I posted that in another thread but maybe you while not check it back.
If you want to know more about my situation, you can check my other thread I started.
Just a quick resume of my situation in context of e2 before I start(or if you don’t want to read all…)
pre trt: felt 5.5/10, lowish libido and energy but nice agression
starting trt: testosteron+ regular ai (felt really good, dry look, good libido and energy, nice agression 8/10
3-4 month onto trt:stopped arimidex for stupid reason, felt OK, still pretty good
5 month in: still on test without an ai. stopped feeling the effect of trt, felt lethargic, was bloated like a big, oily skin, puffy nips, etc.
at that time, i tried arimidex again. but everytime i tried arimidex, i was loosing high e side(bloat, acne, etc.), but was feeling SHITTY mentally. even with the smallest ai dose.
6-9 month in: so at that time, i didnt tried more with the arimidex and let my e2 creep back up(tested e2 at 100(yeah that right , almost 5 times the optimal level)), living with the side just to feel OK, taking small dose of ai every 2-3 week to minize the side( and getting the same crash every time). By the way, if you read the rest of my post, i have a theory for those “crash” with arimidex who didnt happened at first on trt.
lead me to stop trt
[quote]KSman wrote:
If anything can wreck libido and sexual response, it is elevated E2. Your E2 peaks earlier in the week can leave many E2 receptors saturated with effects that linger even as E2 levels fall. And E2 affects brain function and lowering E2 when elevated will improve brain function over weeks 2-4. Your liver ALT/AST numbers are good from the prospect of E2 clearance by the liver.
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This is BEYOND interesting. On trt at first i was controlling my e2 and was feeling great, than for whatever reason I let it raise up. after 2 month of letting it raise up, i tried arimidex again cause i was starting to get side. result was EVERY time i took arimidex , i felt shitty, but the estrogen side were going away.
after i while and not understanding why i was feeling now shitty on trt, idid a bloowork (the day before i took a good amount of arimidex)
the next norming and tested at e2=10, i didn’t felt better that day borderline worse. So i tough arimidex= feeling shitty and and let my e2 creep back up.
I know that estrogen act as a MAO-I, so i guess its why with high estro I felt OK but not great like the first week of trt(when controlling e2), and when I was taking and anti estrogen after being high estro for so long, i didnt had that mao-i effect anymore… but i didnt let myself the time to stabilise with normal estrogen level…
Maybe the solution what to let myself stabilise with normal estrogen level and would have after a while started to feel like the first week of trt again?
when you say"lowering E2 when elevated will improve brain function over weeks 2-4. " maybe i should off kept the e2 lowered a little longer.
cause i felt better pre trt than ON trt with highish estrogen…