Hey guys I’m new to this forum and also a newbie in the PEDs world so I would love to hear what people more experienced than me think or have done in my shoes.
I had lowish test levels but before committing to test I wanted to try the SERMs route, in addition to this I was about to start a pretty long cutting phase to lose once and for all the excessive body fat and considering that during a prolonged caloric deficit test level tanks I decided there was no better time to try them out. I take 25mg of Clomid and 10mg of Tamoxifen every other day and it worked great! I have more energy, can train for longer periods, mental sides of low test are pretty much gone and despite losing around 45 pounds in 12 weeks (from 225 to 180, height is 6’3) it doesn’t look like I lost much muscles. Sex drive is pretty good too but I didn’t have problems in that regard before starting. So anyway after 12 weeks I did some bloodwork to check what was going on and my test levels skyrocketed, but so did my estrogen.
Total Test: >1500ng/dl ref.range (249-830) (don’t know why they didn’t give me a precise number)
Free Test: 97pg/ml ref.range (19,8-51,7)
17-beta-estradiol (E2): 90pg/ml ref. range (11-43)
So well test levels are pretty good but estrogen is high, now I’ve seen that there are two sides on the issue: one says that Estrogen level on its own is useless and should be looked as a ratio between E2 and Test, the other says that regardless of the ratio your estrogen level should always be between a certain range. Curious to hear from you guys what you think the best way to procede is, I was considering to start taking an ai to lower E2.
As far as side effects from Estrogen I’m experiencing the following:
-I’m not “emotional” in the sense of crying if I watch a sentimental scene in a film or the “random crying” I’m reading everywhere, however I’m kind of “pissed off” constantly and for the most random shit: if I’m not eating dinner at my usual time I’m extremely annoyed or if the ribs I smoked did not turn out exactly as I wanted I’m angry af. If my usual parking spot of seat is taken man I’m just super pissed off and all of this is pretty strange because usually I’m really calm and controlled. In addition to this I’m having a shit ton of acne on the chest and forehead which is unusual and I’m getting kind of bloated which might not necessarily be linked to estrogen but I follow a pretty strict routine, drink enough water, don’t eat shit and take potassium while limiting sodium.
Last symptom which really ringed a bell is uncontrollable fucking cravings for sugary/sweet stuff, mainly chocolate. I’ve never been really into chocolate but now if I see it anywhere I’m eating the whole fucking bar lol.
So yes what do you guys think?
Should I try an ai?
Advice on which one and dosing?(I was thinking of 0.25 Anastrozole 2 times a week)
Thanks
I had lowish test levels but before committing to test I wanted to try the SERMs route, in addition to this I was about to start a pretty long cutting phase to lose once and for all the excessive body fat and considering that during a prolonged caloric deficit test level tanks I decided there was no better time to try them out. I take 25mg of Clomid and 10mg of Tamoxifen every other day and it worked great! I have more energy, can train for longer periods, mental sides of low test are pretty much gone and despite losing around 45 pounds in 12 weeks (from 225 to 180, height is 6’3) it doesn’t look like I lost much muscles. Sex drive is pretty good too but I didn’t have problems in that regard before starting. So anyway after 12 weeks I did some bloodwork to check what was going on and my test levels skyrocketed, but so did my estrogen.
Total Test: >1500ng/dl ref.range (249-830) (don’t know why they didn’t give me a precise number)
Free Test: 97pg/ml ref.range (19,8-51,7)
17-beta-estradiol (E2): 90pg/ml ref. range (11-43)
So well test levels are pretty good but estrogen is high, now I’ve seen that there are two sides on the issue: one says that Estrogen level on its own is useless and should be looked as a ratio between E2 and Test, the other says that regardless of the ratio your estrogen level should always be between a certain range. Curious to hear from you guys what you think the best way to procede is, I was considering to start taking an ai to lower E2.
As far as side effects from Estrogen I’m experiencing the following:
-I’m not “emotional” in the sense of crying if I watch a sentimental scene in a film or the “random crying” I’m reading everywhere, however I’m kind of “pissed off” constantly and for the most random shit: if I’m not eating dinner at my usual time I’m extremely annoyed or if the ribs I smoked did not turn out exactly as I wanted I’m angry af. If my usual parking spot of seat is taken man I’m just super pissed off and all of this is pretty strange because usually I’m really calm and controlled. In addition to this I’m having a shit ton of acne on the chest and forehead which is unusual and I’m getting kind of bloated which might not necessarily be linked to estrogen but I follow a pretty strict routine, drink enough water, don’t eat shit and take potassium while limiting sodium.
Last symptom which really ringed a bell is uncontrollable fucking cravings for sugary/sweet stuff, mainly chocolate. I’ve never been really into chocolate but now if I see it anywhere I’m eating the whole fucking bar lol.
So yes what do you guys think?
Should I try an ai?
Advice on which one and dosing?(I was thinking of 0.25 Anastrozole 2 times a week)
Thanks
