Recent labs and AI recommendations

drkelp

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Been trying daily shots T-cyp at ~16mg/day. Skipped the .25-.5mg arimidex during this period to see the results. Also using dhea at 25mg/day. I would've dropped the dhea, but really seems to help with chronic sinusitis/rhinitis. Did this for about 6wks and ran labs. Didn't realize E2 was so high. My question is with daily shots does daily arimidex work well? And if so, any suggestion on dose? TIA
 

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Been trying daily shots T-cyp at ~16mg/day. Skipped the .25-.5mg arimidex during this period to see the results. Did this for about 6wks and ran labs. Didn't realize E2 was so high. My question is with daily shots does daily arimidex work well? And if so, any suggestion on dose? TIA
Do you feel that you need an AI?
 
I think I do. Mood is little huffy at that high perhaps. I expected it to be lower. It wasn't nearly that high with 200mg once weekly shot. Dhea prob jacking it up but again it seems to make a really big difference in my breathing.
 
i would not do an AI. try substituting daily Tcyp with daily Tprop. you get higher peaks lower lows that might help with your mood issues and do less conversion. also if you do subq try IM. there is people where IM lowers e2 due to less fat aromatization. this is insane AI dose and it will mess badly with other things. if anything 0.125 3x week max.
 
I was wondering if anyone was doing daily AI "micro" doses with daily shots. I was using .25mg once or twice a week with the whopping 200mg weekly dose of test cyp, that kept it down in the 30's I think. Half a tab (.5) just felt like a little too much at once for me. Ups & downs for sure.
 

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