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Testosterone Side Effect Management
Did estrogen crash cause me permanent symptoms of low dopamine?
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<blockquote data-quote="simeoni" data-source="post: 79976" data-attributes="member: 14463"><p>Thanks for sharing your experience! </p><p></p><p>Your first symptoms probably were due to the bupropion withdrawal. Im assuming that your dopamine receptors got used to the higher levels of dopamine in the synapse and after you stopped it took a while your brain found a new homeostasis with the lower levels of dopamine. </p><p></p><p>Its interesting though that your libido returned only after you lowered your estrogen. You said it was high at 40+. Can you give the exact reading? was the E2 test that you took the sensitive one - LC/MS/MS?</p><p></p><p>I might be having a somewhat of an high E2 at the moment myself. The reason I think this is the fact that in february I had this same protocol, and with it my sensitive E2 reading was around 50. Also, at the moment I have been taking a small dose of test cream ED/EOD. With that, its possible that my total testosterone might be a bit too high. </p><p></p><p>Altough I have improved, im still also experiencing some symptoms that were not present in the past. These are:</p><p></p><p>- Sleep problems: I seem to wake up a bit too early</p><p>- Feeling hot during the day and in the evening: this is when others around me feel chilly</p><p>- anxiety: my stress tolerance is not that good at the moment. </p><p>- Libido: its not non-existant but I would not call it normal in no ways.</p><p>- Cant "feel" testosterone: This is a bit hard to put in to words but I havent been getting that "manly" feeling in a while which used to be present in the past. With this I mean the fact that with injections you actually feel that you are putting testosterone in to your body. </p><p></p><p>Since I do not want to take an AI without labs, im considering of splitting my dose and taking it EOD - instead of E4D. My test dose is quite small, but that does seem to bring my keep my levels in a good range.</p><p></p><p>My current injection protocol is: </p><p>0,15ml of test E E4D</p><p>+ 5-7mg of test cream 3 times during that 4 day injection period. </p><p>Overall this bring my weekly testosterone dose to 85mg.</p><p></p><p>My changed protocol would be:</p><p>0,075ml of TE EOD</p><p>+ 5-7mg of test cream day before the injection.</p><p></p><p>Since the dose is that small, Ill probably inject it into my delts using an insuling syringe - instead of the glutes. The weekly amount of injected test will remain pretty much the same. Im just hoping that with the lowered peaks there's less chance of excess aromatization. Ill be sticking with this protocol and take labs on the 3rd of september.</p><p></p><p>at the moment the set of labs would include:</p><p></p><p>TT</p><p>SHBG</p><p>cFT</p><p>E2(sensitive)</p><p>E2(regular)</p><p>---</p><p>I have also a few option tests that I might take. These are:</p><p></p><p>DHT</p><p>Cortisol</p><p>Ferritin</p><p></p><p>My thyroid number have looked good for so long that I dont think that testing them is necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simeoni, post: 79976, member: 14463"] Thanks for sharing your experience! Your first symptoms probably were due to the bupropion withdrawal. Im assuming that your dopamine receptors got used to the higher levels of dopamine in the synapse and after you stopped it took a while your brain found a new homeostasis with the lower levels of dopamine. Its interesting though that your libido returned only after you lowered your estrogen. You said it was high at 40+. Can you give the exact reading? was the E2 test that you took the sensitive one - LC/MS/MS? I might be having a somewhat of an high E2 at the moment myself. The reason I think this is the fact that in february I had this same protocol, and with it my sensitive E2 reading was around 50. Also, at the moment I have been taking a small dose of test cream ED/EOD. With that, its possible that my total testosterone might be a bit too high. Altough I have improved, im still also experiencing some symptoms that were not present in the past. These are: - Sleep problems: I seem to wake up a bit too early - Feeling hot during the day and in the evening: this is when others around me feel chilly - anxiety: my stress tolerance is not that good at the moment. - Libido: its not non-existant but I would not call it normal in no ways. - Cant "feel" testosterone: This is a bit hard to put in to words but I havent been getting that "manly" feeling in a while which used to be present in the past. With this I mean the fact that with injections you actually feel that you are putting testosterone in to your body. Since I do not want to take an AI without labs, im considering of splitting my dose and taking it EOD - instead of E4D. My test dose is quite small, but that does seem to bring my keep my levels in a good range. My current injection protocol is: 0,15ml of test E E4D + 5-7mg of test cream 3 times during that 4 day injection period. Overall this bring my weekly testosterone dose to 85mg. My changed protocol would be: 0,075ml of TE EOD + 5-7mg of test cream day before the injection. Since the dose is that small, Ill probably inject it into my delts using an insuling syringe - instead of the glutes. The weekly amount of injected test will remain pretty much the same. Im just hoping that with the lowered peaks there's less chance of excess aromatization. Ill be sticking with this protocol and take labs on the 3rd of september. at the moment the set of labs would include: TT SHBG cFT E2(sensitive) E2(regular) --- I have also a few option tests that I might take. These are: DHT Cortisol Ferritin My thyroid number have looked good for so long that I dont think that testing them is necessary. [/QUOTE]
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