Possible Gyno. Risk of AI Shutting Me Down?

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I’m on 160mg of test cyp a week - divided into two doses and am on week 5 of this regimen. I’m overweight (6’5 and 270 lbs, linebacker build but not cut up) and have been religiously checking myself for gyno. I haven’t had sore/spicey nipples at all but I still check to be sure. Tonight I felt a small lump when I push directly down on my left nipple (and slightly to the right of it, not underneath it) about the size of a pea - but I can’t feel it when I “cup and feel” like the Youtube videos are saying to test for. I can sort of feel it when I flex my pec, it maybe brings it up from the surface so to speak.

I have 30 ct 1mg Arimidex that the TRT clinic prescribed me, but I’ve heard a lot of horror stories of guys getting shut down and I don’t want to run the risk of taking it if I don’t need it and I’m just feeling something else. Would taking half a pill a week kill my E2?

I have my first blood test about 4 days from now since starting TRT, should I be able to wait until then to see what my E2 levels are? Or is this an “act immediately” situation? Haven’t run into this before.

My last test results (before I hopped on) are:

Total T = 359
Test Free = 67.3 (ref 47-244)
SHBG = 23
Prolactin = 9.1
FSH = 2.8
PSA total= 1.11
Estradiol = 17.3
DHEA = 5.5

Again there is no tenderness/spiciness and no new swelling that I can see.

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You irritated your nipples. Stop squeezing and fidgeting with them and wait for the blood test in 4 days to tell you what to do.

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Shut down? Test Cyp shuts you down. An AI will just lower your E2 and if you’re not careful it will lower it too much.

You need to wait for those blood draws and see whats going on. Leave the nips alone until then. Put it out of your mind.

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Entirely possible. A SERM would be better option for gyno

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I have a tiny pee size lump on my left nipple also, been there since puberty. You actually require a gene to be able to develop gyno, and if you never had it before, it’s likely you ever will.

By the way, estrogen alone doesn’t trigger gyno, an imbalance of DHT, prolactin and various other hormones trigger gyno. Most bodybuilders get gyno coming off hormones which can create an environment for hormone imbalances.

Your fear of gyno is messing with your head.

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Itching itching itchiness- then gyno.

If youre not tender or itching you’re not getting gyno.