This is the exact same info I got here in the UK when I was researching E2 testing.
This example is not mine.
I donāt have copies of tests to prove it but I just want to say that after reading all these forums I was concerned my doctor was not using the sensitive test. So on my last blood test I got my e2 tested at the doctors office then went and got a second e2 test done at labcorp using the sensitive method. The ECLIA test read 34, the lc/ms/ms test read 37. This is very interesting to me because some people on here have really strong opinions about only using the sensitive test. Iām gonna keep testing both methods on the same day and see what the results are.
IMO it doesnt matter which test you use, as long as you use the same test everytime.
E2 is really one of those things its all about the feelings and sides.
Ie, if im finding it hard to get hard, my e2 is high.
If im finding it hard to cum, my e2 is to low
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So everyone has chimes in and gone off on a tangent on the E2 Test.
After seeing my results what can I do to get libido back and drive?
I am on a .5 Cc x 2 a week on my own lowered from my docs recommended 1 cc x 2 a week.
Also doing 100iu (1cc) HCG x 2 a week per my doc. He also just told me to bump my Anastanzole to 1 x 3 a week
Probably been on protocol now for last 3 weeks.
Labs have been posted.
Please advise
3 weeks isnāt enough wait out the 6 weeks
Ok so I have updated the blood work from last time. I have been taking 1000 x 2 HCG , .5 x 2 test e , and 1 x3 Anastanzole last set of labs was 11/16/18 and after two weeks previously running protocol above
Before I was on 1cc x 2 test e 200 and .5 x 2 Anastanzole and no HCG
Still no change in sex drive but from previous labs E was high now it is in the low
Also some other issues seems on labs.
So we are over 6 weeks in now what ?
Not feeling like a Brahma Bull or drive or libido.
No different feeling at all.
First snapshot is previous labs
Next set is newest and dated
Please advise. Need help from pros my doc sucks
E2 is in the gutter, test is too high, HCT is too high.
All this should level out if you drop the test dose to 125mg per week and stop the AI use, you should also donate blood. Consistently stay at that dose for 6 weeks, then retest the bloods. I would be confident you will be feeling a lot better after a few weeks
So reduce the rest form 200mg test a week to 125mg? This lab was the fourth day from pinning and I pinned after the labs
I pin Tuesday/ Friday and that lab was done on Tuesday.
Lowering the dosage is going to make me feel better and drive and libido? Stop the ai? What HCG dosage ?
What a mess. Sorry youāre not responding like most of us. Not sure where to tell you to start. Here goes, in order , though I would do the first two now:
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Lose the anastrozole
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Cut hCG in half.
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Reduce test.
Also, I would not donate blood, unless you want to for charitable reasons.
So will drop the Anastanzole
Cut HCG to 250 x 2 ?? Correct ?
Reduce test again ? To what levels ?
Think this will solve the sexual
Side issues also and increase drive and libido ?
Yes.
I wouldnāt yet.
I hope the zero E2 is behind that. Regardless, that low of E2 is unhealthy.
So leave the test at 100mg x 2 then
Well
E2 was above 70 causing issues and now below 5 causing issues. But i was at 30-40 and was causing issues also
So donāt donate for hematocrit
I know. Iām thinking start from scratch, but not change everything at once.
What ya thinking ?
I would drop everything but Test @ 100mg per week split into two doses for 6 weeks. Then re-evaluate blood work. If you need to adjust up or down, do the adjustment with test and wait another 6 weeks. Keep doing that until you get somewhat dialed in. THEN, start looking into adding HCG back to your protocol. Leave the AI on the shelf unless you start having issues with E2, and even then, back it up with a blood test confirmation before starting AI, unless you have the OBVIOUS markers like sudden nipple sensitivity.
I am thinking along the lines of bmbrady77 above, but I did not want to see you make such a drastic change, and with E2 so low, keep test up and hCG in hopes that your E2 will come back quicker.
Just thinking out loud here, but do you think he could achieve a similar result by doing 150mg once per week for 2 - 3 weeks, then switching to the split dose protocol with 100mg. Kinda like slowly walking back down from a cycle?
My dosage is currently 200mg a week split into 100mg x 2
I also ran that protocol for the last 7 weeks already no change but lower E2
Regardless of what you decide to do with regard to everything else man, your Test dosing is too high. Your T bloods and your hematocrit is screaming that to you. You need to reduce that dosage.