There seems to be this big fear in the TRT/anabolics community about high hematocrit/hemoglobin in which we have to keep donating blood in order to prevent strokes heart attacks etc. I recently saw a video from some doctors saying that secondary erythrocytosis from testosterone is really not that big of a deal because all the other blood cells remain normal and the red ones are the only ones that increase. They basically said that people overreact and doctors are too scared of getting sued so the minute somebody's blood hematocrit is over 50%, they have them donate blood. Apparently people who live at high altitudes already have hematocrites over 50% also people who have lung conditions like COPD or smokers have hematocrites in the fifties as well. Long story short these doctors in the video basically said if you are otherwise healthy and have no health conditions or cardiovascular conditions, having a Hematocrit in the 50s really isint a big deal and that people like lance armstrong who used EPO to achieve a higher red blood cell count most likely had a Hematocrit in the 60s when he was doing the tour de france. What do you guys think? Anytime my hematocrit gets beyond 52 I panic and think I'm about to die until I donate blood. I then feel dizzy and lightheaded all the time and then I don't feel better until I donate however my anxiety is so severe that I'm starting to think this whole entire thing is placebo. Does anybody know anyone who actually suffered some kind of cardiovascular event from having a high hematocrit because I personally do not and I haven't heard of it either it's just this big risk everybody talks about but I personally have not seen it or heard of it. I'm getting kind of sick of donating blood all the time and I'm wondering if it's really not necessary unless my hematocrit gets to some retarded like 60+% level.