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    HELP! Lamictal acting as Aromatase Inhibitor??

    On 150mg of Lamictal and my skin is very oily, and I read it is an AI. I feel like my estrogen is tanked, achy, no libido etc. However, oily skin that means it must be shooting my Test a bit higher than usual? So little info out there. Can anyone tell me how to RAISE my estrogen or negate some of the AI's affects? I know it's weird. Going to get blood drawn soon to confirm my suspicions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vetiver View Post
    On 150mg of Lamictal and my skin is very oily, and I read it is an AI. I feel like my estrogen is tanked, achy, no libido etc. However, oily skin that means it must be shooting my Test a bit higher than usual? So little info out there. Can anyone tell me how to RAISE my estrogen or negate some of the AI's affects? I know it's weird. Going to get blood drawn soon to confirm my suspicions.
    How do you even know you need to run an ai? How much test are you running?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jim230027 View Post
    How do you even know you need to run an ai? How much test are you running?
    I'm not on cycle. I am taking Lamictal for bipolar and it just happens to have AI properties by coincidence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vetiver View Post
    I'm not on cycle. I am taking Lamictal for bipolar and it just happens to have AI properties by coincidence.
    Gotcha... You need to run labs to be sure anything else is just guessing

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    It isn't an AI.
    But it does seem to interact poorly with estrogen (mostly in women using estrogen-based birth control).
    I doubt there is anything you can do.

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    Thanks all the same guys. Looks like I am out of luck on this one.

    I know Lamictal isn't designed specifically as an AI, but it does act as one. How much of an affect is has in the androgen conversion, or of what type of AI it could be, I have no clue.

    This is interesting though. This is an excerpt from a study that it won't let me post a link to for some reason. It basically states Lamictal is an AI.

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