That's good to hear congratulations. How many IU of HCG are you injecting per week?
Its been a year, whats your current protocol?
must be good as that is the last post he made, over 1 year ago![]()
Prob so ,
although I would have liked to follow up with him as I’m currently going through the same situation .
Just saw this.
Dropping my dose to 120mg a week split into three injects with no AI whatsoever did the trick.I have never had a problem since.
My total T is always around 900-950 and my E2 stays steady as a rock at around 30 which is ideal.
I believe my body's initial response to the exogenous T was to aromatize like crazy but once the dose was lowered and constant everything just resolved itself nicely.
Even my lipids have been much better since starting red rice yeast and policolsonol every day and I have kept my hematocrit in normal range by eating a half grapefruit a day.
Hi I’m on trt .2 twice a week been on this dose for 2 weeks my free test is 1100I've been on trt through Defy for nine weeks now and had to drop my test dose from 160mg/wk split into two doses to 120/wk two doses because of E2 sides.
Defy also sent me some compounded anastrozole in .25mg doses to take twice per week for a total of 0.5mg/wk.
I really do not want to have the added complication of having to take an AI unless absolutely necessary so I'm hoping that just lowering my testosterone dose will eventually take care of my E2.
Which brings me to my question:How long will E2 take to drop into a normal range(if ever) without the use of an AI?
I have the AI on hand in case my symptoms worsen but I figured I would maybe hold off for a while and see what happens.
My blood work showed the following before dropping dose.
Total test - 1500
Free test - 43.1
E2 - 67
All very high because obviously starting at 160mg/week was too much testosterone.
I feel pretty good right now but nipples are still quite sensitive,before dropping dose I had nipple tenderness/puffiness and three days of bad bloat which resolved itself.
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A form of estrogen produced from testosterone. Important for bone health, mood, and libido. Too high can cause side effects; too low can affect well-being.
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The biologically active form of testosterone not bound to proteins. Directly available for cellular uptake and biological effects.
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