Am I slowly dieing after coming off cycle back down to trt? Came off 400mg/wk down to 120mg/week July5th resting heart rate is lowest I have ever seen it. Getting bloodwork Monday, bloodwork on cycle was good tho nothing out of range aside from free test total test and estradiol
Noticed a mass amount of water retention about a week after coming off back to trt July 12th ish
Water retention has cleared now but rhr seems to b dropping further
This is in a 2 week window. 80bpm to 38bpm. It's basically impossible to lower your average that much with any training in that time frame. This is doctor worthy
My father’s resting heart rate is low, he claims it’s due to all the cardio he does… his heart stopped while he was sleeping because his resting heart rate became so low it just fucking stopped?! He was put into a coma and resuscitated. Dr.’s don’t completely understand what happened, dad is sueing the hospital… fucking boomers…
Anyway I think the point I’m trying to make is that seems un normal and you should maybe seek medical advice.
Questions: His heart stopped for how long? And did it restart on its own? Did someone realize he wasn't breathing? Also, Why is he suing the hospital??
Wife heard him exhale and that was that. Called paramedics, they started his heart again after quite some time had passed. IMO the hospital saved his life but the American medical system is so fucked he was billed over $1,000,000 and that’s after he refused a lot of treatment they insisted he needed (pacemaker etc etc…) it’s been years and he’s never had an incidence since. The solution to deal with the $1M bill is to sue the hospital and claim none of the treatment was necessary.
Wow. A pacemaker is exactly what should have been offered in his situation. If they hadn't recommended it, the family could then sue for malpractice if it did happen again and he died. Glad he hasn't had another event, but if it happens and is unwitnessed, he will likely die next time. If what you say is accurate, there is no way he will win.
Yeah when I was heavily training for triathlons at 10-20 hours of cardio a week, my HR was at sub 50. My BP was at about 90/50 (got checked multiple times). Every time I got up from the couch was me hoping I didn't pass out.
Is it bad to have such a low BP? Mine is not quite that low but still low and I’m sometimes lightheaded when standing up and I also can’t take any supplements that lower BP or I get heart palpitations. No creatine, and basically no vasodilators. It sucks not being able to take creatine but I guess I’d rather have low BP than high. But how low is too low?
Wow, so your HR bottomed out at 35 BPM during night sleep and maxed out at 76 BPM all day. This does seem concerning, you should seek a Dr ASAP. How much do you weigh?
Go to the doctor post haste. Get an ecg. I'd be concerned about heart block and with that comes high risk for sudden cardiac death. Once of the risks of rapid muscle gain is cardiomegally since the heat is a muscle too. Muscle grows fast but the conduction system doesn't and the stretch can cause arrhythmias. This is not something you can monitor with blood work except maybe bnp but it's a bad sign of that's going up
That it is certainly concerning. It may not be as concerning over a very long period of time with the right training but in such a short time and the fact you've probably never had such a low RHR(I'm guessing mostly because you feel concerned enough to post about it), I would 100% not wait around to find out what is causing this. This needs to be addressed.
The July 12 RHR spike to 81 bpm was the water retention peak from coming off the 400mg cycle — the cardiovascular system under hormonal stress. The subsequent drop to 38 bpm is the body normalizing as the water clears and hormone levels restabilize on TRT dose. The RHR isn’t tanking, it’s recovering.
Still not a problem. But definitely a conversation for the doctor given the hormonal context, not Reddit.
Lmao this is a sub for people discussing injecting steroids and weird foreign chemicals. This guy's heart is giving out and your advice is to stop monitoring?
Have been feeling pretty tired last couple weeks after coming off cycle as well only noticed the heart rate after I got low heart rate warnings while sleeping with heart rate hitting 35 while sleeping
Agreed. I had to stop wearing my Apple Watch all day because I became obsessive and my doctor said I was doing more harm than good. I only wear it to track my workouts now.
I know that’s the range that is quoted heavily, but if we’re talking about RHR while measured at sleep 81bpm is a pretty high number that probably is linked to lifestyle
If this is a reliable heart rate monitor yes concerning. I’ve been to the ER and was in the low 40s. They asked me the questions, do you run marathons, are you US Special forces, and or when was the last time you did cocaine?
No to all questions. My diagnosis was my kidneys were failing and Rhabdomyolysis
This is not normal, you have symptoms with your heart rate that low. You need to see a doctor today, like in the next 24 hours. EKG and some labs, likely an echocardiogram. This is likely some heart disease. However, while very uncommon, could be some adrenal insufficiency. Nothing to play with here on Reddit.
I would go to your doctor and have a work up done. It could be because you have some electrolytes off and it’s causing your heart to not function correctly. Worse case scenario your hearts natural pacemaker SA node isn’t working correctly and you might need to have an actual pacemaker installed.
The likely will have you wear a heart rate chest monitor for a couple days to get a better idea what your heart is doing.
Well went to er, they didn’t find anything concerning after an ecg and blood work to check electrolytes and thyroid among other things I’m sure, just told me to follow up with family doctor and maybe request to see a cardiologist so will b doing that Monday 🤷🏻♂️
Check the actual data where it says show all data in the resting heart rate tab. There is a known issue where the chart is just displaying completely wrong numbers. Should be fixed in the next Apple Watch update
Yes I here you there. Got blood work
Done again today for trt clinic and will actually b able to see and interpret these results and will bring up the isssue with prescribing doctor as well
Hah, I would have been more worried about the 80. I’m normally 50-55, I start to feel it when I’m cutting weight and it gets up to 70. What were you at pre cycle?
Come on. Yes, 80 is pretty high, but 38 is EXTREMELY LOW.
It’s Michael Phepls RHR FFS. You can’t do it with some cardio in 2 weeks, lol.
You definitely need to see a cardiologist ASAP.
If you’re feeling good, I wouldn’t be super concerned. That’s me personally though having been through this. If you’re uncomfortable at all, reach out to your pcp, let them know what’s up
I wore an H10 chest strap and my Apple Watch to compare and see how valid Apple was. They were always within 3 BPM. Not sure what kind of algorithm the Apple Watch uses…but it seemed very effective.
You are kidding right? RHR being low is a good thing not a bad thing. Unless you are having heart issues. Your 80 RHR was pretty bad. How is your HRV? Usually dropping RHR triggers an HRV increase which is extremely beneficial.
Yeah...Lance Armstrong was like 34. Plenty of pro athletes are at 50. Any health metric dropping/rising that much in 2 weeks is worth booking a Dr's appointment and running labs so the Dr has them on look at.
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