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Ideally you would have bloods tests taken prior to jabbing yourself…you haven’t mentioned that but if you did have them done, kudos. Again the benefit is obvious in that those results will serve as your ‘baseline good’ blood profile (assuming you were healthy prior to starting your cycle). You’ll refer to them at the end of your cycle to determine the success or failure of your PCT.
There are two major schools of thought on how to handle the side effects of testosterone’s conversion to estrogen. The most popular is to use Tamoxifen (nolvadex) to block estrogen’s ability to bind to site where we as men would prefer not to have effected by estrogen. This is the camp that I reside it. In the most general of terms it’s considered unreasonable for your body to have super high levels of testosterone without correspondingly elevated levels of E. As long as we can prevent the E from binding to breast tissue we should be good. I suggest reading the following thread and anything else written by @physioLojik . He’s a MD and far smarter on endocrinology than I will ever be.
For All You AI Preachers
The second camp aims to reduce or prevent the aromatization of T to E by administering an AI, typically arimidex. The trouble with Adex is that it’s difficult to dose properly. Too little E is far worse that too much E trust me. Aromatization is a complicated process that differs from individual to individual. The more body fat you carry, the more E you’ll create so it becomes critical to monitor closely how you feel on cycle to determine if you’ve got enough, too much, or to little Adex in your body. Blood tests are of course the only way to know for sure. It’s the dialing in process that gives so many users fits that has convinced me to not use it.