Well guys this weekend was kind of a recovery weekend. Saturday I went to a party at a friends and tripped over an area rug the corner rolled up on and fell toward a door jam. I caught myself with my left hand and the shoulder was sore all weekend so I did not go to the gym. Just rested and took some ibuprofen. It is feeling better now but Sunday when I intended to go lift it was still really sore so I opted to just limit all movement, rest and recover. I am feeling a good bit better today as far as that goes.
Saturday I am sure that calories were a little high but since I was at a party with my buddy who makes some of the best ribs in town I knew I was going to indulge. I fasted earlier in the day to control caloric intake a bit but chose to enjoy the ribs to the fullest.
Now for the not so great news. I got my BP cuff in and started testing. My reading Saturday evening was perfect at 121/78 so I went ahead and took all of my supps for the evening. That being 25mg TBol, and 12.5mg MK, and my BPC shot. When I got up in the morning Sunday I took my BPC, and my cardarine then tested BP about 20 minutes later. I have never seen my BP so high, almost up 30 points on each. I took a few to make sure I had not done something wrong and my highest was like 151/105, which to me was pretty alarming. My pulse was also racing at 95BPM which is pretty ridiculous resting heartrate. So I am wondering if the cardarine had anything to do with that. Either way I started my Carditone immediately. Last night I decided to drop the oral, but left the MK in the mix to see if there was any change this morning. I also did not take the Cardarine since it seemed to spike both my BP and my RHR. This morning BP was down to about 143/101 which is still way up there for me. My RHR was 76 so at least my heart rate had returned to normal levels but I still do not like the BP where it is at all. Going to keep up the Carditone and hopefully I will see an improvement. I don't really have any experience in this area though. I have never seen anything over mid 140's and mid 90's previously and that was during a much harsher cycle. I have never seen the triple digits on the diastolic and it has be a bit concerned. Maybe that isn't even that bad in the big picture but I am not really comfortable with it at all.
I have already temporarily dropped the TBol to see if that helps. I don't see a big drop there and already kind of think the bigger culprit might be the MK. So thinking I may take a day or two off of the MK to see if things drop at all. Also since first time using carditone, I do not know what it normally can do as far as bringing BP down. Can it knock 20 pts off on it's own? Should I consider calling off the the whole recovery cycle and just letting the shoulder heal at it's own pace? Should I try to find some telmisartan to keep things under control or is it likely the carditone may get it done?
What is a bit unnerving and makes me happy that
@Hyde also mentioned the BP stuff when I was thinking about it is that even at the 151/105 I did not have a hypertension headache so I wonder what my BP was pushing at the point where I was having headaches. I haven't touched the adderall since Friday and am trying to adjust things. This morning I did not take the GW because I didn't want the boost in BP and heartrate until I have more of a plan of action here. That and I need to try taking my BP just a bit after my BPC shot and make sure it wasn't some sort of adrenal reaction to the shot. I think it was the GW but only one way to know.
I would appreciate any feedback from the guys who run cycles regularly and have had to combat higher BP. I would prefer to be able to complete the recovery cycle but not if I am really putting my health at risk. Also I am probably going to see if I can schedule a donation today. That should go a long way to dropping BP if it is partially HCT related. My last bloodwork showed me at 48 so it wouldn't be a leap to think it has probably climbed into the 50's with the recent increase in androgens.
On a different note, what a difference 4 years can make on your ability to handle a cycle... I am sure some of it is simply me not being in as good of shape but I have been fatter than this on cycle before and not gone this high. So might just be my new normal and any cycling may require prescription strength BP support from here on out.
Anyway, if anyone has any feedback from experience with fighting BP issues on cycle let me know. Also let me know if this isn't quite as bad as it seems to me at these numbers since this is a new area for me and honestly BP has never had to be much of a concern to me previously as it never really got much outside of pre-hypertensive before. Also trying to decide if I should take my Test shot tomorrow or start letting levels drop back down to my trt doses.
