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Men aromatize 0.2 0.3% of testosterone to estrogen. The normal ranges for estrogen were derived from men with a total testosterone <500. Your total testosterone is higher therefore your estrogen is going to be higher. This is perfectly normal and to be expected.

There’s only one way to answer that question.

The majority of men do need to be near the top end of the ranges to feel their best. This seems to be consistent from provider to provider. https://www.excelmale.com/threads/at-what-free-t-level-do-you-feel-optimal.26295/

You just need some context, your levels change every day, if you test your hormones every day, you'll get a different result each time. Biology doesn't do linear, peaks here, dips there, your hormones don't follow an flat unchanging rhythm. It akin to measuring the wave height as the sets are...

Too much testosterone can lower libido, men on cycles report diminished libido and even erectile strength. There's two types of causes for low libido, primary and secondary. Primary you can do nothing about, it's your natural baseline level, a genetic lottery, secondary low libido can have...

This is mismanagement at it's finest! Your provider should have decreased the AI to 0.25 or stop it completely as your estrogen was a bit low and kept the 150 mg TRT dosing unchanged. Instead they increased the TRT dosage to treat the low estrogen, instead of decreasing the AI. This provider...

I think adding the AI is killing your libido, even with normal estrogen. The act of inhibiting aromatase hard enough can cause symptoms with normal estrogen. Your testosterone has been at various levels and still having libido issues, that means it has to be estrogen or AI related. It seems...

You may be metabolizing the testosterone more quickly now that your body is acclimated to TRT. I find extremely consistent hormone levels on Jatenzo! No change in hormone levels in two years if I test at 6 hours or midpoint as last test. This leads me to believe that absorption via the small...

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I agree with you, it doesn’t make sense. That’s your first clue that something else is going on. I think your genetics doesn’t make for a positive TRT experience. Clomid has a similar half-life to testosterone cypionate, at 5-6 days, so around 40 days.

You’re not dealing with high estrogen, you’re using anastrozole as a diuretic to treat fluid retention caused by testosterone action on the kidneys, which tells the kidneys to absorb more sodium and therefore water or fluid retention. The fluid retention can increase blood pressure and even...

All that means is the concentration/strength is higher per dispenser. Mine was 200mg/mL and one click was 50 mg, not really an adequate dose. So by going to a 400 mg/mL dispenser, you can now achieve a higher dose per click rather than requiring two clicks to achieve a 100 mg dose. 200 mg/mL...

If the cream doesn't work, your only option is the newer oral testosterone undecanoate, Jatenzo, Kyzatrex and Orlando. There's not much you can do about the single digit SHBG, you play with the cards you were delt. You need to go through the process to figure out what works for you.

I would wait 6-8 weeks. If you need to see labs to know how you're responding, then you must not feel any different. I would have felt something on the second dosage whether on a daily or every other day protocol.

While on injectable testosterone, there is no replacement for hCG treating testicular atrophy. HCG at 250 IU per week is laughable and this makes your doctor look like an amateur! HCG has a half-life of 2 days, and this is why it doesn’t make sense for a weekly dose!