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Thanks a lot for your reply! That’s what I am hoping will do the trick. I’m at 160 total per week broken into twice weekly shots. I’m going to ask to keep dropping until I find a good spot.

Wanted to follow up and get opinions. I stopped the AI. Last one I took was 0.25 10 days ago. So I’m doing 80 mg Monday and Thursday for total of 160/wk. How long would you give it to see if libido improves before decreasing dose?

Got it! I will try that. Thanks alot for all your input!

So if someone(me) has no water retention, no gyno, no itchy nipples), just no libido and some brain fog, would you call that having symptoms of high E2?

Also wondering, there are a lot of drs out there that say don’t worry about E2. Don’t even check it because it doesn’t matter. And never use an AI. Can anyone tell me what their approach would be then for someone that has a T level of 1000 but has no libido?

Yeah maybe I’ll get away from them and back to managing myself

If it was good to let you estrogen run high when test is high, it would seem like the clinics would have alot of patients saying “quit giving me an AI because I feel better when my estrogen is allowed to go higher along with my high T.

So are y’all of the opinion that you can go to the higher end of the T range and just let your E2 fall where it may without AI, OR focus on keeping your E2 in that 20-40 range by adjusting your T level? For example, if you can’t get your T level above 500 without your E2 getting high, then you...

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So when my level was 889 and I was taking 0.25 AI once week my E2 was 54. Libido not good. Would you say that my T level was good and I should’ve not taken AI? That would mean my E2 wouldn’t been I’m guessing 70 or so. Do you think I would’ve felt better at that high of E2?

Thanks so much for the advice. I think I will try a slightly lower dose and drop the AI. I feel like having a trough level at 900 is really high compared to natural levels.

So when my labs were 889 and E2 was 54, would the lack of libido still be from low E2? When I was doing my own injections I was doing anywhere from 150-200 mg a week and never used an AI. Libido was never great. So that’s why I’m wondering if maybe a much lower dose, like 120ish would be better

Brief history. Been on trt for 7 years and have never felt what I would consider dialed in. Up until a year ago I did it myself but joined a clinic to better manage. I had to get off for about 3 weeks before getting labs at clinic. First labs with no trt was T 45 E 11. Started me on 100mg...

I’ll see if I can get that checked. My guess is that doing it once a week at that dose is keeping estradiol elevated. Really curious if daily subq will be better.

Also, I’ve never been one to notice a difference between the first couple of days and the last. Honestly, if I always felt great the first 2-3 days after injection, and then trailed off, I could live with that! I find it odd when people talk about the fluctuation of once a week shots, and how...