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Any update on your current protocol? Thinking about doing an enclomiphene re-start.

What's the evidence for this? Seems the opposite is true. Your body will lower production of testosterone to limit the damage from high estrogen. It will happily make more testosterone if you trick it into thinking estrogen is low.

Just about 4 weeks now so I need to commit to this for the next 8 weeks and then re-evaluate.

No worries about TMI. I have a wife that is frustrated because she would like it at least daily and I just don't have anywhere near that level of interest. Because I feel bad for her, my dosing and frequency haven't been as consistent as they probably need to be. I try to give things a full 12...

Really interesting. If you divide your free T by your Total T you get .24. That's the same as me. And I also have libido issues. Hard part to figure out is if the Free T is too high. If the Estradiol is too high, etc. I read on a reddit forum from a nurse practitioner that they've never seen a...

I would try that dose for at least 6 weeks. I found out after much trial and error over 8 years of being on TRT that roughly 50-60 milligrams a week was the right amount for me. You can always go up if you're not feeling better.

There must be a reason but why doesn't anyone take exogenous Estradiol when they feel like their estrogen is too low? I mean if it was too low wouldn't that immediately fix the problem without having to worry about things like DHEA converting. Heck, you can buy the stuff on Amazon.

So it seems if you take *enough* Anastrozole while on TRT you can keep your hypothalamus producing LH/FSH which keeps estradiol up??

Can someone make sense of this study? How did these guys not crush their E2 and why is their LH and FSH normal?? Coadministration of anastrozole sustains therapeutic testosterone levels in hypogonadal men undergoing testosterone pellet insertion. - PubMed - NCBI

I think your estradiol might be too low. With a number at 20 and high shbg your free estradiol could be low and that could account for the sore joints.

Thanks! If that's the case, do you think I could do a test where I take 200mg at one time and then wait for a day when I'm feeling that libido and somehow extrapolate a proper dosing schedule?

Anyone have any experience with libido coming back right before your next shot? Thinking back on my experiences with TRT I remember getting put on a protocol that had me coming in every 10-14 days for a shot. Unfortunately, I was pretty accepting of whatever the doctor wanted to do at the time...

Just wanted to update anyone who was following this that my first results were very disappointing. I'm acutely feeling the effects of low T and low E and don't know that I can continue for another 4 weeks to see if my pituitary kicks in. Results: Total T - 141 Total E non-sensitive - 9.3 LH -...

No offense taken on my part. I know this is probably a wacky theory with little chance of success but it's just that I've only had brief periods of time in the last 6 years when I felt half way decent on TRT. As far as the timing goes, it's already slipped a little from my original plan. When I...

Guys it's not like there is no evidence that this dietary regime could make a difference. Look at the following from this paper: https://www.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.49 Everything I'm trying to do is maximize the intake of things that this chart shows makes...

Man I don't understand why he wants your estradiol level that low. That number has destroyed my libido in the past. Like literally, I would rather work in the yard than have sex with estradiol that low.

Also, I should probably write about how I'm feeling now so I won't be influenced by the lab numbers. To be honest, I don't feel that much different than I did on TRT. Libido was way down at the 2 week mark but I feel a little better now. Anxiety is definitely lower and I'm sleeping better for...

Ok, I've been off everything since June 18th. While I've tried to keep a ratio of 45/10/45 C/P/F I'm not making it most days. I find it too difficult to get the fats up that high. I have been pretty good at keeping protein under 80 grams mostly from milk and I'm getting in plenty of sugar. My...

Yep too much protein. Roughly 185 grams of carbs and 185 grams of protein. I can't tell if it's in your labs, but I bet your cortisol is high due to the skewed protein/carb ratio. High cortisol will make you retain belly fat.

Yes but would the decreased SHBG offset the dramatically lower testosterone levels on a 25-30 percent protein diet. Also, if SHBG declines with a high protein diet, you would also have higher free estradiol levels.

How many calories? I think your carbohydrate intake is too low. Try reducing protein intake to about 10 percent of calories and replace the difference with carbs mostly in the form of sugar like Milk, OJ, Coke, etc. Also, make sure most of your fat intake is saturated and avoid the...

I'm pretty sure I got it from here but I can't bring up the whole paper now. It's possible it's from somewhere else though because I have a huge folder of hormone related items that are, let's just say, not well organized. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0024320587900865?via=ihub

Be careful of too much protein in relation to the other macronutrients in your diet.

My understaning is that Clomid is used in a restart in order to increase LH/FSH and thereby increase Testosterone. But if you already have a low E level, why is it necessary to use Clomid to increase LH/FSH?

Your numbers are good. A good perusal of this website should show you how hard it is to manage TRT correctly. If I were you, I would stay TRT-free.

If your blood tests show Estradiol low, wouldn't it be unnecessary to use clomid or nolvadex as part of a PCT?

Thanks. Maybe it's not just the calories but also the macros and composition of food. I've received some grief on this thread but all I know is that this picture is from me in my late teens and I never ate anything that would be considered a "health food" today. Low protein and high sugar and...

That's the plan. Look at my 2012 labs. I had Test level of 81 ng/dl after following a 6 week low calorie high protein diet. If not the diet, what could have caused that low Test level? And if I am able to get my Test into a normal range following a high sugar/saturated fat diet, wouldn't that...

Might want to take a look at my labs in the previous message.

Thanks Will! And if anyone wants to see what 6 weeks of a low calorie high protein diet does to blood work check out mine from 2012. High Cholesterol, high reverse T3, high CRP, high fasting blood glucose and rock bottom Test levels are what stick out to me.

And I think that's part of the problem. Most of my personal friends who have gone on TRT did so after deciding to get "healthy". Which meant adding endurance exercise like jogging, cutting out sugar, incorporating whole grains, nuts and seeds high in Omega 6 and increasing protein. My...