PCT modification: advice needed

[Acidborg]

Hey everyone,

I came off my first 12 week test-e only cycle (500 mg/week).

During cycle I used arimidex as an AI at 0.50 mg/E3D, however, I got a lot of libido loss and tappered it down to 0.25 mg, but eventually ditched it around week 9 because I kept having low libido. As soon as I ditched it libido went through the roof.

I'm in my first week of PCT now and planned on doing a classing Nolva/Clomid combo, but nolva is ALSO giving me sides so I had to lower the doses to:

Nolva: 20/20/20/20
Clomid: 50/50/50/50

My question is: do you guys think these doses are enough for recovery? If not: is it ok to up the dose in my second week of PCT or should I just continue on with the doses I just wrote down?

Thanks!

[RustedIron]

Hey everyone,

I came off my first 12 week test-e only cycle (500 mg/week).

During cycle I used arimidex as an AI at 0.50 mg/E3D, however, I got a lot of libido loss and tappered it down to 0.25 mg, but eventually ditched it around week 9 because I kept having low libido. As soon as I ditched it libido went through the roof.

I'm in my first week of PCT now and planned on doing a classing Nolva/Clomid combo, but nolva is ALSO giving me sides so I had to lower the doses to:

Nolva: 20/20/20/20
Clomid: 50/50/50/50

My question is: do you guys think these doses are enough for recovery? If not: is it ok to up the dose in my second week of PCT or should I just continue on with the doses I just wrote down?

Thanks!

Seems like a pretty straightforward dosage to me, but it is important to understand that anti-estrogens alone are inadequate to restore normal endogenous testosterone production after a cycle. These agents ordinarily increase LH levels by blocking the negative feedback of estrogens. But LH rebounds quickly on its own post-cycle, without help. Plus, there is not an elevated level of estrogen for anti-estrogens to block during this window, as testosterone (now suppressed) is a major substrate used for the synthesis of estrogens in men. Serum estrogen levels are actually lower here, not higher. Any estrogen rebound that occurs post-cycle, likewise, happens with a rebound in testosterone levels , not prior to it.

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