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Greetings gents -

After cruising along for months with textbook labs on 0.4 ml of Test Cyp Q 3.5 and 150 IU every day of HCG I posted before on a strange decrease in Total T.  On January 1 my labs (from Discounted Labs) were such:

Total T - 626

Free T - 19.7

Estradiol LC/MS - 37.1

SHBG - 40.3

Previous total T's hovered around 1000 for months.  I increased my dose of Test Cyp to 0.5 ml Q 3.5 and kept HCG dose the same HOWEVER I switched from compounded HCG to prescription HCG because I suspected I was getting bad product from my doctor.  My labs from this past week showed the following (note: - my doctor does not order from a lab that uses LC/MS assay):

Total T - 1460

Free T - 33.2

Estradiol NOT LC/MS - 68.2

SHBG - 44

As it is unlikely that a dose increase of 0.1 ml Q 3.5 caused my Total T to go from 626 to 1460 I suspect that I was using garbage HCG and that I responded quite well to the prescription product.  The doctor has decreased my dose down to 0.35 ml of Test Cyp Q 3.5 and kept the HCG dose at 150 IU daily.  My more pressing issue is that estradiol of 68.  I realize the number may not be accurate due to the non sensitive test but nonetheless I believe it is likely far too high and I am not happy with the effect on my libido.

I do not subscribe to the overaggressive use of AIs but I was wondering if short term use of something is warranted and what a conservative strategy might be to get that estradiol down to a safe level.