question from a user
My question is about gyno. Currently I am on my 4th bottle of test. My gyno (I think it’s gyno) started on my second bottle of test, 100mg a week, injection once a week. I have been active my entire life, cardio, and weight training consistently for 2 decades, and about 18-20% bf. I’m 31 and took test for mental health reasons and had 2 blood test to where I was under 200. Ever since starting, I feel much better and am loving life again. The only thing is my gyno. Which I hope is gyno and isn’t cancer or something. Basically, it’s a lump the size of a golf ball, a bit smaller. It’s tender to the touch but is definitely the shape of a ball as I can grab it and squeeze it. I’m waiting on my 3 month blood results that I just took the other day and my appointment with my doctor is in a couple days. I read on here that maybe splitting my dosage in two would help so I can inject every 3-4 days. The other option is an AI. I keep reading bad info on this and don’t understand why people stay away from it when it works for others. I guess what I’m asking is how do I make my gyno go away with or without AI and is AI absolutely necessary?
AlphaMD's Answer
Your description of your symptoms is typical for gynecomastia. This is from an excess of estradiol. An AI would certainly be recommended in your case.
AIs have a bad rap mainly because of poorly designed treatment protocols. Most people who had a bad experience have used too high of a dose and “crashed” their estrogen levels.Lowering your dose, or splitting your dose into more frequent smaller amounts will reduce the amount that aromatizes to estrogen.A more rapid way to eliminate gynecomastia is with tamoxifen, though this medication does come with more side effects than any AI. I would recommend you discuss adding an AI with your doctor first.
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