Low Estrogen on TRT. Help?

Pharma / TRT Testosterone Replacement
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All though rare some people (vast minority) don’t aromatize Test (from TRT) into E2. This means their estrogen crashes when starting TRT injections and leads to several issues.

I attempted TRT one year ago and despite increasing my T dose from 80mg to 175mg my E2 kept getting lower and lower (no AI, not premixed). This is rare but happens.

Anybody here with that problem?

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I have seen that a few times and will add estradiol to their protocol. Ask your doctor.

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Wouldn’t HCG help with this?

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What supplements are you taking?

Vitamin D, melatonin, B vitamins, zinc?

I have lab tested myself after taking these supplements and had decreasing levels of e2.

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None. Zinc and Cialis can decrease E2 but that is not the cause.

I just don’t aromatize exogenous T, no matter the ester.

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So what is THE science behind this. Aromatizing alot to dht instead which in turn decrease e2?

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You don’t aromatize Test to DHT, it’s reduced via 5 alpha reductase.

I do not know the cause or reason, I know it has happened to other people but it’s so rare that I have never seen it addressed by Jordan or Gil or any other knowledgeable person on T.

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So you do not take any of those listed supplements? Sorry just clarifying. Because Vit D and melatonin also decrease E2, and they are commonly taken and overlooked by most.

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questionable. it creates e2 through the same mechanism the test does, and if you’re lacking in aromatase enzymes, you’ll get the same result

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take some exogenous e2 and you’ll be fine.

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At this point you clearly are not aromatasing so supplement what you dont create. Were all broken somehow, and fixing it has become a part of everything. Whether its an old dog or a car

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Took a shot of HCG last night (300iu) and slept quite well and woke up relaxed.

Does anybody else find HCG extremely soothing? I know progesterone’s is sedative and called the calming hormone which HCG directly increases as well.

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the opposite, actually. suppose to act on the thyroid

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I feel amazing on HCG, so much better. I have an un underactive Thyroid naturally so if it stimulates it a little then great but the relaxing calming effect comes from Progesterone imho

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does anyone know the doses for estradiol valerate for men?