New Here With Some Questions

armadillo

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Edited because I wrote like 10 paragraphs.

Simple question. I feel better on higher levels, but have gyno issues and a little lethargy when e2 gets too high. Have a hard time with arimidex, I feel I "crash" easily. HCG makes me feel significantly better, but gives me obviously higher e2 and gyno flare-ups.

If HCG makes such a big difference for me, would an approach of say 250iu EOD with 50mg cyp twice a week make more sense than a higher t dose with the same or lower amount of HCG?

On 140mg plus 1000iu HCG per week right now split twice per week, e2 sensitive was almost 70 and total T was about 1200.
 
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Edited because I wrote like 10 paragraphs.

Simple question. I feel better on higher levels, but have gyno issues and a little lethargy when e2 gets too high. Have a hard time with arimidex, I feel I "crash" easily. HCG makes me feel significantly better, but gives me obviously higher e2 and gyno flare-ups.

If HCG makes such a big difference for me, would an approach of say 250iu EOD with 50mg cyp twice a week make more sense than a higher t dose with the same or lower amount of HCG?

On 140mg plus 1000iu HCG per week right now split twice per week, e2 sensitive was almost 70 and total T was about 1200.
you feel better on hcg because you’re TT and FT gO up.
So up your T dose.
Cut out the hcg.
And inject eod or ed. This way you avoid e2 spikes.
 

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