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gpdriver177

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I've been doing 200mg of test e a week for about 6 months. I was feeling great up until about 2 weeks ago. Here are my current symptoms.
  • Increased BP
  • Gained weight in face
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Erectile Disfunction
I changed to a new supply about 5 weeks ago (wondering if something with it is off). I feel like maybe it's stronger and I need to start taking something for estrogen (and cut back to 80-100mg a week). It's almost impossible for me to get an erection without 20mg of Cialis, even then, it comes and goes. This was NOT an issue over the previous 5.5 months. I'm getting labs on test, free test, and e2 today.

Any ideas about what might be causing this or recommendations on what to do from here? I'm only 35 and it's depressing to feel like test and Cialis still aren't enough to have a decent sex life. I know 200mg is high, I'm trying to decide if I should work with a doctor on this from now on, drop it to 100mg and keep doing my own bloodwork, or try a solid PCT cycle and see if getting off/using Cialis may be an option (knowing my wife will not be happy for months).

I'll post the bloodwork when I get it in a few days.
 
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Are u holding more water? Did your weight go up? Perhaps u are aromatizing more for some reason all of a sudden?
 
barische said:
Are u holding more water? Did your weight go up? Perhaps u are aromatizing more for some reason all of a sudden?
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Yeah, I had been taking .25mg of arimidex about once a week. Now that I think about it, I also stopped that about 4 weeks ago because I didn't feel like it was needed. Maybe it just took this long for estrogen to build up. I didn't think .25mg a week was enough to really do anything. I was just realizing all of the side effects a minute ago, I think they all point to high estorgen. Should have bloodwork in 2-4 days to confirm.
 
gpdriver177 said:
Yeah, I had been taking .25mg of arimidex about once a week. Now that I think about it, I also stopped that about 4 weeks ago because I didn't feel like it was needed. Maybe it just took this long for estrogen to build up. I didn't think .25mg a week was enough to really do anything. I was just realizing all of the side effects a minute ago, I think they all point to high estorgen. Should have bloodwork in 2-4 days to confirm.
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dose .5 arimidex now then go
Back to usual schedule

if it is truly high e then you would be peeing alotta fluid for a day
 
How much difference is there with sex drive/erections when going from 200mg a week to 80mg a week? Would that all be similar/better as long as test and estrogen are balanced?
 
gpdriver177 said:
How much difference is there with sex drive/erections when going from 200mg a week to 80mg a week? Would that all be similar/better as long as test and estrogen are balanced?
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Could be enough or not adequate. Check labs n see symptoms but usually 80mg may not be enough. Appears 100-125mg is usual low dose for TRT.
 
Damn, got labs back. At 200 a week, my testosterone was 1090. Free test was 280 though. E2 was as expected, high, 48.Test was lower than expected by alot. I figured it would be at least 1500. So I'm super happy I feel this way within normal range.
 
gpdriver177 said:
Damn, got labs back. At 200 a week, my testosterone was 1090. Free test was 280 though. E2 was as expected, high, 48.Test was lower than expected by alot. I figured it would be at least 1500. So I'm super happy I feel this way within normal range.
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48 e2 at that level of test is spot on. Be careful with AIs, as there are lots of sides and arimidex is bad for your lipids. Much healthier to have slightly elevated e2 than the reverse.
 
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