So I’m currently running 500mg/wk of Test Prop. I’m experiencing pretty severe facial bloating as I have in the past when running cycles of Test (sometimes w/ NPP). I’m also on HRT at 100mg/wk of Cypionate. It seems that a little bit of Test causes bloat, but that alot of Test causes even more bloat. I’ve had a bottle of Arimidex on hand for a while now, just in case. I considered the face bloating could be due to estrogen related water retention despite having no other high-estrogen symptoms (nipple sensitivity, etc.), so I gave it a shot.
Even on tiny doses (<.25mg/day) I experience loss of libido, achy joints, random body aches (feels like the flu), cloudy-headedness, etc. I’ve taken Arimidex on 3 different occasions only to experience the same thing. I’m not sure how it might be affecting my water retention since I’m probably not taking it long enough to see any results (it makes me feel terrible).
So, my questions are, might these effects be caused by me driving my estrogen too low, or is it potentially just side effects of the drug itself brought about by some other pharmokinetic mechanism? Also, if I am simply driving my estrogen too low, what could be caused the facial bloat?
I get the same thing. I take .2 mg and take it with a shake. Body gets used to it after a week. I am taking .25 eod right now
just had my estrodiol levels checked and they were well within normal range. On a real similar cycle. Just be careful running
dex to long it raised my bp above where it normally is on a cycle.
The medical community does not officially know about this. With women taking 1mg/day for breast cancer, they all feel like crap and the females with the over-responder genes will still feel like crap and nothing is noted.
The female over responders probably feel worse and worse suddenly, and perhaps have better cancer survival rates to go along with more bone loss and fractures.
Should I perhaps try something like Aromasin? I’m just not so sure there’s much evidence to suggest I’m running around with elevated estrogen levels. If it cures the face bloat issue, I’m all about it. I just don’t feel like coughing up the money to buy something I probably don’t need. Any thoughts?
