DeplorableCracker
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These guys pretty much covered it all. Only thing I’ll toss in is IF you need AI maybe try switching to aromasin instead?
In case anyone was curious, here are my bloods I got back today. This was after being off the extra stuff for over week.
Also finally gave blood today and my hemoglobin was 18.5 which was high. Hemocrat was 54
test 1175
i don’t see an E2 on the test.
(Edit:need 25 posts in order to post results.)
I was put on 200mg of cyp per week by the VA and the more I was on trt the worse I felt. Just like you're describing. I went to an actual trt clinic since the VA didn't check estrogen, and my estrogen turned out to be way too high. This was just last week. I'm waiting on my AI to come in the mail. I chose to have my Arimidex in pills instead of with the shot so it could easily be adjusted and I wouldn't have to throw out my bottles of test and get new test if my Arimidex dosage would need changed along the way. The VA didn't check estrogen or prescribe an AI, and I've been on shots for 5 months. I'm hoping I'll feel better once getting estrogen in check, but I feel just like you explain.I’ve been lurking for a little while. Recently started TRT after t-levels registered 163. Im 42 never did injections of anything before except b12, was mainly early 2000’s pro hormone user for sports performance a couple months out of the year.
I’m in my 3rd month and I gotta say I feel like crap, unmotivated, and lethargic. This is the exact opposite of what I was told and what I thought would happen.
Anyone else have this experience? Has it gotten better? If so, what did you do to change?
Prescription
1. 200/weekly t-cyph that has arimdex in the test bottle. (I bumped to 130 2x per week after the first month. No particular reason except I hoped it would help with the lathargy)
2. hcg 2x a week
Things I’ve changed in the last week reading up on the boards, mainly this one.
1. I’m donating blood in a couple weeks to help reduce hema. All the blood banks are slammed with free covid testing right now.
2. stopped arimidex test mix and only doing test cyph and arimidex on hand (pill form) handy in case.
3. no hcg
4. Reducing my injections and the amount to 1x per week 200m
I agree!definitly could be e2 or might even be prolactine level !You need to run blood work to figure out what's going on. Without that it's hard to give you any advice. It's also going to be hard if you keep changing your protocol for TRT. You E2 could be too high or too low. Your TT might be off. Etc.
It's posted in another thread, but my estrogen was high, and I posted my lab results. Estradiol was 96ng, when normal is 20-46ng or whatever unit it's measured in, and the range is not the exact numbers. I'd have to look at the blood work.I agree!definitly could be e2 or might even be prolactine level !
HCG is only needed if you plan on having a kid and don’t want to risk the 1% of becoming infertile.
Aspirin maybe?Damn that hematocrit is rather high for being on 200mg test. I donated last week at the hospital and I was @ 47.