Vitamin_C
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Greetings gents, I crashed me E2 about 2.5 months ago doing a Sustanon blast (300mg/week) with Anavar (60mg/day) + Primo at 400mg/week. Anavar was ran for 6 weeks, the other two compounds were ran for 10 weeks. Prior to this I had been dialed in with my TRT protocol for over a year (120mg/week in divided doses + 700 IU of HCG a week).
I crashed my E2 using 1.25mg of Adex per week at about week 5 of my cycle and my first sign was limp penis for the first time in my life. Libido was still good, not perfect, penis could still perform, but wasn't great. I crashed my E2 to 5, then stopped the Adex and a month later (August 21st) I was at 9, both tests using sensitive assays. I am happy to report my E2 has recovered per my labs last week but I am having symptoms such as bad anxiety, clicking and popping joints and inflammation, muscle spasms in cavles, frequent urination, and have unfortunately developed golfers elbow in my right arm, I have kept about 90% of my strength from the cycle. Libido and erections are decent, probably about 80% of what they usually are, and morning wood is present but not super strong like usual. I was of course suspecting low E2, however per my labs, my shift has focused to adrenal fatigue. For the past couple of months, I have been having relationship stress as well as juggling grad school and I work night shift, I am heavily caffeinated as well and have been for years. My DHEA lab is the first clue as I have always been near or above reference range and now it has dropped substantially. This could possibly reflect the lowered libido and less robust erections. I can definitely perform, but its noticeably lower. I am going to order a 24 hour saliva cortisol very soon. Labs as followed using 150mg of Test Cyp in divided doses and 1000 IU HCG per week on a trough draw.
T4: 6.4 (4.5-12.0)
T3: 124 (71-180)
Triiodothyronine, Free, Serum 4.1 (2.0-4.4)
F TSH 0.896 (0.450-4.500)
F T4, Free Direct 1.41 (0.82-1.77)
DHEA: 133 (31-701)
Prolactin: 10.8 (4.0-15.2)
Total Testosterone 1141.5 (264.0-916)
Free Testosterone 37.7 (8.7- 25.1)
Estradiol, sensitive 26.0 (8.0-35.0)
CBC- everything in range except RBC which was high at 5.88 (4.14-5.80) and hematocrit creeping up 51.0 (37.5- 51.0)
CMP everything in range, liver enzymes slightly elevated but I workout so they are usually elevated
AST 46 (0-40)
ALT 49 (0-44)
Bilirubin, Total 0.2 (0.0-1.2)
They were supposed to run SHBG but I don't see it on there, . The big drop in DHEA is the key here. Anything else I could be missing?
I crashed my E2 using 1.25mg of Adex per week at about week 5 of my cycle and my first sign was limp penis for the first time in my life. Libido was still good, not perfect, penis could still perform, but wasn't great. I crashed my E2 to 5, then stopped the Adex and a month later (August 21st) I was at 9, both tests using sensitive assays. I am happy to report my E2 has recovered per my labs last week but I am having symptoms such as bad anxiety, clicking and popping joints and inflammation, muscle spasms in cavles, frequent urination, and have unfortunately developed golfers elbow in my right arm, I have kept about 90% of my strength from the cycle. Libido and erections are decent, probably about 80% of what they usually are, and morning wood is present but not super strong like usual. I was of course suspecting low E2, however per my labs, my shift has focused to adrenal fatigue. For the past couple of months, I have been having relationship stress as well as juggling grad school and I work night shift, I am heavily caffeinated as well and have been for years. My DHEA lab is the first clue as I have always been near or above reference range and now it has dropped substantially. This could possibly reflect the lowered libido and less robust erections. I can definitely perform, but its noticeably lower. I am going to order a 24 hour saliva cortisol very soon. Labs as followed using 150mg of Test Cyp in divided doses and 1000 IU HCG per week on a trough draw.
T4: 6.4 (4.5-12.0)
T3: 124 (71-180)
Triiodothyronine, Free, Serum 4.1 (2.0-4.4)
F TSH 0.896 (0.450-4.500)
F T4, Free Direct 1.41 (0.82-1.77)
DHEA: 133 (31-701)
Prolactin: 10.8 (4.0-15.2)
Total Testosterone 1141.5 (264.0-916)
Free Testosterone 37.7 (8.7- 25.1)
Estradiol, sensitive 26.0 (8.0-35.0)
CBC- everything in range except RBC which was high at 5.88 (4.14-5.80) and hematocrit creeping up 51.0 (37.5- 51.0)
CMP everything in range, liver enzymes slightly elevated but I workout so they are usually elevated
AST 46 (0-40)
ALT 49 (0-44)
Bilirubin, Total 0.2 (0.0-1.2)
They were supposed to run SHBG but I don't see it on there, . The big drop in DHEA is the key here. Anything else I could be missing?
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