I’m one more who has switched from RC Arimidex to RC Aromasin and is finding it much better, quality-of-life wise.
For a while, Arimidex seemed to work well, but then I hit a nasty crash with all the ED and libido problems as well as severe depression. And this happened without changing T or AI dose. After the symptoms stuck around long enough, I tried to carefully adjust, but to no avail. I believe it was something more than or something other than E2 being out-of-whack – it was screwing up my system at some other level.
For those banging their heads against the wall trying to dial in A-dex, Aromasin may be worth a try. I’m glad I did.
I was an A-dex overresponder, so I was taking very small doses. I find I also don’t have to use much Aromasin to keep E2 in check, which makes it affordable.
Thanks for posting this - I think I’m in the same general place. On a TRT dose of T cyp I do eventually get elevated E2, yet it seems even .1mg of A-dex EOD crashes my E2 in a week or so. I’m pretty sure I had some mood/libido issues that were connected to the A-dex as well, which were observed while E2 was near optimal (briefly…)
I tried A-sin for awhile with better effects. Here’s what I’m wondering:
Are A-dex over-responders typically also A-sin over-responders? It’s hard to tell, anecdotally, from reading various posts. In my case I seem to need the same A-sin dose as the majority, yet I need far less A-dex than is typical.