Make sure to have aromasin on hand and just use that to control any potential e2 issues while you get familiar with testosterone. That is what I did and its quite easy to manage when you know what to look for as far as high e2 symptoms. Dry skin, achy joints, "flushing" under the skin when touching it, mood swings, itchy nipples etc. You'll get to experience some of them and manage accordingly. But don't be scared of using an AI like Aromasin, its fine

I am in the process of switching over to using Primo instead of Aromasin now and I'm glad I got to experience what I did with high e2 symptoms, it was a huge learning experience and now I catch the milder symptoms quickly and can deal with them before my mood starts to go real bad.

I think you’re overthinking it a little.

At true TRT doses, I’d start the testosterone by itself and see how you respond before adding anything else. A lot of guys assume they’re going to have estrogen issues and start planning AIs, Primo, caber, etc. before they’ve even taken their first shot.

You’re also actively losing weight, which will likely reduce aromatization over time.

The problem with starting TRT and Primo together is that if you feel great, feel terrible, have high E2, low E2, libido issues, or anything else, you won’t know which compound is responsible.

Get on the TRT, give it 8-12 weeks, pull bloods, see how you feel, then make decisions based on data instead of assumptions.

Also, 160 mg/week isn’t exactly a tiny TRT dose. Plenty of guys do very well on less than that, so I definitely wouldn’t assume you’ll need estrogen management before you’ve even started.

Congrats on dropping from 268 to 235. I’d stay focused on the fat loss because that will probably have a bigger impact on your hormones and health than adding Primo right now.

1 thing at a time brother. Start with Test and see where your estrogen lands. Some people can take 300mg/week and have no estrogen sides.

Also, just warning you, your libido will go bazerk for the first 3-6 months at least no matter what you do. When your body gets a surge of testosterone, even if it's a replacement dose, your body is so used to having low T that your libido will skyrocket for a while. If you have a girlfriend or wife you should warn her of this.

100-200mg/week is a good starting dose, but this all varies by person. Get your labs after 3 months of that 160mg/week and see where everything lands.

Also another question. How is your TRT provider? Are they knowledgeable? Just because they are a TRT doc doesn't mean they know what they are doing. A lot of these pop up clinics are a cash grab capitalizing on the TRT trend. Shop around for a telehealth clinic that feels right to you.

Either way, they will all say that if you're low, jump on test at a dose, see how you feel for the next 3 months, look at your labs and adjust from there.

If you're on 160/week and your estrogen is high, you can lower the dose till you get your E2(estrogen) on the high normal range or until you don't have symptoms. It also depends how you feel on high E2. If you have high E2, and you still feel good and not getting symptoms (like gyno, moodiness etc.), there's no reason to change.

Also, anti-estrogens are not evil or bad for you, they just turn down your E2, E2 is used for many things in your body so if you lower it too much you can also get negative side effects. So using too much primo will do the exact same thing as arimadex or whatever you use.

It's all a balance brother. Take it 1 compound at a time, wait a while to let your body adjust to it, look at your labs and then make an informed decision on what to do next based on all of that.