Makes sense, especially now knowing how my body feels with high E2.
Maybe I’ll skip tomorrow and then start again at 100/week. Once that levels out, then bump it up a little bit every couple of weeks and see where I feel best.
Man it’s gonna be fucking great if this fixes these night sweats! My girlfriend won’t even get near me now!
Go to 100 a week for 6 weeks at least. Then go from there. Don’t even worry about going up right now. lol. you will get yourself in a bad cycle. Wait till your certain you have zeroed. Then you can worry about other shit.
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Is 100 enough to keep most guys in a good range so I don’t slump back to where I was before TRT? I had “decent” TT but my FT was crap.
100mg is the “standard” that most start at. I wouldn’t say you’ll feel terrible, you might feel less great, but you shouldn’t feel like shit or anything.
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As it stands I’m currently just enjoying a little more energy and a much much more stable mental space than pre-TRT. My libido is up a touch but nowhere near where it was when I started. So as long as I can hold onto those for now, I’ll be happy.
I have noticed Cialis works far worse lately than it ever did.
Just wanted to update…I skipped a day and dropped my dose to about 14mg/day. I have thrown a few doses of calcium d glucarate in there too, and for the first time ever, I don’t seem to be having an adverse reaction to it. Maybe because my E2 is actually high enough for once, who knows.
Definitely less bloat, and I don’t look like I just had a long night of drinking. Nipples are hard maybe half the day, not all the time, and no crying. Libido might be up a hair, but I’ve also been relying on benadryl this week to deal with the insomnia. Normally any old antihistamines wreck my libido and cause bad ED.
Was in a training course with a bunch of guys today, and felt significantly more upbeat, energetic, and just overall in a good place. Past days this week I was a lot more bitchy.
Still getting some night sweats, but doesn’t seem nearly as bad. I think it’s helping, guys! Hopefully my libido and ED bounce back once I cut the antihistamine though.
This is yet again another sign your E2 is way too high for you.
My current Defy protocol is 120/wk given to me 5 months ago. No AI. i developed ED that my 100mg viagra or 20mg cialas would not fix. Last week I called to complain they put me back on anastrozole .25mg/wk and in 7 day my ED was gone.
In my experience it takes about twice as lone for E2 to come down naturally vs T. If I take .125mg anastrozole I feel it in 4 hours.
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Thanks man, actually helps a lot hearing this. I thought I was broken, as Cialis has always been my fallback.
What was your E2 at 120mg/week? What’s your bodyfat and SHBG like?
No problem I called to ask for the dick shots that was how frustrated I was.
When I told them they upped my protocol from 100 to 120 and 2 months later my dick would not remain hard during sex. Right away they said this was E2 related and did not even need a blood test. They put me back on .125mg twice a week and it only took 1 week to fix my Ed issue. I was so relieved I did not want to stick my dick every time I wanted sex.
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I had some test done on my dick prior to TRT to make sure it wasn’t something else going on. Laying there on a bed in a doctor’s office while he stuck me with a needle of that stuff was definitely an experience.
Sad part is a different doctor tried to talk me into trimix. In my 30’s? Hell no, knew something else was wrong.
Just really hoping I’m not one of the guys who aromatizes too much and can’t go over like 700 TT without an AI. Already can’t believe this given my SHBG, bodyfat, and ED injecting.
I have experimented a lot over the last 6 years with many many blood tests. Including 12 week cycles of up to 400mg/wk.
Bottomline for me I need a very low E2 in the mid to high 20’s anything over and I start having issues.
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Just to chime in on the daily inject. I recently swapped to daily shots at 20mg. And I can’t get my estrogen under control. Nipples hurt all day. Constant headaches and bloating. The only time I got any relief was during a 36 Hour fast. I thought daily objects would help but it seems like it’s harder to control my estrogen now… I guess I’ll cut down to 10mg per day and see how that goes. If I can’t get it lined out I’ll just go back to twice a week.