Hello All, very new here, and certainly my first post. I guess my history first. Been on TRT for about 10 years where the dose was about 125 mg/week test cyp. Over the last few months my doctor allowed me to go to 150mg/week. My last bloods were:
At my last visit, doctor was fine floating the total T that high as I feel great overall but we both wanted to get Estradiol down. He has me on Anastrozole 1mg/week although I am thinking 1mg every ten days.
All that said, Iād like to do a quick, month or two at 300 MGs/week to gain some additional size before a beach vacation in late May. My questions are:
Will the Anastrozole increase my total testosterone number by stopping conversion?
How can I create more Free Testosterone? I donāt think my SHBG number is outrageous so what is my option here?
How can I get my numbers back into the āacceptableā range for my doctorās visit in mid-June?
Thank you for the advice. Really appreciate it. One final question for vanity sake? When I return to normal TRT dose will I lose any (will modest at best regardless) gains I made or will I retain most through that 5 week period?
no one is gonna say that 4-8 weeks of 300mg Test only is an ideal way to put on muscle. Iām not sure thatās the way Iād go about it, but:
no
thereās no way that FT is accurate. did you convert that from something? was it maybe a labcorp measurement in pg/mL with a range given? you can do the math yourself, your FT is not that low.
Honestly I donāt think youāll gain much to begin with and you wonāt keep most of it. Whatever dose you run the majority of the year is what your body will try to reach homeostasis with.
that result does not make sense, and a top range of 5.46ng/dL makes no sense for FT. Quest labs usually measure in pg/mL with a range of 15-155pg/mL, something like that.
anywho0, I calculated your FT using TT, SHBG and assuming Alb 4.3 and got a result of 30.2ng/dL or 2.78% of total, which makes waaaaay more sense.
sorry I went in order you asked in. since you are taking 1mg of AI weekly already taking that same dose while on cycle will not increase TT further.
Thanks for the information, learning a lot today. Could you tell me the math you are using to figure FTā¦if you think it would make sense to a newbie?
Also, for clarification, I only started on the AI last week when my high estradiol was noted. So my total T number mentioned in this thread is not on an AI. So knowing that, what might I expect now taking an AI? Will my total and free test rise with the introduction of Anastrozole?
Yes but likely not appreciably or something to track. Minor changes in T levels are not going to yield you anything noticeable.
Youāre already on T so in order to push past a plateau youāre going to need to triple your levels for a lengthy period to build new tissue and hold it. Thatās assuming nothing else changes such as training or huge increases in food.
Google calculate free testosterone, enter your information. I forget off the top of my head which formula that site uses, but there are 3 that are considered āvalidā. I think this one is the most reliable.