Posted by doxogenic boy on September 27, 2013, at 4:38:37
In reply to Re: Low testosterone level - medication-induced? » doxogenic boy, posted by Hugh on September 26, 2013, at 13:23:13
> > I am going to check my estradiol levels tomorrow. If I have too high estradiol levels, how can that be treated?
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> Arimidex will get estradiol levels way down, even too low if you take too much. It's a breast cancer drug, but bodybuilders take a much lower dose -- 0.25 or 0.5 mg, two or three times a week -- to get their estrogen down and their free testosterone up. If your estradiol level is fine, the beta blocker nebivolol causes a significant increase in testosterone.
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Thank you very much for interesting information! I have forwarded it to my psychiatrist. Do endocrinologists prescribe Arimidex and/or nebivolol to patients with pathological estradiol or testosterone levels if they have psychiatric symptoms?Today I took the blood tests of estradiol and the other things I mentioned. I will post it here when I have the results.
I wonder if my low testosterone levels are part of the effect of my meds, since I have very little aggression. In 1996 I took my first testosterone blood test, and it was low already then. I used psychotropic drugs at that time too.
- doxogenic
Earlier TRD/anxiety
300 mg tianeptine, 6 X 50 mg successfully since Oct 2009
20 mcg liothyronine
40 mg escitalopram
100 mg trimipramine
50 mg agomelatine
600 mg quetiapine
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