AI alternatices while on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) to control E2

[pdelta]

I'm on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and use 75mg of formestane daily it keeps my E2 in check. I have used both DIM and I3C. I3C works better.

 

[Alpin]

If you ran another PCT and quit testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), how do you think you'd feel? If you felt ok, you could just run some cycles to get where you wanted to be.

I, like you have been having trouble dialing in. It's tough to resist temptation to throw another drug into the mix or up a dosage if you feel crappy. The way I look at it, I need to get my numbers where they "should" be on paper then adjust for how I feel . Does it suck? Yes! But, at least you have a number to refer back to for adjusting dosages. I think you need to slow down and ride it out.

Funny you mention "on paper" in regards to T levels...
An Endo I saw last week was saying it doesn't matter what's on paper but how you feel that is important....blah, blah, blah. Usual b.s.
Told him how I feel and it was obviously on paper in front of him to see and understand the symptoms.

 

[SilverBackGorilla]

You may feel great with a total test of 4,500 but it is certainly not good to be that high for a long long long time supposedly. I think that finding your sweet spot within range is the best thing when on TRT but with that comes patience. It could take a year or more but at least you could keep a diary of how you feel at what doses and what blood levels. After you are properly dialed in for a bit, run a cycle or something. Remember, the typical TRT starting point is 100mg a week, 500iu of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) and no Aromatase inhibitor (AI) unless your estrogen gets high. Personally, I'd start over and forget what the docs are saying unless they are the ones injecting you. The last thing ypu want to do is hurt yourself switching stuff up all the time, you owe it to yourself to be patient.

 

[Spunkey71]

You may feel great with a total test of 4,500 but it is certainly not good to be that high for a long long long time supposedly. I think that finding your sweet spot within range is the best thing when on TRT but with that comes patience. It could take a year or more but at least you could keep a diary of how you feel at what doses and what blood levels. After you are properly dialed in for a bit, run a cycle or something. Remember, the typical TRT starting point is 100mg a week, 500iu of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) and no Aromatase inhibitor (AI) unless your estrogen gets high. Personally, I'd start over and forget what the docs are saying unless they are the ones injecting you. The last thing ypu want to do is hurt yourself switching stuff up all the time, you owe it to yourself to be patient.

Solid advice right there Apollon!