Wifes bloodwork

[Brett N]

My wife finally got her blood tests back. I would appreciate any input or thoughts.

Estradiol Extra Sensitive- 468 HIGH (follicular phase 39-375)
Test total - 17 (2-45)

Everything else is in normal range. HRT Dr wants her to use a pump cream (2 pumps per day to start) to bring up her test and use Zazzee USDA Organic Vitex (Chaste tree berry) 500 mg Strength, 120 Vegan Capsules to bring her estrogen down. 1 a day

I have screenshots of all her bloodwork but for some reason they are going to appear huge.

[Cylon357]

What is her goal? Feel better, cycle, get buff or ?

How old and active is she?

You cut off the estradiol numbers and I don't see testosterone anywhere.

I'm not sure women need the extra sensitive test for estradiol? TBH, I thought the regular test was for women, and the extra sensitive was more for men. I'm a fish out of water here tho.

Ah I see the test score in text. Low to mid range. Maybe that is ok, depending on what you all are trying to do?

[Brett N]

She is 46. 5'3 and weighs about 145. I wrote about her symptoms in the new member area earlier. Basically, she was on 10mg test per week for self-administered HRT. Lately she has had weight gain and her sex drive crashed with nothing being changed. We assumed she is pre-menopausal. Sex drive crashing is her biggest concern.

Doc seemed concerned about her high estrogen but thought that anastrazol would crash it too hard so he recommended Vitex (Chaste tree berry) to start. I have never heard of anyone using this to lower their estrogen so it is a little concerning.

The Doc also doesn't do pellets and he prefers the cream over injections which of course I have no source for.

The doc suggested getting the extra sensitive test but on the regular estrogen test she was also high through our gp.

[Cylon357]

She is 46. 5'3 and weighs about 145. I wrote about her symptoms in the new member area earlier. Basically, she was on 10mg test per week for self-administered HRT. Lately she has had weight gain and her sex drive crashed with nothing being changed. We assumed she is pre-menopausal. Sex drive crashing is her biggest concern.

Doc seemed concerned about her high estrogen but thought that anastrazol would crash it too hard so he recommended Vitex (Chaste tree berry) to start. I have never heard of anyone using this to lower their estrogen so it is a little concerning.

The Doc also doesn't do pellets and he prefers the cream over injections which of course I have no source for.

The doc suggested getting the extra sensitive test but on the regular estrogen test she was also high through our gp.

Ok so does she exercise? If not, she needs to start. Really, I'm going to assume all the basics apply for women, like rest, exercise, nutrition, etc.

We spoke a little on this in the intro thread. If you want to do test injections, find a low concentration (like 50mg/ml) cypionate or even prop if she is ok with injecting 3x per week. I strongly recommend sub-q if going that route. You said she was on self administered injections, but got the dose too high. Lower mg/ml would help with that.

I'm afraid other than that, I don't really have much knowledge in this area.

[Brett N]

Do you know if the estrogen being too high would crash her sex drive? It's a drastic difference, pretty much night and day.

Estradiol Extra Sensitive- 468 HIGH (follicular phase 39-375)

The dose of test before was 16 mg per week. It wouldn't be hard to cut that in half. I was mistaken before when I wrote 10mg.

[Cylon357]

Do you know if the estrogen being too high would crash her sex drive? It's a drastic difference, pretty much night and day.

Estradiol Extra Sensitive- 468 HIGH (follicular phase 39-375)

The dose of test before was 16 mg per week. It wouldn't be hard to cut that in half. I was mistaken before when I wrote 10mg.

I do not know about elevated estrogen in women... is she hitting menopause? That can be a roller coaster for some women.

[Brett N]

I do not know about elevated estrogen in women... is she hitting menopause? That can be a roller coaster for some women.

We aren't 100% certain. We feel she things are starting to get screwy like she is pre-menopausal/ borderline, but no doctor has confirmed it.