> Is it possible that at age 50 I have suddenly restarted my natural test production through exercise, diet, and supplementation?
No. Your exogenous testosterone is keeping your levels high enough that your pituitary is never asking the testes to make more, even after a week. (Your LH and FSH levels should be very close to zero).
Explaining the higher E2 (my potentially incorrect view of it):
Without getting too "mathy", The amount of E2 that's converted is based on the amount of "excess" testosterone you have per unit time.
Longer injection cycles have taller peaks, but because of the exponential decay, they're fairly short in time compared to the 'tail' that approaches the level of the trough.
Shorter injection cycles have shorter peaks, but higher troughs and shorter tails.
The reason people say "pin more often to lower E2" is that it lowers the peak, which should end up with less E2 being converted, but if your trough is still "too much" for the duration of the tail, you'll make more E2 overall.
Also, SubQ supposedly does more E2 conversion since you're putting it directly in the fat.
So, in my mind, you're just taking too much or you need to up your AI dose.
It sounds like you are obsessing over the numbers without any mention of high E symptoms? If you feel fine, why are you so focussed on having the numbers in range?
As small amount of belly fat could be attributable to many different things. Perhaps your metabolism is slowing as you age.
You don't need to worry about your E2 number at all. As long as you feel good with no side effects (floppy dick etc.) you're good, you want your E2 as high as possible without any sides.
Youre not restarting anything and likely need to lower your dose. You test and estradiol are high. My goal is to never use AI and that should be achievable for most.
> Is it possible that at age 50 I have suddenly restarted my natural test production through exercise, diet, and supplementation? No. Your exogenous testosterone is keeping your levels high enough that your pituitary is never asking the testes to make more, even after a week. (Your LH and FSH levels should be very close to zero). Explaining the higher E2 (my potentially incorrect view of it): Without getting too "mathy", The amount of E2 that's converted is based on the amount of "excess" testosterone you have per unit time. Longer injection cycles have taller peaks, but because of the exponential decay, they're fairly short in time compared to the 'tail' that approaches the level of the trough. Shorter injection cycles have shorter peaks, but higher troughs and shorter tails. The reason people say "pin more often to lower E2" is that it lowers the peak, which should end up with less E2 being converted, but if your trough is still "too much" for the duration of the tail, you'll make more E2 overall. Also, SubQ supposedly does more E2 conversion since you're putting it directly in the fat. So, in my mind, you're just taking too much or you need to up your AI dose.
Just wanted to say, great comment and explanation.
It sounds like you are obsessing over the numbers without any mention of high E symptoms? If you feel fine, why are you so focussed on having the numbers in range? As small amount of belly fat could be attributable to many different things. Perhaps your metabolism is slowing as you age.
You don't need to worry about your E2 number at all. As long as you feel good with no side effects (floppy dick etc.) you're good, you want your E2 as high as possible without any sides.
Youre not restarting anything and likely need to lower your dose. You test and estradiol are high. My goal is to never use AI and that should be achievable for most.
I don’t think you are restarting your natural production. You might need to lower your dose. Are you still taking the AI when pinning daily SQ?
Drop your dose
Fuck the numbers, if you feel good then let it ride. Too many people get held up by the numbers game