Estrogen just tested at 221. Now what?

[Motiv8ed]

I've been taking 300mg/wk of Cyp for about 9 mos. My starting point was 252 Test level. Test level after 1st 90 days was 455, 2nd 90 days Test level was 844. My Doc thought 844 was too high so I was told to cut back to 150/wk Cyp. After a few weeks I felt like shit and asked for a new blood test. Test level went down to 205. So I went back to 300/wk. 4 weeks later I went back to have my estrogen tested. This is when I discovered a communication error between me and my doc. When I was told to drop back to 150cyp it was because the doc thought I'd been taking 200/wk instead of the 300 I was actrually taking.

Anyhow, to make a long story longer, I got my estrogen level today. It came in at 221!

What do you guys recommend. I'll be hooking up with Chip soon, I just wondered if I should do something right away. AI...which one...how much?

Thanks guys. Brian

 

[cashout]

I've been taking 300mg/wk of Cyp for about 9 mos. My starting point was 252 Test level. Test level after 1st 90 days was 455, 2nd 90 days Test level was 844. My Doc thought 844 was too high so I was told to cut back to 150/wk Cyp. After a few weeks I felt like shit and asked for a new blood test. Test level went down to 205. So I went back to 300/wk. 4 weeks later I went back to have my estrogen tested. This is when I discovered a communication error between me and my doc. When I was told to drop back to 150cyp it was because the doc thought I'd been taking 200/wk instead of the 300 I was actrually taking.

Anyhow, to make a long story longer, I got my estrogen level today. It came in at 221!

What do you guys recommend. I'll be hooking up with Chip soon, I just wondered if I should do something right away. AI...which one...how much?

Thanks guys. Brian

From what you have described, you seem to aromatize T like crazy! I am not sure I've seen a number that high from a 300 mg per week protocol!

I've use all 3 AIs - Adex, Asin, and Letro at one time or another and I perfer Letro. I can use a much lower overall dosage and I can space the administration up to 84 hours apart and still keep my estrogen under 20.

There seems to be a lot of trial and error with AIs.

You will have to play around with each to figure out what you respond to best.

 

[TR2838]

It sounds like you have a liberal doc there! I don't think you should have a problem asking for Arimidex or another AI.. Good luck

ask Him if he'll monitor your shbg as well as estradiol

 

[Motiv8ed]

I started at 100mg/wk and worked up to 300 over a period of about 3 months. The doc is leberal on the Test but when I asked HER to check my estrogen she laughed and said "We don't even check that on women." I told her I needed bloodwork anyway because I decided to go to an Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) specialist. My SHBG came in at 19.8.

 

[TR2838]

Shbg looks good.. I forgot to answer your question.. Personally I would take 1mg adex a day until you start waking up w/ wood so stiff that it hurts then back off to every other day.. If your joints start hurting stay off it for a couple days.. It's trial and error.. I'm far from an expert.. Just what I would do from what I have learned about myself over the past 6 months.

 

[transcend2007]

Do you feel any syptoms of high E? How is your libido, mood, and sleep?

 

[Motiv8ed]

Thanks for the help. I knew something was wrong because my test levels have been good at times, and my libido is up, but I never really felt completely right.

I had a sneeking suspicion it was high estrogen levels when I woke up one day and felt like redecorating my house. But seriously, it's been a roller coaster ride lately. I never had physical symptoms of high estrogen, like sensitive nipples, etc. But I feel like shit some days. I've had mood swings, energy swings, and motivation swings. Some days I feel like I've lost my Y chromosome.

It's good to finally know for sure that my estrogen is way to damn high, and the cure is an AI.

on edit: My sleep pattern, if you could call it that, is all over the place.