Testosterone delivered transdermally creates more estrogen than injected. Hard to compare to orals, but orals get into the blood stream before getting exposed to aromatase in fat tissue, the same as injectables, so those are probably the same in that regard.
Any increase in T will probably increase E. If AM or an other product has something effective to reduce E, then this might not occur.
When doing TRT and getting high T levels, supplement type anti-estrogens rarely work and are also more costly than the correct drug.
DHEA: Some absorb oral DHEA easily, some hardly at all. You need blood work to know. Test for DHEA-s, not DHEA. DHEA works behind the scenes. Those with higher DHEA levels who present at hospitals with a first heart attack, have a higher survival rate than those with low DHEA. If your DHEA is low, your pregnenolone will also be low and pregnenolone is very important for brain function and memory. [not to be confused with progesterone]. Many need to supplement pregnenolone. Transdermals can be effective and don’t worry about these converting to E from application to the skin. You probably need DHEA and boosting your T with TRT or otherwise does not lessen your need for DHEA. If your DHEA is low, that can reduce the ability to make T. TRT does shutdown the HPTA which shuts down pregnenolone production in the testes. That is a problem. DHEA is made from pregnenolone. Injected hCG can keep the testes working at their [age affected] baseline.
You need to determine your current state. Get a male panel from LEF.org. We can help you figure out the numbers. Do not do saliva or urine tests as many have no idea what the results mean. Then start AM. If you feel fantastic, end of story, but if the results are not what you are expecting, then get more lab numbers and see if the product is effective for you. Note that for AM to work, your HPTA needs to be responsive at both ends, both with the release of LH from the pituitary and the testes then been able to produce more T in response. If your testes are failing, then your LH might already be high. In that case, supplements will be beating a dead horse. If you cannot make LH now, supplements will not change that.
Estrogen: This is very important. Elevated estrogen can destroy energy, thinking, mood and libido, even if T levels are high. Increasing T does no good if E is high.
As we age, there is more and more aromatization of what T we do have. The situation for older men taking T boosting supplements is not the same as for younger men.
Guys who are hypogonadic have not been shown to get TRT type results from anything of a supplement nature. Be open minded and do whatever it takes.
There is probably a lot of terms in this that you do not understand. Google these. If you search for [pregnenolone wiki], it will present material from wikipedia which is good, avoiding every site that wants to sell it.
Remember, when you read how a T supplement works for younger guys, there is good reason to be concerned about how it will work for someone who’s ability to produce T is getting low and on track in the same direction.