Confused about side effects

Makuroske

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Hello everyone,

Although I haven't been an active member on this forum, I've been following and researching for at least 3 years.

I'm writing for a friend:

They started their first cycle a little over month ago, yesterday was the first pin of the 6th week.

The cycle is Test-E, 500mg a week (250mg x2 thur/sun).

Subject is between late 20s/early 30s.

diet has been going well, meals consist of chicken breast, eggs, fish/sashimi, tuna, steak, proper veggies, brown rice, milk, and cheese, small amounts of fruits and nuts.

absolutely 0 alcohol, no smoking, and no sweets (snakes, cakes, trash)

between 7 and 8 hours of rest a night, usually a 1 hour nap in the evening.

week 1~4 were great, strength increase and overall body shape transformation. Sex was enjoyable except for the difficulty to achieve orgasms. Morning wood still occur and very hard erections during intercourse. seemed like they had a "chub" for 80% of the day.

oily face too.

week 4.5: very high stress week with work, which even caused some anxiety.

Mondayish
notice lack of appetite. huge difference starting since week 2, where subject couldnt eat enough.

Thursdayish
notice sock indentations on ankles, pants are a bit tighter around the waist, watch is a bit tighter. Notices nipples are erect more often. not as horny as week 2~4. still gets morning wood but erections are weaker. Starts drinking about 6 liters of water in 24 hours and started an ECA stack without the A.

week 4 weekend:
has intercourse with gf for about 4 hours but erections are weaker, but still erect. nipples were pretty sore afterwards but there was a lot of play involving them. either way, this starts triggering thoughts about gyno. no lumps, no itchyness, etc

week: 5

feeling not so happy, unmotivated, and work outs are sluggish. diet: still eating approved foods but not enough due to loss of appetite. doing too much contradicting reading on internet forums. nipples slightly different in appearance, and can now be seen through shirts but not sensitive, itchy, etc.

2 days ago: work is now relaxed and stress levels are much lower
pops 1.25mg Letrozole in the evening, next day pissing like a race horse. Last night no sock indentions. morning wood ok, no joint pains, Overall happy mood. Had intercourse with gf which was great and was able to finish in about 30 mins.

so heres the questions:
is ankle swelling (Edema) normal for some people during cycles?
can anti-e show this much change in just 1 day?
can stress/anxeity cause the unbalance of test/estro?
if subject is happier, and sees less swelling, can they stop the anti-e
should they take nolva for rebound until end of cycle?


sorry, i know this is very very poorly written.

I'll answer questions or try to clear up any confusion as best as i can.

Thanks!
 
I agree with cyborg above. Sounds like high estro and an Aromatase inhibitor (AI) should have been taken throughout the cycle. This would have a large impact on water retention. Also if my estro elevates on cycle my first indication is through my sex drive. The test will initially cause me to be a sexual deviant (constant chubs and sex on the mind 99% of my day along with viagara like hard ons during intercourse) but when estro builds up too high this all goes out the window quick for me. Must use caution with the AI's though because if you crush estro then you can have similar side effects in the libido department.... Plus some estro is needed to promote muscle growth.
 
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