So for about the past month I had weaned off of arimidex in hopes of feeling better. I was using the 1mg adex/100mg test strategy prior to weaning off. E2 was around 21 and tt was at 1000ish. Felt awful, no sex drive, fatigue, aches and pains, hair shedding, mentally slow, brain fog, dark circles around eyes etc.
Fast forward to now, I have been off arimidex for about a month and all of the above symptoms basically vanished. I decided last night to expiriment and try a micro dose (.125 mg, aka 1/8 of a 1mg pill) to see how it affected me. Woke up bloated, noticeable increase in water weight. Headed to the gym for a workout and couldn’t even get past my warmup sets because of severe joint pain.
My conclusion is that my body has adjusted to no longer needing an ai and I’m doing MUCH better mentally and physically without one. No more depression, anxiety, fatigue, joint pain, brain fog. Energy levels are higher and I feel/look younger.
Protocol has been 55mg test cyp eod w/ 100iu hcg eod. Recently switched over to entourage with Dr. Bryan Henry and we’re going to keep up the same protocol but drop the hcg to 250iu’s once a week to reduce aromatase activity and the need for any ai. Will be getting labs in 9 weeks.
Shbg has always been around 12. Contrary to other people’s beliefs, I do much better with higher e2 than mid 20’s and lower.
Fast forward to now, I have been off arimidex for about a month and all of the above symptoms basically vanished. I decided last night to expiriment and try a micro dose (.125 mg, aka 1/8 of a 1mg pill) to see how it affected me. Woke up bloated, noticeable increase in water weight. Headed to the gym for a workout and couldn’t even get past my warmup sets because of severe joint pain.
My conclusion is that my body has adjusted to no longer needing an ai and I’m doing MUCH better mentally and physically without one. No more depression, anxiety, fatigue, joint pain, brain fog. Energy levels are higher and I feel/look younger.
Protocol has been 55mg test cyp eod w/ 100iu hcg eod. Recently switched over to entourage with Dr. Bryan Henry and we’re going to keep up the same protocol but drop the hcg to 250iu’s once a week to reduce aromatase activity and the need for any ai. Will be getting labs in 9 weeks.
Shbg has always been around 12. Contrary to other people’s beliefs, I do much better with higher e2 than mid 20’s and lower.