I was up and down libido wise until week 7 or 8 and then it finally got more consistent. I wouldn’t worry just yet
STILL TRYING TO DIAL IN. DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR HELP. 11 weeks in TRT. Current dosage 140mg test prop ED with Arimidex 0,33mg EOD from 4th week. After 6 weeks of this protocol big libido crash. Somethings are way better - confidence, energy level, positive outlook on life and being decisive - I love TRT to be honest.
But the most important thing - LIBIDO - it’s hit or miss. Sometimes I have morning wood (rare), sometimes I don’t and dick is softer that it was before starting. Sometimes very good libido and dick sensitivity but with no fucking erection included. I had and intercourse with hot as fuck lady and couldn’t perform. I don’t understand why. Someone can blame it on high Estradiol but I had perfect sexual intercourse when I did HCG/clomid restart (before starting TRT) and my Estradiol was twice as norm.
My balls are aching lil bit and starting to hide.
I will do labs on monday, any idea why I have erection troubles? Arimidex made my estrogen crashed? Maybe time to introduce HCG?
Any one with similar problems?
Why are you taking arimidex at all? Much less such a large quantity compared to such a small amount of T?
Libido issues, sorry to mention but I have also had libido and mental issues on TRT standalone. I had the same problems without AI, and then they started to be better with AI in first days. Like way better.
You’d know you crashed your E2 if it’s crashed. It’s one of those things that when it happens there’s no doubt (for me at least). If the AI has you where you want to be then take it. If it were me and I needed an AI to get me where I needed to be I sure as hell would do it. Personally, I find the AI hard to maintain. It was hard to tell what it was hurting or helping. It seemed like one set dose didn’t work. Like I would need more at times and less at times which led to crashed E2. After the second crash I never took it again.
So for sure I crashed my E2 - here are my labs. I have to take way less even no AI. It’s funny that I only had couple side effects, mostly sleepiness and gummy dick. My erections are getting better.
Here are my labs:
Estradiol: 16.05 pg/ml n: 7.63 - 42.6
Prolactin: 371.5 mU/l n:98 - 456
Testosterone: 638 ng/dL n:249 - 980.56
Hematocrit: 48.2 % n: 40-49.5
I will wait for Free Testosterone and SHBG and I will up the dosage to 160ml weekly. Still a lot room to improve. Also I am starting test cypionate instead of propionate. Just to see the difference.
You were taking a LOT of AI. Drop it and give it some time, see what happens. The simpler you can make things, the better. I had swollen ankles and hands for a week or two and then it passed and I’m fine. Even with e2 of 73, no issues.
Since you established early on in this process that you are estrogen dominant, I wouldn’t drop the AI completely. Your E2 is low, but not “crashed.” I would cut your AI dose in half and see how you feel.
You can have hard erections with low estrogen just before the tipping point, you may lose some sensitivity.
That was my problem before starting TRT. I can’t say whether it was the low free T or the low E2 (or… both), but erections weren’t a problem at all. It was the lack of sensitivity that was the issue. When originally looking at TRT I remember reading the signs for low e2 from over-doing it on AI’s and it matched almost perfectly with every symptom I had. Blood tests confirmed it. Even with 1100 TT my E2 was still naturally very low (single digits)
Thank you guys for your help. If I am thinking right, labs were made 2 days after taking AI, so just when I took the pill estradiol level were even lower than on labs right?
Also can someone confirm if I am right with dosing Cypio?
I was on Test Prop (100mg/1ml) and my dosage was 20mg/0,2ml ED - 140 mg weekly.
Now I have Test Cypio which is 250mg/1ml and I want my dosage to be 160 mg weekly. If I am thinking correctly I should take around 0,091ml daily.
Someone can confirm this?
Yep that’s correct.
Hello. Still huge problems. I upped the dosage of Test. I dropped the AI. Everywhere at the forum I read that Arimidex is a poison that can destroy your TRT. Never regained the morning woods nor the libido. My dick feels like a jelly, sometimes I can even feel ache. No erection almost. It’s White and not bloody. I am getting emotional.
Did I have Huge estradiol issues?
It’s going to be ok. Been there. Looking back at your labs you are low SHBG. I’d go back to Propianate daily. Much lower dose. 15mg/day. No AI. Try 100iu of HCG EOD. Or consider Topical administration if you can. I found topical helped DHT levels and sex drive. What supplements are you taking?
My dose here was on 20 daily of Prop.
My test levels were not optimal.
Nothing fancy about supps - Turmeric sometimes, EGCG sometimes etc. ZMA.
Try adding in low dose HCG with the 20mg prop. Would boost Total T and for me it increased penile sensitivity. Also, try iodine. I dealt with that ‘cold dick’ feel and Iodine at 500mcg/ day helped. Better flaccid hang and added sensitivity, especially in conjunction with HCG.
What dose of HCG do you recommend? Also it’s ok to abandon hcg sometimes during travelling? It’s hard to travel with it. Are you taking any AI?
Damn at 28yo I have to deal with this. What Anitdepressants can do with Human 
I was on Paxil for years. Among other Antidepressants in my 20s. It gets better. I take 80-100iu HCG EOD, and my SHBG is around your level. Dropping HCG for a week or 2 every so often is ok. I take no AI
Any sexual dysfunction from paxil? Reversed?
Oh yeah, no doubt. It comes back.
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