Been on TRT for about 7 months now dating back to Oct 2020, switched around protocols until found something I think was working, 150 MG twice weekly injections. After switching to that by March 1 of this year (3 months into protocol) I felt amazing, back to pre-TRT libido and happier generally.
About a month later I noticed libido starting to slip a bit despite using the same injection protocol and I’m thinking it’s potentially due to raised estradiol levels? Just got labs and these are results
Test - 893 ng/dL (264-916)
Free T - 23.6 ng/dL (8.7-25.1)
Estradiol - 44.9 pg/mL (7.6-42.6)
Estradiol is slightly above average and I know some people can thrive with high estradiol some cannot, I’m wondering if I’m one of the ones that cannot. Would switching to 3x injections per week be something I should look into?
But isn’t my T range ideal? Are you saying that would lower my estradiol, that’s why it would work?
Because I feel like my T is in good range and was clearly in March but that estradiol has increased and that potentially increasing injection frequency would lower it a bit to get me back to how I felt in March. Curious your thoughts.
Before changing injecting frequency I would lower.
I lowered my dosage by 20 mg and free t stayed the same. But estradiol went down a bit.
Check prolactin also.
R u taking any supplements like dhea that can cause issues.
Recently my estradiol measured in the 40s. Highest I had even though I lowered dose.
At the same time I also stopped metformin and started taking Armour thyroid. Who knows what affected it. You could ride it out longer to see if it gets better. And got covid 5 weeks ago.
If it were me I would consult with a doctor as to why it was elevated. There are medications to reduce it, but they have nasty side effects and can damage your heart. It would be best to find the root cause and see if that’s treatable.
If prolactin raises after orgasm, then why milk isn’t coming out of my nipples after I nut? Or women?
This statement is clearly fake. In the other hand galactorrhea is common on d2 blockers like risperidal…
Also is this definitely a more viable solution than just increasing injections? I feel like most of what I’ve read on here about reducing E2 is that frequency of injection is best course of action in controlling rising E2. Only thing I don’t want to lose is my T levels which seem optimal which is why I was leaning more toward that solution.
I also am not an expert by any mean and my doctor isn’t on TRT either but he listens which is positive. Most of the info I’ve used to get where I’m at today is through this board.
Interesting, I’ve never heard that… talking to doctor today and I’ll bring all of this up to see what he thinks is best course of action. I really want to avoid using AI’s because of the horror stories I’ve read and long term use can really cause health issues.