High Total Estrogens - Low Libido

[prius94114]

Thanks for replying. Regarding total estrogens,

I have read posts such as this one saying how important it was to test total estrogens, hense providing that lab value.

Test Total Estrogens. Not Just E2. Read On

Guys - for all of you obsessively chasing only e2 - learn about e1 (estrone). What is estrone you ask? Simply put it’s a reserve for e2. When your body decides it wants more e2, it can pull e1 back to e2. Also understand the half life of e2 is about three hours. A blood test for simply finding e2 is super misleading. I’ve seen guys with mid 20 e2 and 150 e1. So the massive fluctuations you see aren’t likely AI dosing issues - it’s your body deciding to find homeostasis by swapping e1 back to e2…

Is that no longer the general thinking of this forum?

I have been on this protocol for years, however I did blast about 4 months ago which caused these issues. After having symptoms, I returned to my normal protocol (the one listed) but have not returned to normal. I did not use Tren or Deca, which i know can cause these issues.

I will return with free T as soon as possible (it was in range in an earlier test) but do need to have it updated. My doctor, however, most certainly thinks estrogen is a cause for my current issues - I just do not know how to address the issues since they do not seem to relate to e2 but total estrogens.