Fatigue, weakness, irritability. Have a look at my bloods

[VICREP]

Hey guys.

I have been having some fatigue, concentration, muscle weakness/pain, libido, and weight control (difficulty losing fat, especially mid-section) for a while now.

I have explored and near exhausted psychopharmacological avenues which has lead me to look at explore Hormonal imbalances.

Here are my bloods:

Total Test - 712 ng/dl
E2 - 43 pg/ml (normal range is 15-45)
Prolactin - 161 (45-375)
SHBG - 52 (13-71)
Free Test - 413 (225-725)

Thyroid tests were all good. TSH low, free t3 high, free t4 high.

I know that a lot of AAS related articles and forums state that optimal E2 is between 15-30. Maybe I need to lower mine?

Also my free Test is not great considering I'm only 23 and physically active.

I was thinking maybe 1.25mg of arimidex twice a week would help. Anyone know how much a vert low dose of arimidex could lower e2?

I can't find any studies given dose response information outside the standard clinical dose

Cheers

[Chauffeur]

I'd have a sensitive E2 test before making any decisions in terms of treatment. The standard test isn't that accurate. It's very common for the sensitive E2 value to be close to 20 points lower, which would put your value in a great place.

That's also a huge dose of Arimidex . It would absolutely crash your E2.

[VICREP]

My apologies, I meant 0.125mg twice per week

[Bonaparte]

Your hormones are fine. Look elsewhere for answers, because you're only going to make things worse if you start messing with your estrogen.
How is your diet?
Lifestyle?
Are you under a lot of stress?

[Chauffeur]

Your hormones are fine. Look elsewhere for answers, because you're only going to make things worse if you start messing with your estrogen.
How is your diet?
Lifestyle?
Are you under a lot of stress?

I agree with this.

OP, your hormone levels looks solid. E2 might be a little high, but a sensitive E2 test would be needed to confirm that. Either way, it's not a bad number.

I'd suggest having a thyroid panel done as the next step in finding the cause of your symptoms.