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Curious to see support for the TRT statement - I myself have been on test cyp and anastrazole for the better part of two years with not one side effect. Been in

Curious to see support for the TRT statement - I myself have been on test cyp and anastrazole for the better part of two years with not one side effect. Been in and around steroid users in the strength sport realm for 15. The people with "nasty" side effects are almost always abusers that blast/cruise too often with no AI or PCT e.g dumbasses. Its been a life changing experience for me (going from low 200 ng/dl free T to 800-900 at 32)

the__alchemist 2y ago
I think I screwed up the adjectives there. Gains and side effects are ~ proportional to dose.
gavinray 2y ago
Do you really need Anastrazole at that dose? General marker is x4-6 weekly dose for free test, so I'd wager you're taking somewhere between 150-200mg? I found that contrary to popular advice, I felt much better without taking an aromatase inhibitor and letting my estradiol float at the higher end of the reference range. There's some science backing the idea that Test/E2 are meant to exist in terms of a relative ratio to each other, rather than concrete numbers. IE, if your free test is 1,000ng/dL, you'd want more E2 than if you were sitting at 300ng/dL.
- notesinthefield 2y ago
  I only take the guidance of my doc as recommendations for AI's have always been all over the place and ive been with him forever - I started at 2x/2weeks and now its once every other week. On top of that my estrogen numbers have always been high so it makes sense. Its been an experiment - I did tank it once and uhh, the side effects were interesting
  - gavinray 2y ago
    Fair enough. You likely know this, but my E2 levels are highly sensitive to my bodyfat as well, what with adipose tissue contributing to aromatization. Could be that at some bodyfat percentages you don't need an AI at all, while at higher levels you do.

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Curious to see support for the TRT statement - I myself have been on test cyp and anastrazole for the better part of two years with not one side effect. Been in

by notesinthefield 2y ago

the__alchemist 2y ago
I think I screwed up the adjectives there. Gains and side effects are ~ proportional to dose.
gavinray 2y ago
Do you really need Anastrazole at that dose? General marker is x4-6 weekly dose for free test, so I'd wager you're taking somewhere between 150-200mg? I found that contrary to popular advice, I felt much better without taking an aromatase inhibitor and letting my estradiol float at the higher end of the reference range. There's some science backing the idea that Test/E2 are meant to exist in terms of a relative ratio to each other, rather than concrete numbers. IE, if your free test is 1,000ng/dL, you'd want more E2 than if you were sitting at 300ng/dL.
- notesinthefield 2y ago
  I only take the guidance of my doc as recommendations for AI's have always been all over the place and ive been with him forever - I started at 2x/2weeks and now its once every other week. On top of that my estrogen numbers have always been high so it makes sense. Its been an experiment - I did tank it once and uhh, the side effects were interesting
  - gavinray 2y ago
    Fair enough. You likely know this, but my E2 levels are highly sensitive to my bodyfat as well, what with adipose tissue contributing to aromatization. Could be that at some bodyfat percentages you don't need an AI at all, while at higher levels you do.