Not sure where the original thread I posted in went but it was similar to this one in that there was debate on what causes the bloat.
I used to cycle fairly heavily and always wondered why I looked better on the days I did not use test prop. Would do eod injects and the "off" day I looked noticeably better/leaner then the "on" day. I thought my head was playing tricks on me but reading the thread about bloat not caused by estrogen was very interesting as everyone points to estrogen as being the problem. This actually happened on a lot of aas but test more then most. This serves to strengthen that stance as I've bloated on all of them that I have used in the past and it was quite frustrating as some do not convert to estrogen at all.
I thought my head was playing tricks on me but recently on 300mg/week (higher then most on here) sunday is my off day and noticeably lose water weight on that day which leads me to believe that it is the test itself that is/was causing the bloat (sodium retention, etc.) as the estrogen would probably still be elevated. Have used hctz the last two days and it makes a marked difference.
I used arimidex in the past but always felt pretty bad on it but it did release water. Someone I believe mentioned on here that arimidex can act on potassium, aldosterone, or something that may explain why that helped a bit but even while taking that it was the day that I wasn't taking the shot that I was the leanest. The hctz is doing a good job without feeling like junk so far.
Trying to figure out a way to control it without having to resort to other drugs (do use lower doses then the 300 but it is still there) as I am not sure how great it is to be using the hctz too often, obviously. Doesn't seem to just go away unless I drop all. Got some potassium chloride salt to use some pinches of that to potentially rectify the issue of maybe salt/potassium imbalance.