Switched from anastrozole to letrozole, got even more sides

mcr

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So anastrozole didn't agree with me, so I got letrozole. Took it yesterday, woke up today with blurry vision and feeling very lethargic.

Does anyone else get this?

What else should I try? Which estrogen blocker has the least side effects?
 
mcr said:
So anastrozole didn't agree with me, so I got letrozole. Took it yesterday, woke up today with blurry vision and feeling very lethargic.

Does anyone else get this?

What else should I try? Which estrogen blocker has the least side effects?
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Blood labs.

What was your problem with adex?
 
You probably crashed your estrogen considering the fact that letrozole is extremely potent and that you are feeling lethargic.
 
Nac said:
How do you know you need to reduce e2?
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blood test ordered by doctor

hairygrandpa said:
Blood labs.

What was your problem with adex?
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sort of an allergy, my nose was congested and my face got swollen a bit

AnabolicGuru said:
You probably crashed your estrogen considering the fact that letrozole is extremely potent and that you are feeling lethargic.
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yes correct, which i don't mind, i took the dose the doctor prescribed, 2.5mg

i just need to find an estrogen blocker that my body can handle
 
Quote Originally Posted by AnabolicGuru View Post
You probably crashed your estrogen considering the fact that letrozole is extremely potent and that you are feeling lethargic.
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mcr said:
yes correct, which i don't mind, i took the dose the doctor prescribed, 2.5mg

i just need to find an estrogen blocker that my body can handle
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-But when you already crashed your e2, why do you still need an AI?
-Was the adex also prescribed?
-What about exemestane?
-What about a SERM?
 
hairygrandpa said:
-But when you already crashed your e2, why do you still need an AI?
-Was the adex also prescribed?
-What about exemestane?
-What about a SERM?
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i posted my story in another thread

- took finasteride for years then stopped
- went from having a top tier hormonal profile (very high T and free T to low-normal T and elevated E2)
- took adex 1mg every other day and it couldn't even bring E2 in range, still too high (went from 58 to 48, reference 39. I normally should be around 20). took adex every day but couldn't deal with side effects, so switched to letro

basically, i need to be on an estrogen blocker for at least a couple of years to dial my hormones back to what they were. (finasteride is a poison and those who marketed it as a harmless hairloss drug and falsified the clinical trials should be sentenced to death)

what serm do you recommend? would work like an ai and achieve the same thing?
 
2.5mg of pharma letro is a HUGE dose bro and would make about anyone feel horrible. Those are cancer doses of letro, not male controlling estrogen doses.
 
mcr said:
what serm do you recommend? would work like an ai and achieve the same thing?
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No, I don't recommend anything, as your case is not steroid related and needs a professional.
 
yates84 said:
2.5mg of pharma letro is a HUGE dose bro and would make about anyone feel horrible. Those are cancer doses of letro, not male controlling estrogen doses.
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CatSnake said:
well, fatigue is a common side effect from various AIs and SERMs.

personally, a-dex doesn't bother me, but aromasin knocks me out as much as antihistamines do.

an obvious solution would be to take it at night, and see if that helps...



also, I presume you've talked to you doctor about this?
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hairygrandpa said:
No, I don't recommend anything, as your case is not steroid related and needs a professional.
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i am not playing around with these things, they are prescribed to me by an andrologist, a doctor specialized in male hormones

a couple of things i've noticed after this first dose of letro

- blurry vision, especially after waking up
- swollen face
- extreme lethargy
- chest gyno shrunk a little bit, but noticeably
- my throat feels itchy, and kinda like it's tightening. probably a sign of allergy

on the other hand, it feels like it's working quite well. i wonder if i can handle these side effects for a couple of years, or if they'll go away with time. otherwise i'd love it if there was an alternative that works as well as letro
 
mcr said:
i am not playing around with these things, they are prescribed to me by an andrologist, a doctor specialized in male hormones

a couple of things i've noticed after this first dose of letro

- blurry vision, especially after waking up
- swollen face
- extreme lethargy
- chest gyno shrunk a little bit, but noticeably
- my throat feels itchy, and kinda like it's tightening. probably a sign of allergy

on the other hand, it feels like it's working quite well. i wonder if i can handle these side effects for a couple of years, or if they'll go away with time. otherwise i'd love it if there was an alternative that works as well as letro
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I'd ask the doc about aromasin.... the allergy side effects are a little disconcerting to me.
 
Not to sound like a dickhead, but you need a new Doc.
 
I don't remember anyone saying anything about a new doc. Why is this one bad? I read the CatSnake posted, they seem to be in line with what the doctor's decisions. Some of them even ran studies with letro 2.5mg/day
 
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