combined with ester weights 7 parts 4/7 *6mg=3.43mg/.7= 4.9mg cypionate @ 200mg/ml = .025ml 3/7 *6mg=2.57mg/.837= 3.07mg proprionate @ 100mg/ml = .031ml Total dose .056ml or 5.6 units U100...

I have had a very rough go with a blood cancer for the last 2 1/2 years. I've lost weight, and more importantly, muscle mass, as my body composition has shifted due to inactivity and in ability to exercise. I am down to 135 pounds, and my weight is still ever so slowly decreasing. There are...

The Vorck Protocol Summary Background: The protocol was developed by a TRT user since 2001 who had difficulty recovering ferritin levels after blood donations. After conducting personal research and consulting with a hematologist in May 2021, he created and tested this protocol on himself and...