I'm glad you came in here lol. Would you recommend to go straight to 400mg with no ai yet(I was told an ai would be better than another compound), I was thinking to titrate up and do another blood test after 4-6 weeks at that dose and figure it out from there. I just have no clue how to figure out the proper dose of an AI if my estrodiol is high.
I would go straight to 400-500, avoid the AI if you can until after you get bloodwork.
This will help you learn and assess your personal aromatization rate and how you respond to a particular dose of test.
as far as dosing an AI it depends on your aromatization rate and response to the AI, it will take a couple sets of bloodwork to dial in and figure out what you can expect from a given dose of test and a given dose of AI.
If you bump to 400-500, and your bloodwork (taken 4-5 weeks after the dose increase) comes back with moderately elevated e2 (70+) with moderate sides (some light acne, oily skin ect) you can try 12.5mg of aromasin twice a week, that should be enough to get it managed. after 2-3 weeks on this AI protocol, get bloods again and check how your e2 levels have responded to that dose, and adjust accordingly.
If you notice nipple sensitivity prior to getting bloodwork, you still want to avoid taking an AI so that you can still get the information you want out of that first set of bloods (namely your raw aromatization rate) instead, you can take 20mg of nolva EOD up until the bloodwork to block that elevated e2 from binding at the breast tissue receptor sites. Continue that 20mg dose for 1 week after applying an AI dose so that you give the AI time to bring your serum levels down.
I agree, that adding an AI when needed is a better option than adding another compound in the HOPE that it manages your e2. Mast/Primo/EQ are NOT AI and do not act like an AI in most people. Some people can see this effect from these compounds, but how and why is not understood and until you personally confirm that they have said effect on you, as an individual, these effects cannot be relied on.
"dont take an AI, just add some primo/mast/eq" is objectively bad advice rooted in broscience, especially for a beginner PED/AAS user.
I think i covered most of the basics, if you have any other questions, ill be happy to answer them to the best of my ability