Hey everyone,

Running a cycle (currently on week 4) of Test C 500mg/week (2 injections: Saturday and Tuesday) for a total of 10 weeks, and wanted to ask for some advice re: on cycle therapy and PCT, as well as where you all think my labs should be.

My current plan for PCT is Nolvadex 40/40/20/20, Clomiphene 80/80/40/40 starting 2 weeks after the final injection. I also have HCG. I’ve been told this isn’t really necessary for such a mild cycle, but if it makes me recover faster it sounds like a good idea to me.

I also have Aromasin to run on cycle. I began 12.5mg EOD begging week 2. Currently experiencing a little bilateral tenderness and maybe slight swell, maybe I'm imagining it- but I don't think so.

Brief back ground on me:
I’m a 26 year old white male with no medical history, no chronic conditions. No family history of heart disease, liver/kidney disease, diabetes, or blood clots. I do not drink any alcohol, or use any recreational drugs. I do take some “health supplements:” Multivitamin, Arginine/Ornithine both pre workout and before bed, fish oil (a fuck ton, as much as I can swallow), CoQ10, and 5g creatine/day.

I am actually just finishing medical school; so I know a thing or two about drug mechanisms, hormones, and physiology, but lack experience that some of you might have- especially regarding dosing. (If you want to bitch to me about the medical ethics of this, go ahead and type it up, print it out, and throw it away. I don’t really care.) Why am I doing this? Well, I don’t have a real reasonable answer here, and I know that. I don’t get to work out as much as I used to, med school is a real bitch like that, and I still want to make gains, not just maintain- which is what has happened over the last 3 years of school. I don’t want to look like a “relatively fit doctor who obviously lifts,” I want to be a monument to academic, medical, and physical strength. (You're supposed to laugh here..)

My stats:
Weight: 210 pounds
Height: 6 foot 0 inches
BMI: 17% (measured by DEXA scan- not BMI chart so its reliable- please fat shame me I know I deserve it)
Squat max: 455
Bench max: 315
Deadlift max: 455
Clean and Jerk max: 275

I usually train ~5 days per week alternating between uppers and lowers focusing on compound movements. There is some variability in this because I often do Olympic lifts on my “lowers”

Baseline Labs done 2 weeks before cycle:
CBC, CMP, LFTs, all WNL (within normal limits)
Kidney function: Cr slightly elevated at 1.4. I eat a ton of protein and work out a lot. this was still actually barely WNL technically, but a little elevated for what we like to see in medicine.
Testosterone (total): 874
Testosterone (free): 137

Labs done beginning week 3:
CBC, CMP, LFTs all WNL
Testosterone (total): 2408
Testosterone (free): 597.8
***Estrogen: 358.7 (normal range tops out at 190)

Labs done beginning week 4: Repeated estrogen and kidney function
Kidneys: Cr came down with aggressive hydration so I am not too worried here.
***Estrogen: 367.1
This estrogen value is worrisome to me. With 2 weeks on Aromasin 12.5 EOD I expected this to have come down. I have been experiencing a little nipple tenderness.
To combat this, I am now doing Aromasin 12.5 every day + Nolvadex 10mg every day to try to get my estrogen down, and shield any breast tissue from my high levels of estrogen- at least until I have estrogen tested again next week.

Moving forward:
I will have total estrogen and estradiol drawn this Friday (end of week 5). I now realize I should have had estradiol checked and not just estrogen all the way along (feel free to yell at me for this one, I deserve it). I will update this post with those labs as soon as they come in. (takes 3-5 days after having them drawn.)

My most pressing questions:
-Am I panicking unnecessarily by upping the AI and taking Nolvadex? Should I stop doing this? Should I continue doing this? Do I need to have letro on hand? My sex drive is currently/usually very high and I'd really like to keep it that way.

-What should be by goal range for my estrogen and my estradiol?

-How do you think I should run HCG? lots of conflicting information, where as the dosing schedule for nolva and clomid PCT seems pretty standard

-When should I have more labs drawn? both on cycle and PCT and after PCT?

Thanks you guys for any advice you may have, I greatly appreciate it. (Sorry for the long post, I wanted to be as thorough as possible.)

Edit:
End week 5 labs: e2=40 (within normal limits)
Total estrogen: down to 235 (range 60-190) from 367.
This is after running (dosage according to the label) 12.5 Ed for 1 week. Then I had some work stress going on, felt a little nipple tenderness and did 4 days of 25mg Ed 4 days prior to this blood draw.
Conclusion- my AI is underdosed. Probably 25-50% of the labeled dose. Trying to avoid taking too much AI and tanking my estrogen. Pissed about the incorrect dosing. Bought drugs on the internet and it turned out not to be reliable... who would have thought?
Source review to come.