AndrewBarnes
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For a year now I have been bloated (carrying an extra 5-10 pounds of water) and I don't know how to get rid of it. It all started when I tried 250mg of Test-E last year for a month. I didn't dose the AI high enough and developed a small little lump in my right nip. I dropped the Test and bought some Ralox to combat it. Very soon after I tried topical antiandrogens (RU58841, Darolutamide) for hairloss and this caused my gyno to get much worse (puffy nips) and lots of water retention. I stopped using the antiandrogens so I can get rid of the gyno, which I did with Ralox, but the water retention never went away.
My baseline off-cycle with no AI is lean with defined abs and a chiseled face but now I'm carrying a belly of water and my face is swollen. I know it's water and not fat because I took a diuretic (Lasix) and it made my body look how it's supposed to normally look while off-cycle. My diet, water intake, sodium intake, and everything else hasn't changed.
I ran a RAD140 cycle to see if increasing the androgen load in my body will decrease the water retention but it didn't. Right now I'm taking Aromasin 12.5mg 1-2x a week to lower my E2 and this helps to get rid of some water weight but I'm still holding onto water. I ordered some Proviron because I heard it helps but I'm not expecting a miracle since I already ran RAD140 and it didn't do much for the water retention.
I posted my blood work which was done after stopping RAD140 for a week or 2. My cortisol, progesterone, IGF-1, SHBG all seem to be fine. The only thing that stands out to me from my blood work is the high free test. I had bloodwork done before I did any cycles and my free test was 85 pg/mL but right now it's double that at 160 pg/mL. Maybe all the extra free test is causing me to bloat?
Does developing gyno make you permanently bloated? Are my androgen receptors all messed up due to the anti-androgens I took? Is there anything else that would make me retain this much water? Would it be recommended to go see a TRT doc or endocrinologist?
My baseline off-cycle with no AI is lean with defined abs and a chiseled face but now I'm carrying a belly of water and my face is swollen. I know it's water and not fat because I took a diuretic (Lasix) and it made my body look how it's supposed to normally look while off-cycle. My diet, water intake, sodium intake, and everything else hasn't changed.
I ran a RAD140 cycle to see if increasing the androgen load in my body will decrease the water retention but it didn't. Right now I'm taking Aromasin 12.5mg 1-2x a week to lower my E2 and this helps to get rid of some water weight but I'm still holding onto water. I ordered some Proviron because I heard it helps but I'm not expecting a miracle since I already ran RAD140 and it didn't do much for the water retention.
I posted my blood work which was done after stopping RAD140 for a week or 2. My cortisol, progesterone, IGF-1, SHBG all seem to be fine. The only thing that stands out to me from my blood work is the high free test. I had bloodwork done before I did any cycles and my free test was 85 pg/mL but right now it's double that at 160 pg/mL. Maybe all the extra free test is causing me to bloat?
Does developing gyno make you permanently bloated? Are my androgen receptors all messed up due to the anti-androgens I took? Is there anything else that would make me retain this much water? Would it be recommended to go see a TRT doc or endocrinologist?
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