Anyone else extremely sensitive to estrogen?

[Icecreampaintjob]

Is anyone else really sensitive to increasing estrogen levels? I'm trying to figure out why taking testosterone makes me feel like a little girl instead of a man. At 500mg cyp with no ai i was up 40lbs of water retention in 3 weeks, depressed, crying myself to sleep, gyno symptoms high bp. When i was cruising on 175mg and using .3mg of arimidex every single day i was not as emotional but would still tear up watching tv. I've been looking at other forums but i think im literally the only person that gets like this

 

[muskate]

Some people's bodies just convert more testosterone to estrogen. It has to due with genetics and body fat. The higher your body fat percentage, the more testosterone that will aromatize into estrogen.

For someone like you, you are going to want to use an AI with every cycle you do, and even a mild dosage off cycle. The best AI choice is aromasin as it is a suicide AI and there will be no estrogen rebound when you discontinue usage. I would take 10mg/day on cycle and 5mg/day off cycle (the standard dosage for non-estrogen sensitive individuals is 10mg EOD on cycle, 5mg EOD off cycle).

 

[stevesmi]

I would experiment with blood work. see if you are extremely estrogen prone.. you want to make sure your AI is legit. I recommend aromasin and it should be taken from day 1. it is your responsibility to find out your sweet spot dosage.. in the end I would tell you to drop your testosterone dosage down and run more dry compounds.

musky is right.. the older you get the more estrogen prone you will likely become. but it doesn't only have to do with body fat.. I have a very lean 40 something client who cannot take any aromatizing compound without getting itchy nips within days, even with an AI. so he just sticks to dry compounds and runs with that

 

[Nelson Montana]

No sense guessing. Get at least one blood test to see it it's far out of range and treat it accordingly.

 

[lmm23]

Icecreampaintjob: I share your difficulties with estrogen, for what it's worth. Ever since adolescence. Even 200mg of test enanthate with .2mg of arimidex put my blood levels at 413 with 700-800 test levels. I get all your symptoms. I've just switched to aromasin to reduce levels. I will keep on it with my TRT dose. You've been given good advice. Follow it.

I have very low body fat but a very sluggish COMT gene and some other mutations on genes involved in estrogen breakdown. It's something you have to deal with. Assiduously dial in your AI with lab tests every few weeks. It's the only way. Recognise that you could also, if counterintuitively, be a super responder to aromasin and crash estrogen if you're unlucky. Again, bloods are key ...