Water retention in the face

[prudens]

Hey guys,


So I've been noticing water/fluid retention in my face, it makes my face just a tad puffier... Any ideas? I'm on test and on arimedix 0.5 every other day. Any quick fixes?

 

[Die$eL~Man]

are you eating a lot of salt / sodium ?

 

[Metalhead]

Could be high salt/sodium like mentioned above, not drinking enough water, or your estro could be climbing. I'm having the same problem but I'm pretty sure mine is due to the first 2 reasons and the holidays haha

 

[prudens]

Salt intake is minimal, unless there's a lot in my BBQ sauce. However, I've not been drinking any water... Could that have a huge impact? Also been eating shit loads of ice cream LOL.

 

[Metalhead]

Definitely start with drinking water

 

[Alpin]

I think your dose of 0.5 mg EOD of ADEX is a bit high while on exogenous T.
Run some labs and see what E2 is.
I crashed my Estradiol with EOD dosing of the stuff and took half the dose you do.
On exogenous T it's a different scenario when using an AI. While natty it seems my body was ok with it EOD.

 

[newtohrt]

For me, the only fix was to switch to Test Prop from Test Cyp. Now I know that everyone is different and for many guys drinking more water and watching sodium would be enough to do it.

 

[prudens]

Wait there's sodium in test cyp?

 

[Megatron28]

Wait there's sodium in test cyp?

Huh?

 

[halfwit]

Wait there's sodium in test cyp?

No, but what newtohrt is referring to is that as propionate would be smaller, more frequent injections - there should be less spikes, subsequently causing less estradiol spikes (which cause water retention). It is supposed to be the opposite as prop actually causes more spikes, but it's not the first time I've heard folks having better results from prop over cypionate.

I would be very surprised if there was a great deal of sodium in your testosterone, unless it is compounded and they're using a strange carrier oil that happens to be high in sodium as gso is considered "sodium free" (traces of sodium if any).