I got a BAD side effect from hgh
My cycle had all the goodies. steroids, hgh, igf1, t3, I was on my second kit of hgh. When I noticed a tingling feeling. Didn't think nothing of it. The tingles turned into pins and needles all over my body. It got bad. I stopped working out. I started my post therapy. I was moven a fridge up to the second floor and the pins and needles feeling hit me. Man, I almost let that suck fall down the steps because I was in so much pain. I got to the top of the stairs and I was covered in hives. I looked it up on the web and all I could find is Physical Urticaria. I waited a month & 1/2 before going to the doctor. The first thing he did was send me for blood work. He almost shit when he got the test results. He thought I had cancer. I then told him I was taking anabolic steroids and the results will all come down in time. He gave me some alegra and zantac. The shit didn't help. The doctor sent me for another blood test this time everything came back okay. He has no idea whats wrong. Wants me to go c a specialist for some skin allergies. This shit sucks.
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No, I got the doctors #. I just haven't got around to it. I don't have insurance. If I can't work out at the gym tomorrow without breaking out. Then I'm making the call. I think I'll still make that call tomorrow.
AnonI know how bad it sucks to not have insurance but tell the doc and most of them if they are worth their salt will work with you..
Man it sucks....like getting a tattoo. Thousands of little pins all over. Man when it hits i feel like killing some1. I get pissed. I think that makes it worse. I shaved my chest and I got hives. It sucksssss. Its like my body is on fire. I cut the grass 1 day with no shirt and every1 else had coats on. Doctor got me on Doxepin (antidepressant)It makes me feel cold all the time,weird.
Anonyes like fire..doxepine hydrochloride is used to treat chronic outbreaks of hives.. have you seen an allergy doctor?
Thanks for all the help... Feeling better. Going to the gym tomorrow. See what happens when I put some heavy weight on the bar. A few weeks ago I was sitting in the doctors office telling him I got hives. He looked at me like i was crazy. So I flexxed a double bicept pose. Couple minutes later I started turning red. Little red dots all over. I don't think thats shingles. My doctor sucks the big 1.
Anonfire his ass!
AnonI used to take estradiol transdermally, about a month or so after switching scripts, I started getting hives on my shoulders and neck.. didn't think much about it but they didn't go away so I went to the doc.. he gave me prednisone.and a cortico steroid cream.. they went away .... problem solved right? about two weeks later they came back but crazy.. I had hives EVERYWHERE... Went to the doc who referred me immediately to the allergy doc... and gave me prednisone... which worked again but the hives started to creep back by the time I went to the allergy doc.. Allergy doc was one of the BEST docs I have ever been to. He took such a complete thorough history that he solved some other stuff for me. It turns out I was allergic to estradiol administered transdermally, as all the other scripts I tried made me break out too. Lucky for me I could take the pills and not have any reaction to them. Point of the story is make sure you get a doc that listens to you and is interested in finding out the cause rather than treating the symptoms.
tread-mJust curious, did you feel the pins sticking all over? I have never had hives I don't guess or shingles but I have heard shingles do feel like needles all over you just wondered if hives do also?
Anona thousand mosquito bites.. I can't say pins but a prickling sensation that I would say based on severity could easily feel like pins.
tread-mWell thats good to know....
I couldn't get my hands on any t4 just t3. I got Green tops from china. This was our third order from the same source. All my other friends r doing real good. I'm the only 1 with bad genetics..lol The good news is my symptums r getting milder. I got some kigs blue tops. I was thinking of trying them to c if I get the same affect. Maybe next cycle
tread-mIf you need a T-4 source let us know brother. Thats like saying I drank apple juice because I could'nt get my hands on chemotherapy ! Lol. Hey you might do everything in your power to keep your immune system strong on cycle. If you did have shingles, they are likely to come back during a suppression on cycle. Sure would like to know what was going on....
I couldn't get my hands on any t4 just t3. I got Green tops from china. This was our third order from the same source. All my other friends r doing real good. I'm the only 1 with bad genetics..lol The good news is my symptums r getting milder. I got some kigs blue tops. I was thinking of trying them to c if I get the same affect. Maybe next cycle
It would be helpful if you could let us all know what kind of hgh you are taking. That way we can be on alert if we are on the same stuff as you.
YEA PLEASE KEEP US POSTED, something came up in this mix i dont know crap about igf1 but think the t-3 should have been t-4 but curious as hell as to what doc finds. thanks for sharing
eh, I hear t3 or t4 will work. Actually I hear t3 is preferred.
tread-mT-3 was the old school thinking and some continue to listen to "gym docs" and fail to know there is new science done in a controlled way and testing showed no T-3 suppression at all. The suppression comes at the T-4 level and by using T-3 you are creating more imbalance and possibly suppressing T-4 even more. Its not an "eh" thing, its an endocrinology thing..lol
Thanks for the update....T-4. I was following RedBaron 2007 "Putting it all together-HGH + IGF-1 + Insulin".
tread-mGotcha...old school, T-4. Brother I hope you're a 10 year vet at least. Insulin is a serious step for a VERY well trained individual who knows this shit inside and out. Even then, it can kill you in a blink. There are better ways and certainly safer ways.
Anonnope there is a bunch of research out there that says it is the conversion of t4 into t3 that is necessary to compliment the hgh.. additionally, people need to be aware that low doses of hgh don't suppress the thryroid function so you need to be getting tsh levels tested to detect if you even need it all.. putting yourself into a state of hyperthyroidism completely defeats the purpose of using hgh while on cycle.
Something to think about....Thanks. Got to give the doctor a call, more tests...fun
tread-mDid they do a thyroid panel? Technically you don't stall T-3 on hgh, you stall T-4 wbich converts to T-3 and the conversion process itself might be the real magic in the long run. Curious to know what your thyroid panel showed if they did one? Estrogen in check as well on second test? My thoughts (aside of allergy) would be way over on T-3 and under on T-4 causing a negative feedeback loop. My other guess would be you have had chicken pox in your life and by suppressing the immune system as gear can do, you broke out in shingles..they do the pin like thing but surely your doc knows the difference.
Plus 2 for you my fellow silver back. Your a valuable asset to Eroids my friend, hope you stay her for a long time my friend.
tread-mLol...all guess work there brother. Just the more I typed and talked the shingles popped into my head. Sure sounds like it but look forward to hearing more from him. Thanks brother..
Im sure tread will be on here to help you out, he's the best.