[TomO]

@tomorchard what was your ai and starting dose and how much did you up it by ? also how long after you upped the ai did it take to have full effect ?

Used arimidex – initially on 0.25mg E3D and upped it to 0.5mg E3D.

My bloods were taken 2 weeks apart, so it didn’t take long at all.

Hope that helps

[TomO]

Just a final post to conclude this thread and to confirm my actions and results.

I upped my AI dose and retook E2 and prolactin blood tests after 2 weeks (no caber used).

My bloods are attached – both oestradiol and prolactin are right in the middle of normal. Some evidence that E2 control in turn controls prolactin on non-‘nor-19’ cycles from my personal experience.

Thanks for the advice all, very happy with the outcome. Hopefully others on the forum that experience the same effects will find this thread and learn for themselves.

[TomO]

Took the bloods on the Thursday morning, pinned later that day. So the last pin before the blood test would’ve been the Monday morning – so there was a 3 day gap.

Do you think that might’ve affected the results?

[TomO]

I’m presuming this is in case there’s a mass on my anterior pituitary?

I’m hoping that because both E2 and prolactin levels are elevated but are not astronomically high, lactotroph stimulation by E2 (as Dr Dean suggested) is the culprit – but only the blood tests will tell. I’ll make sure I post an update on this thread once the tests come back.

I appreciate the concern though, thanks @Phillza1

[TomO]

Thank you @kuba1000hotmail-co-uk-cielen and @drdeanstmart, really appreciate the effort you guys put in on these forums.

I’ll go ahead as planned with the increased AI dose and oestrogen/prolactin re-test.

If the elevated prolactin is not corrected by reducing E2 (i.e. high prolactin is due to testosterone affecting dopamine receptors), is there anything I can do? Could I use other anabolics that would not elevate prolactin levels, or would all have a similar effect?

Thanks

[TomO]

I’ve been at this dose for about 8 weeks, planning to come off the anavar soon to spare my liver. I was previously cruising on 200mg Test E per week for around 4 months before this.

Feelings-wise I feel completely fine, decent aggression in the gym and libido is all good with no sign of ED.

No signs of gyno either – nipples haven’t tingled/ felt sore whatsoever. To be honest I was a bit baffled by the results at first.

I’ve read around the subject a bit today and it seems that elevated oestrogen can stimulate prolactin release in sensitive individuals (literature ref: https://bit.ly/2EjsCPW ). I did have gyno in puberty and had surgery to remove it about 4 years back – I guess this suggests I could be sensitive.

I’m planning to up my AI dose to control the oestrogen and re-test oestrogen and prolactin in a couple of weeks. Does that seem sensible to you?

Thanks for the reply.