Help me make this make sense- IGF-1 levels
I started hgh in March of this year. Prior to, my levels were always in the normal range. By May my IGF-1 was up to 335. All of April I was at 2iu right before bed, no food for at least 2hrs before. In May I bumped up to 4iu and have stayed there. I always had a little water retention but noticed it went away in June. End of June BW came back and igf was at 167. I remembered seeing a little moisture in my kit in June but didnt think much of it at the time but after the results, I switched to a different source and instantly water retention was back. I assumed the kit went bad because the moisture and that was that. Almost all of July was the new stuff and end of July BW came back, I was only up to 187. Bumped up to 6iu and haven't noticed any difference. Could I have 2 bad sources? Is it me? I just can't figure out what it can be. Anyone else have an issue like this? I'd post a picture of my results but for the life of me can't figure out how to post a picture here.
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If 2iu was giving me 335, I would have stayed there. Dont fix whats not broken
You're right. That's smart.
Your estrogen level may play a role here, if you're taking AI, Primo, or EQ, these items could Lower your estrogen which you need downstream of HGH to increase IGF-1
So to get a high IGF-1 level on paper is finicky. You honestly need to have more carbs and insulin within your system, when these two things are in abundance your liver will then start to convert GH into systemic circulating IGF-1.
So if you are dieting it means your IGF-1 levels will suck, it doesn't mean the GH doesn't work though.
Get a Growth Hormone Serum Test (Not IGF-1) inject 10IU of GH 3 - 3.5 hours prior to the blood draw. You do this so then you can rule out if your GH is fake or not. GH is rarely faked btw.
First change the fridge setting. 2nd what were you expecting from upping the dose? third What was your dosage and testing protocol. Forth and most important What were you really expecting and what else were you using to get the expected results
1- I bought and switched to a nice peptide case for storing in the fridge. 2- I upped it in case it's not really as potent as I was told it is (HGH36). I'll see what BW looks like at the end of the month. 3- 2iu for a month and then went to 4. Testing is always fasted and I always do it at 5:45am at quest. 4- I was expecting my IGF-1 levels to stay elevated higher than normal range, like they were in May. Not drop down. I use 250test/week, May and June I ran 50mg var daily for 8 weeks, 2mg reta Mon and Thurs, and the hgh.