Yeah, that post was made a long time ago, some months after I began experimenting with the drug. Arimidex is very hard to dose correctly. I’m still not able to manage it properly, and I still make mistakes - thinking that the estrogen level is too high, when it’s too low. This time, the estrogen level got too low after the third injection, and it made me crash after the fourth injection. I used 0.5 mg Arimidex on the day I injected 100 mg TE. The other drug I was using, was Proviron - 12.5 mg twice a day. The libido has been low for a couple of weeks, but the erectile function has been pretty good during this time. The libido is now raging again. This is how I recovered it; when I crashed, I increased the TE dose to 200 mg a week. It’s not recommended, because it leads to heavy aromatization - but I did it anyway. I then took 0.5 mg on days I knew that my estrogen level was too high, and it was three or four times the last two weeks. I felt that it was too high some days ago as well, but I only took 0.25 mg then, because I was going to skip the testosterone injection on monday. The libido came back raging when I did so. I’m using Andractim on my penis, instead of Proviron tablets this time.
I know that estrogen dominance is the reason we’re dealing with symptoms of hypogonadism, but I believe that atrophied prostate is the root cause. Finasteride shrinks the prostate, and people who develop PFS may have a small prostate to begin with. An atrophied prostate is unable to convert as much testosterone to DHT as it originally did. I’m going to map the prostate volume on friday, try using Andractim to make it grow, and then check the prostate volume again to see if there is any difference. Hopefully, it’ll increase in size, and make me able to stabilize the condition.
I recommend that you begin with 0.5 mg Arimidex on the day you inject (100 mg TE/C once a week), and skip the next Arimidex dose if you notice any improvement. Then, when your sexual function gets worse, it’s almost certain that the estrogen level is too high, and you may take another dose. The libido should increase after using Arimidex. It may be wise to take 0.25 mg instead of 0.5 mg. Don’t use anymore than 0.5 mg a week. If you overdose, increase the testosterone dose the next time you inject. Start over again with a lower dose - after a week or so.