On TRT + MAST = VERY HIGH ESTRO + VERY HIGH CORTISOL

[oliverduke]

SO QUICK RECAP

-Got lean for a show 1 year ago
- Binge ate cycle until 2 months ago, gained 20kg fat mass.
- TRT dose 1ml every 10 days upped to 1ml every 8 days
- running masteron as dieting and getting much leaner (15% currently)
- poor sleeping habits

Running 25MG aromasin ED and have been for 5 months

-As you can see from results, estro is high (test is fairly raised but that was 2nd day after jab)
- cortisol is very high and possible to blame for water retention and binge eating issues (serotonin)

Got consultation with doc who done tests monday but up to hear opinions on whats going on!

A large proportion of the cortisol stress response is caused by the binge eating i feel, as it ruined my gut biome and caused inflation no sleep etc.

Not sure why my AI isn't working?

 

[oliverduke]

also note, free cortisol is high due to metabolised cortisol being very low meaning my body isn't processing the cortisol iv got which is usually done in the liver and partially other organs...

wondering if my liver has been over worked with the binge eating, but my liver values are normal...

 

[Mprtz]

The estradiol test can be thrown off by synthetic steroids or their metabolites. Guys on tren often report E2 in the hundreds.

I don't know that this is true of masteron specifically, but I'd definitely look into the possibility before upping your AI and potentially crashing your E2.

 

[oliverduke]

The estradiol test can be thrown off by synthetic steroids or their metabolites. Guys on tren often report E2 in the hundreds.

I don't know that this is true of masteron specifically, but I'd definitely look into the possibility before upping your AI and potentially crashing your E2.

It has read high before the masteron since gaining weight... never before that tho usually mid range hence why i started the AI but guess it hasn't done much haha

 

[halfwit]

I really don't know WTF that lab is doing using those units. Ng/mg is mass per mass, and concentration is mass per volume. Unless it's a typo, and they meant ng/ml, which still gives a strange value.

Was this a saliva test or something?

Those ranges mean very little to me, so I can't really give an opinion as conversions for this are given as 0.01kg/m^3, and that too gives me weird information. It's particularly difficult as 1g of blood doesn't necessarily occupy 1cm^3 of volume.

I've never heard of masteron doing anything of this nature either. Nandrolone can, tren can, and a few designer steroids can interfere with tests, but I'm more or less puzzled by their conventions.

 

[oliverduke]

I really don't know WTF that lab is doing using those units. Ng/mg is mass per mass, and concentration is mass per volume. Unless it's a typo, and they meant ng/ml, which still gives a strange value.

Was this a saliva test or something?

Those ranges mean very little to me, so I can't really give an opinion as conversions for this are given as 0.01kg/m^3, and that too gives me weird information. It's particularly difficult as 1g of blood doesn't necessarily occupy 1cm^3 of volume.

I've never heard of masteron doing anything of this nature either. Nandrolone can, tren can, and a few designer steroids can interfere with tests, but I'm more or less puzzled by their conventions.

It was a urine test! 5 samples over 24 hours! Agreed never seen the reference ranges either...

Funny on the npp I was running that low dose (200mg/week) at the time to help with knee issue! Could be estro culprit?