Trt but no estradiol testing!
LOve to hear some more follow up to this thread.
I too have been guilty of trying to keep my e2 too low in the past. Right now I'm on 450mg/wk of Test (which is 50mg less than my prescribed TRT Dose) and taking no AI at all with no gyno symptoms what so ever. My coach had suggested this level along with my other "Supplements".
I know the body is going to try to keep a balance of E2 to Test, I guess what everyone wants to know is when is that balance too high on the e2 side and should you lower the test to accomplish the lowwering of e2?
I can't understand the TRT program that I'm in at the VA. For the past 5 years, I have never been given a test to check for my estrogen level. Actually I never gave it much thought because I don't experience any signs of too much cortisol or estrogen in my blood. Now anyone here would have their eyebrows rising when test levels are a constant 1,500ng/dl. a month, RBC gets too high causing polycythemia, PSA is 6.99 and sometimes higher, then drops to 0.9 all within two months? Plus not one single AI medication was prescribed!!!
I haven't seen the first doctor that prescribed the Test E to me in years and I'm never called in for any monitoring of any of my hormone levels.
I'm back in the center in 2 weeks for an eye exam after that, I'm going to see my PCP and ask what's going on with this lop-sided therapy.