AI off cycle/before cycle?

[peter north]

So here's my dilemma: I've been dealing with pain in my nipples (nothing extreme, ive dealt with worse, but bad enough to hurt a bit on runs and stair climbs), along with some slight gyno. I'm assuming this is due to past cycles (over a year ago now) since I never had it as a teen.

Personally, it seems to me to be correlated to periods where my alcohol consumption increases dramatically, which it did the last several weekends (I know I know, I'm ashamed).

Anyways, there is the backstory, my question is would it make sense to run, say a-dex every other day for a couple weeks? I was planning on a cycle from a month from now and am slightly unsure about starting with this still an issue.. Or would just running it during cycle clear things up for me.

I'm hesitant with doing this mainly because I would like to be entering the cycle at my peak, not inhibited by a couple weeks of an AI.

Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[rowdybrad]

you could bro, or get some quality letrozole and take 1.5 mg or so ed for 1-2 weeks.

but that would kill your e2. you can do your cycle and use adex like you planned, but have letro on hand for after this cycle.

 

[peter north]

aiight thanks Brad, I'll have some letro on hand just in case and i think ill just begin the adex a couple weeks before the cycle to be safe.

 

[lntense]

You're obviously veryy sensitive to estrogen if drinking on the weekends is flaring it up. I'd suggest trying not to drink for a while and let your hormones balance out, but if you truly feel your worsening your gyno hop on some letro.

 

[clsmth700]

you really should get labs asap / see a real MD , if you can be honest, either way get blood work

try to find a doc that aint scared of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) , not to score gear but to get an idea about your hormones

u can get rebound from Aromatase inhibitor (AI) / AE

running another cycle can mess u up ... what cycle you planning on running ?

 

[clsmth700]

btw you having any libido issue at the moment ?

age /stats

 

[peter north]

Unfortunately i live in NY so if i remember correctly labs are not allowed here.. maybe things have changed idk. I'm in the process of looking for a new doctor since I now have healthcare though my job, don't really know where i would look to find one that is knowledgeable though.

stats: 23, 188, 6.5-7.5 bf% atm. Just out of college, took the final semester a bit easy and decided to have some fun with the frat, ended up paying for it. But after a summer of cutting & several tris I'm back in shape. I have used liquid cia on occasion, don't know if its a libido issue though.

I am not positive this is actually due to alcohol, just an assumption since the pain seems to flair up for a little less than a week after binge drinking.

Almost all of the pain is gone as of today (being that its been a week since I have touched anything but a glass of red or white at dinners). Have not started the adex, gonna keep monitoring at this point, would rather not jump into it to hastily.

It might be important to note that since last year the puffiness in my nips has NOT gotten noticeably worse, just the pain has always come and gone, which I thought would signal more gyno but its just continued to remain mild.

Thanks again for all the support guys.

:EDIT: as for the cycle, nothing intense just a quick 8-10 week test-e cycle. Was considering kick starting with some dbol but if this continues that would be out of the question haha

 

[SquadLeader]

Unfortunately i live in NY so if i remember correctly labs are not allowed here.. maybe things have changed idk. I'm in the process of looking for a new doctor since I now have healthcare though my job, don't really know where i would look to find one that is knowledgeable though.

stats: 23, 188, 6.5-7.5 bf% atm. Just out of college, took the final semester a bit easy and decided to have some fun with the frat, ended up paying for it. But after a summer of cutting & several tris I'm back in shape. I have used liquid cia on occasion, don't know if its a libido issue though.

I am not positive this is actually due to alcohol, just an assumption since the pain seems to flair up for a little less than a week after binge drinking.

Almost all of the pain is gone as of today (being that its been a week since I have touched anything but a glass of red or white at dinners). Have not started the adex, gonna keep monitoring at this point, would rather not jump into it to hastily.

It might be important to note that since last year the puffiness in my nips has NOT gotten noticeably worse, just the pain has always come and gone, which I thought would signal more gyno but its just continued to remain mild.

Thanks again for all the support guys.

:EDIT: as for the cycle, nothing intense just a quick 8-10 week test-e cycle. Was considering kick starting with some dbol but if this continues that would be out of the question haha

Alcohol has a negative impact on Testosterone which gives estrogen more room to play. My best advice is to not binge drink.

 

[peter north]

Alcohol has a negative impact on Testosterone which gives estrogen more room to play. My best advice is to not binge drink.

Genius. haha

I really don't mess with it but I do have lapses from time to time. My life is really kind of like a bermuda triangle when it comes to alcohol: I am in finance for a giant multinational liquor beer & wine corporation, I have family history of alcoholism, i'm Irish, and I was in a fraternity. bad news. Safe to say I try to stay away from the stuff nowadays whenever possible.

 

[iPRO]

Alcohol has a negative impact on Testosterone which gives estrogen more room to play.

Good to know. I really didnt know this....Wow i woulda never guessed.