Elevated estrogen... how much arimidex?
I have been taking 300mg of Test C (up from my 140mg TRT dose) for the last 4 weeks. This is my first time ever running any kind of cycle and I do not plan on adding any other compound. I plan on a 16 week cycle and my goal is to see what my testosterone limits are without crazy sides.
My bloodwork just came back after 4 weeks, and my free T seems like an astronomically high number. Is it even possible to have such high free testosterone at this dosage? I was planning on continuing to titrate up by 100mg every 4 weeks until i hit 500mg. Is it a good idea to continue increasing my dose or am i pushing my limits at 300mg? I feel great and the only sides are oily skin and a small amount of chest acne. I know i need to address my estrogen levels already, as my estrogen is elevated outside the range, and I am wondering how much arimidex I should take without crushing my levels. Labs out of range are as follows (all other markers are normal to exceptional):
Total T: >1500 ng/dl
Free T: 461.31 pg/ml
Estrogen: 74.3 pg/ml
SHBG: 18 nmol/l
Uric acid: 3.17 mg/dl
Any help would be much appreciated!
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Thanks for the replys men! I do feel great, the rest of my markers are perfect and my girlfriend is happy with the morning wood! Lol.
The last 2 days, I feel like my nips are a little bit sore but maybe its just because im thinking about it too much. I am terrified of developing gyno. I think I may try 0.25 mg twice a week and re-check bloods in 4 weeks.
It really comes down to you as an individual. The other comments are right, if you feel good then dont worry about that number being above range. not everyone feels symptoms at the same levels, it comes down to your own body chemistry. Estrogen is a required process for so much including IGF-1 (one of the main growth drivers), organ support and brain health as well as allowing you to keep an erection interestingly enough. i need arimidex when i get over a gram of test per week and its usually just .5mg 3x per week because the half life is just a few days. but i know that because thats when i feel symptoms not because blood work told me so. i use blood work for silent health markers like cholesterol, triglycerides, hematocrit, RBC count, etc. stuff you dont get a warning sign from thats outright and in your face like estrogen is
However, I disagree with the aromasin suggestion because that has a very long half life. trying to find what works for you becomes sort of difficult when you need to wait 7 days for aromasin to clear then go up or down for another week, meanwhile experiencing those awful estrogen side effects. Aromasin also has a tendency to reduce estrogen for long periods of time even after the half life because it is a suicide inhibitor forcing your body to make more enzymes to convert when can take time. fucking that dose up can be a long battle to get it right again. having something short acting like arimidex is easy to adjust to where you want it. However, if you feel good, no nipple sensitivity, no oily skin, and your dick still works i would be super happy with that and stay where you are.
I always keep arimidex on hand though because when you DO feel like you need some support, it sucks waiting around with those symptoms because you didnt just keep a bottle around for emergencies.
my 2 cents
My e2 is 82 and I feel great with no sides so I let it ride. Even tho your and my e2 are out of ranges so is our test. We both have a 20:1 test to e2 so if its not broke why fix it.
I mean if you feel fine and have no obvious signs of elevated estrogen just keep it. But I’m sure as u keep titrating you’ll run into issues. I wouldn’t use arimidex because you’d have to dose frequently to keep stable levels and the tabs come in 1mg so you’d have to do like 0.15mg or so every other day (estimate). Instead of an arbitrary 500 test, I would titrate until you get obvious signs of sides, then tone it down to what you can handle. I see you don’t wanna add another compound, but if u wanna run that much test you’re better off with aromasin, or.. OR.. reach your 500mg total with a bit of mast, maybe 300:200 test mast. Just sayin
How do you feel? If you feel good, dont have any high e2 symptoms... I personally wouldnt do anyting
74 e2 is not bad at all, free test looks really nice. If you want to bring the e2 into the 50 range, try 0.5mg Ari once a week, maybe even every other week. Id start there and get new labs in 4-6 weeks.