krustus said:
i was asking because ... i was using a liquid version and a very little bit of the dropper and i crushed my estrogen to almost nothing... verified by my bloods. at the time i was running 150mg a week and took about an eighth of the dropper every other day.. and it got too low.
i haven't had bloods done this time but the erection problems are starting... not bad but i can tell...lol.. when i'm balanced i'm like a teenager again
150mg and 300mg are a lot farther apart in terms of needing an ai vs not, when compared to say 300mg vs 500mg. Once you go past the amount the body would naturally produce, you start needing an AI (if you didn't already need one to begin with).
If you run a TRT dose of Testosterone, along side a cycling dose of any other steroid, you'll need more AI than you would need with just the TRT dose. The anabolic you add doesn't even have to be one that converts to estrogen. By using an anabolic, the body tries to balance things out by increasing the rate of aromatase (the same as what happens under chronic stress!)
Everyone does respond a little differently, though....so maybe consider trying 300mg/week, and something like 12.5mg every other day with breakfast and check bloodwork. Daily administration is going to keep your e2 levels more consistent.
On second thought, I should ask-- what ester are you using, and what injection frequency? That could change things.
Look at how arimidex is often used clinically --a heavy dose a day or so after your shot, to match the serum testosterone peak, and smaller doses through the rest of the week.
-Erik