New Iron Labs

OMI100 · Dec 31, 2017

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https://www.healthline.com/health/ridges-in-fingernails#causes-and-symptoms

Saul · Jan 1, 2018

Sorry if this has been asked, but have you seen a cardiologist?

GreenMachineX · Jan 1, 2018

Saul said:
Sorry if this has been asked, but have you seen a cardiologist?

Yeah; I wore a heart monitor for a week which found nothing.

GreenMachineX · Jan 2, 2018

Symptoms are finally improving. I’ve made 2 changes that could possibly account for: taking iron supplements for a week and dropping l-Citrulline and reducing l-Theanine dosage.

I read some stuff about postprandial hypotension and any other time blood pressure drops too low, the body can increase adrenaline output to elevate heart rate and blood pressure which could cause palpitations. I also use agmatine, taurine, forskolin, norvaline and ashwagandha which can also all reduce blood pressure and I wonder if I was taking it too low.

I never measured it at times when I wasn’t anxious or experiencing the palpitations due to uncontrollable circumstances so I don’t know if it was good enough already. Just most of my life it’s floated around 140/80 and I’ve been trying to get it to 120/80.

I’m going to stop taking the iron as of today, and keep the BP supplements to a lowered Theanine dosage, agmatine, norvaline, taurine and ashwagandha and stay off the Citrulline and forskolin and see what happens.

GreenMachineX · Jan 4, 2018

I was definitely wrong about what was helping. Symptoms came back hard after being off the iron for 2 days, so I’ve resumed taking iron but symptoms (pounding heart at meals and for hours after exercise, breathlessness) are still there, but it’s only been a day or 2 since starting again.

I’ve done some more research on ferritin, iron saturation, and whatnot. First, I wasn’t fasting for those iron labs and that could’ve falsely elevated the serum iron. Next, I saw that in patients using erythropoietin stimulating agents they must also use iron because the ESA increases iron needs/demand in creating new red blood cells. I’m wondering if for that reason, testosterone is acting like an ESA (keeps my hemoglobin high-normal), therefore I just need more iron than I have for now.

With my numbers, I’m pretty sure I’m pretty far from iron overload and just a couple weeks of iron supplementation should be fine.

Thoughts anyone?