What E2 levels do you feel best at? (Poll)

[wldb33rz]

Not sure what to put there. I dont even notice e2 until it's over 100, had to test that out. even then it's super super mild. Anywhere from 36-90 I feel normal and good. 100 and above I start overthinking things a bit and have some mild water retention - not really moody per se or any other e2 sides.

To my knowledge, I've never been below 30, so I dont know what low e2 is for me either.

 

[Bocacolony]

Keep an AI on hand. I like aromasin, but any will do. Sometimes other factors change, you go on a new med or something, and suddenly one or both nipples feels "spicy" or worse, a lump develops.

You don't want to be scrambling for ancillaries at that point. Better to have it and not need it. Like a fire extinguisher.

Because then you're messing with AAS doses under pressure, and that leads to other issues. Vs just popping 12.5mg / wk aromasin (or whatever) to quickly edge E2 down while you develop a plan.

is there a certain thread that might help me develop the best plan? I don't wanna ask a bunch of dumb questions, but I could just lower my test c?

I have been trying everything I can to avoid sides and run TRT without an AI but my nips are definitely a little sensitive, no lumps tho. My test c @ EOD 37mg, so I really thought I could get away with no ai but tbh I'm a little worried

I'm going to get blood work by the end of the week to check E2, it's been about 6 weeks since I increased dose from 30mg EOD to 37mg

Is amomasin the favorite? I'm sure they're all a little different for everyone, but which AI is generally the people's fave?

 

[Lifting88]

Im om 220 mg test put my test to 1210 ng/dl e2 is at 63 ....feel fine but libido is low....should i take aromasin 20 mg per week?

 

[Liter O' Test]

over ~45 and im fucked, im extremely sensitive. I dont go above 30

 

[Bocacolony]

Keep an AI on hand. I like aromasin, but any will do. Sometimes other factors change, you go on a new med or something, and suddenly one or both nipples feels "spicy" or worse, a lump develops.

You don't want to be scrambling for ancillaries at that point. Better to have it and not need it. Like a fire extinguisher.

Because then you're messing with AAS doses under pressure, and that leads to other issues. Vs just popping 12.5mg / wk aromasin (or whatever) to quickly edge E2 down while you develop a plan.

I looked over my last blood work, and my prolactin was high, here are some numbers from baseline(pre-TRT) to 30mg EOD.

I'm about 2 months into increasing my dose from 30mg to 37mg EOD, scheduled labs but waiting to go in, so I'm sure these numbers are now slightly higher, but looks like my prolactin has been elevated the whole time

Total Testosterone 358 ng/dL to 783 ng/dL

Free Testosterone 5.7pg/mL (low) to 29.45 ng/dL (very high).

SHBG 43.7 → 30.5,

Estradiol (13 → 22.5 pg/mL)

Prolactin is now 34.1 ng/mL (high, ref <22.7)

DHEA-S (72.4, ref 102–416)


Basically I'm wondering if it's mostly my prolactin being high combined with 2-4iu HGH daily. Could I maybe make an impact by just dropping GH for a while?

Again my only concern right now is my nipples being sensitive, no lumps, just very noticeable sensitivity on both nips

 

[Ricky93]

Above 40 I definitely become more bitchy.

 

[TheIcon]

60-68 is where I like to keep it.

Not sure what to put there. I dont even notice e2 until it's over 100, had to test that out. even then it's super super mild. Anywhere from 36-90 I feel normal and good. 100 and above I start overthinking things a bit and have some mild water retention - not really moody per se or any other e2 sides.

To my knowledge, I've never been below 30, so I dont know what low e2 is for me either.

This is kind of me. I don't feel any real difference. However I try to keep it around 60-68. Around 120 I def had some funny nips going on.

Most cycles 6.25 Asin ED will keep me in check.

 

[wldb33rz]

60-68 is where I like to keep it.

This is kind of me. I don't feel any real difference. However I try to keep it around 60-68. Around 120 I def had some funny nips going on.

Most cycles 6.25 Asin ED will keep me in check.

Agreed. When I did put it under control, it got down to 48, which is still high for the reference range on labs, but I feel is a good number so I'm not aggressively trying to manage it further. I figure just from a numbers standpoint, I'd like to keep it under 65 or so. 0.5mg 2x a week of arimidex is what got it down from 110 uncontrolled to 48 controlled. Low and infrequent dose worked for me.