Hexarelin cortisol and prolactin spike, anyone else notice this

Posted by sleep_coastal in Safety & Side Effects - 1 points, 0 comments.

Ran hexarelin for about three weeks at 100 mcg twice daily, morning and pre-bed. The GH output is no joke, sleep depth and recovery felt noticeably better within the first week. But around day 10 I started getting this weird midday anxiety that I really could not explain. Felt wired but tired, kinda like too much coffee on an empty stomach.

Anecdotally, I think it was the cortisol and prolactin creep. Hexarelin is known to raise both, and from what I have read that is the tradeoff for the extra GH punch compared to something like ipamorelin. I did not get bloodwork done during the run, which I know, stupid, but the pattern matched. The anxiety eased off on the days I skipped the second dose.

Also noticed some water retention, mostly in my face and ankles by week two. Not terrible but enough that my wife asked if I was eating more salt. Stopped after three weeks and it drained in about four days.

If anyone here has run hexarelin and actually pulled labs, I would really like to hear what your cortisol and prolactin looked like. I am curious whether the spike is dose-dependent or if some people just handle it better. For me the sides kinda outweighed the recovery benefit at this point.

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