Hex Mad House
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You'll know when your e2 is off. Most pronounced is in the sexual department. If you have a hard time maintaining an erection, your errction is soft and not fully hard, takes a long time (if ever) to ejaculate, etc.
Other symptoms are sore nipples, only happened to me one time out of three years of TRT higher doses.
There are many sides of e2 and just as many benefits. It's hard to tell without blood work until you get used to knowing your body.
Since starting trt 3 weeks ago my energy levels are better. I also feel better but I notice it takes more for me to get an erection and doesn’t feel as hard as before trt. I take 200 mg cyp split into 2 shots on weds and sat. On Thursday and Sunday I take .5 mg Anastrozole. MWF I take clomid and 50mg of winny daily. All dr prescribed. Suppose to get bloods in about another week or so.
Is anybody lower than 200 a week?
At 150 a week - horny as a teenager and rock hard - haven't done a blood test yet, so no idea what my estrogen is, but I tend not to use AI much (usually never) even on cycle (except for the week or three precontest).
Your balance is probably off. If your erections were harder before TRT, despite lower test levels, that shows that your body had everything dialed in as far as T to E ratios. You may need to up the AI to .5mg 3x/per week or EOD, but let's let your doctor decide that since he's earned his MD. I personally need that amount on 500mg of test, but everyone's different and we're all "special".
I know it’s subjective to many on how you feel but is there a safe/unsafe range you don’t want to cross given the length of time (years) you’ll be on? What’s the highest safe or lowest unsafe number that would make you start an AI?
Your balance is probably off. If your erections were harder before TRT, despite lower test levels, that shows that your body had everything dialed in as far as T to E ratios. You may need to up the AI to .5mg 3x/per week or EOD, but let's let your doctor decide that since he's earned his MD. I personally need that amount on 500mg of test, but everyone's different and we're all "special".
Dr was taking too long to order my blood work. So I took it upon myself to stop my AI for a week or two and see how I felt. Low and behold, my erections can back to the norm if not a little better. My AI must have been just crushing my E on trt dose. I would assume my body is just adjusting itself at this point: no crazy water bloat or sore nips. So I think it's a good point for my body. If he doesn't want to do blood work in the next week or two, I will go ahead and pay for it even though I usually get it covered with insurance if he orders it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Ok that's good to know. I'm glad you didn't follow my suggestion of increasing the AI.
I guess since you didn't mention having low libido, I assumed you may have high E.
Typically:
Low E = erections but no libido and/or can't orgasm.
High E = libido intact, but soft or dying erections during sex. (Deca dick type symptoms, which is often caused by the upregulation of E receptors caused by Deca)