I’m just normal mid-30’s male, TRT/TRT+ cycles. Prescribed 150mg/week pharma test from the ubiquitous Hallandale pharmacy. Sometimes add some QSC test E that I brewed from raws for a few weeks at a time. Usually pinning 150mg/week as 2x75mg.
What I meant was when I pin 75mg of test Cyp my E2 levels spike 6 hours later and remain high for 1-2 days in absence of arimidex.
I primarily take ralox now (Indian, AIPCTShop) to control E2 sides. Prescribed pharma Adex gives me crashed mood issues even in tiny doses at TRT/cruise but works fine if I’m pinning >=400mg/week.
E2 spikes to around 72 same day as pinning 75mg Test Cyp. Trough around 50. Total T on 150mg/week peaks just over 1300. Trough at 900-1250 depending on (diet and sleep and exercise?? Not enough data yet)
Primary high E2 symptoms are: puffy nipple area, itchy nipples. Overly sensitive about stuff, easy to cry uncharacteristically — not usual male upset/distraught/angry at myself crying but like “feels” relationship crying. Really need to hug/cuddle and get explicit confirmation that everything’s okay and strong aversion to any negative/aggressive emotional conversation. Generally much much lower “shit-talk/strong-together banter” with the male friends and more “I’m here to support you”, “oh that sounds like you’re really suffering”. Dick is somewhat more reluctant to get/stay hard and orgasms are weaker but still satisfying. Viagra/Cialis helps wonderfully in carrying erection through any “down time” during sex activity transitions. The high E2 does boost my emotional EQ and can help me navigate difficult conversations with my wife in a way that makes her feel safe in our relationship.
30mg Ralox fixes the puffy nipples and general bloat/expanded skin everywhere and also fixes my mood without getting “crashed” E2 anxiety/depression/suicidal compulsive thoughts/can’t get out of bed in morning like adex gives me.
No “gyno” yet that I’m aware of. But I’ve always had Adex, Asin, and ralox on hand. Just let E2 sides go for a bit so I could get labs done to see put hard numbers to “high”, “low” and “dialed in” feels.
When I was first getting E2 sides I was injecting 2x per week and got the high E2 sides like itchy nipples for 1-2 days after pinning, starting ~6-8 hours after pinning. These would subside and I’d feel “dialed in” for the 1-2 days before the next pin when that would repeat.
I wanted to measure not just my trough T, E2 and DHT but also peak. So I looked up some studies and found some data which showed that E2 peaks about 6 hours post-injection. So now that’s when I get bloods to measure peak E2 to see how stable my AI regimen keeps me.
I’ll try to find the study again but will have to be later this weekend, gotta do chores/errands now.
When I pin 200mg instead of 75mg dick gets diamond hard super easily, stays so hard it hurts, and orgasms are powerful as fuck. Cialis/Viagra 100% not needed lol. This also happens the same evening after the morning that I pin first higher dose. High test and E2 on the lower side of “dialed in” makes me very prone to banter, e.g. “yeah fuck you too best friend ur face is ugly. Here come do this fun thing and cheer up/forget about it.” And more likely to be a bit more aggressive/snarky. Have to use conscious EQ skills to make sure I’m not being an asshole but that’s generally not very hard, just an extra slip-up here or there. if I’m resentful about something I might “snap-decision” let out a snarky comment to communicate my resentment that isn’t productive instead of pausing, introspecting, and addressing it intentionally, like I 100% always do when my E2 is high enough to cause puffy nipples.