For the last two-three months I have been getting headaches by my left temple. Then about a month ago I started getting dizziness and poor libido/erections and blood pressure went to 130/80 when it normally sits around 118/78. Been on trt two years and it's been difficult to find the sweet spot. My protocol was 180mg test cyp split in two doses a week, 500iu hcg twice a week(wed night/sun morning) and 3mg adex a week. Dr initially had me on 3 mg adex a week and felt sore popping joints so we dialed it back to 2mg a week. Anyways I pulled blood through private md labs last week and my TT was 990 and E2 was 9. This was the day before my next injection so I'm guessing my estrogen is even lower the day I take my pill. I feel like I've been low for about 3 months as my sleep is crap, easily fatigued and very irritable. Wondering if I've been low this long how long to come back up. I stopped taking adex and waiting on non existant morning wood to return. Do my symptoms sound like low E2 and is there anything i can do to feel normal again? Thanks.
Low E2 how long to rebound
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Boy, this sounds familiar. I am in the same place. I have stopped adex for 4 days now. Haven't had morning wood in weeks. My sleep has been crap for weeks, and like you, I have a feeling I have been low for a while, but was confusing the sides for high E2. Apparently, both you and I do not need that much arimidex. 9 is awfully low, mine was 15. I was wondering the same thing, how long will it take to come back up. I am not taking any more adex until I get morning wood. My knee joints are not as sore as they were a few days ago, so E2 is creeping up. They all told me this sheet was powerful, I guess it is. I attributed my sore knees to old age. I could actually do squats today with just a little pain. My protocol was 4 pumps of androgel 1.62, and .5mg EOD. I was told by another member to do .25mg 2 times a week.
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Jimstigator
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Lol great question. I'm at 5. Can't wait to get back to normal range. Scary how fast it works and how small of a dose change it takes.
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Jims, you too lol. Well, I guess we will all learn from this. lol Actually, a member told me to do only .125mg 2 times a week. I think that is good advice. But I am waiting for my morning wood to return before I take any more arimidex! Holly sheet, my libido is in the toilet, my sleep has been awful, and sore knees. Yeah, I can't wait to get back to normal range.
Jimstigator
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I hear that. Oddly... Morning wood has been there which is weird. But even my knuckle joints are sore at this point 
I hear that. Oddly... Morning wood has been there which is weird. But even my knuckle joints are sore at this point
Yeah, that is funny how we are all different. It effects my morning wood big time, and also ED meds. They do not work as good. But I can identify with the sore knuckle joints. Mine were sore 4 days ago. Now only my knees are sore.
spaced_out
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this might be bro-science, but try eating drinking things that can promote estrogen.
"soybean products such as tofu and soy milk, lima beans, berries, apples, papaya, dates, plums, pomegranates, beets, eggplant, tomatoes, yams, olives, potatoes, barley, rice, hops, oats, wheat, flaxseeds, chickpeas, garlic, parsley, clover, split peas, sprouts and licorice."
source: Foods That Increase Estrogen in the Body | eHow
I crashed the shit out my estrogen and I'll tell you man, it's not as bad as crashing your testosterone. but pretty damn close. my range was 22, but my dumb ass over reacted to the t shot and thought I was aromatizing so I popped a arimidex. next week did the same thing, felt shitty ran a lab two days after and it was <5.
"soybean products such as tofu and soy milk, lima beans, berries, apples, papaya, dates, plums, pomegranates, beets, eggplant, tomatoes, yams, olives, potatoes, barley, rice, hops, oats, wheat, flaxseeds, chickpeas, garlic, parsley, clover, split peas, sprouts and licorice."
source: Foods That Increase Estrogen in the Body | eHow
I crashed the shit out my estrogen and I'll tell you man, it's not as bad as crashing your testosterone. but pretty damn close. my range was 22, but my dumb ass over reacted to the t shot and thought I was aromatizing so I popped a arimidex. next week did the same thing, felt shitty ran a lab two days after and it was <5.
Jimstigator
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Not bro science... I never drink but am tonight just to give a bump from alcohol!
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3ml adex a week for 180mg of cyp is insane! I'm not surprised your e2 is crashed.I would use .25 2x a week or similar.
Pounding miller 64s like a chump LOL
I am thinking now I have probably been low for months myself! It can take weeks!
I am so glad I found this thread. All this time I was thinking I was high, so I kept doing arimidex.
spaced_out
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no libido, no desire man..even worse was the test crash. didn't even give a shit about women. shittiest feeling in the world because that's all I did before trt, was just stare at tits and ass all day. lol
LOL Ok, damn, same here. Wow, I have been on TRT for 8 months, and I am not kidding, I think I have been low for most of it. I actually quit a few times for about 10 days, that wasn't any fun either. Thought it wasn't doing me any good. So I can't wait to see how I feel with my test up over 1000 and normal E2.
I just have a feeling, I am one of those guys that's normal E2 levels are on the high side. I was always trying to get it to 20, because this is what I heard was optimum.
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Alpin
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I think I crashed mine years ago with 0.25 mg EOD while on 160 mg/week.
I dont like dosing adex more frequent than E3D. I feel it lowers E2 too much if you sre soley on TRT. If u sre on HCG its a diff story.
Apollon, I will never dose adex EOD again. Who knows, I might not even need an AI. I'm doing 100 mg week, and two pumps of androgel 1.62. I'm tapering off androgel because Meg says it takes 6 weeks to build up levels with test c.
jozifp103
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berfore trt my estradiol was at 18 which is kind of low, but it was due to low test. anyways i began trt at 200mg/wk split mon/thurs. by week 4 my estradiol was in the 70's. So it may only take a couple weeks to climb back up, but everyone is a little different. no ai was taken btw and hcg was dosed same as you.
May i suggest not dropping the adex alltogether and simply lowering it? my reasoning is that instead of letting your e2 shoot up then have to reconfigure your dose to play catch up, you could slowly lower it and let your e2 slowly rise and then stop once you find the right dose. either way, best of luck!
May i suggest not dropping the adex alltogether and simply lowering it? my reasoning is that instead of letting your e2 shoot up then have to reconfigure your dose to play catch up, you could slowly lower it and let your e2 slowly rise and then stop once you find the right dose. either way, best of luck!