Re: Injections and water retension???

May 3, 2010

Gviceman77,

Yes the Arimidex (anastrozole) can give you hot flashes. My wife had to

tell me that is what they were. All I knew was my face was uncomfortable

warm. As Phil has pointed out before high estradiol will give him, me also,

a red upper body but that is just red or at least mine was it doesn't feel

warm. I didn't have the red, come to think of it, while I was taking the

anastrozole so it must have brought my E2 down some. Brett

Injections and water retension???

>

> I've been on Test injections HCG, DHEA since march 2, 2010, My Dr. told

> me

> that will cause me to retain water weight.. Is this a problem.

>

> I have put on a lot of muscle from weight training however my weight has

> gone from 203 lbs. when I started Injections on March 2 to now 214 lbs.

> this morning after breakfeast.

>

> Does Testosterone injections, HCG, DHEA, or Anastrozole that makes one

> retain water weight? Is this a problem???

>

> I started taking 0.5mg Capsule (Arimidex) on Tuesday; I have taken

> them

> for 3 days now. This morning after taking my supplements and the

> Anastrozole I felt really hot (I was at the gym doing crunches).

>

> The rest of the day I have felt hot at times and I could not put on my

> wedding band due to my finger being fat with water retension.

May 3, 2010

When I first went on TRT my hands and feet swelled up from holding water. My

Dr. put me on a water pill I took it at the time every 3 days.

â€¢Triamterene/HCTZ 37.5/25 mgs.

Now this was some yrs ago a lot of yrs. today I am on this pill everyday no ED

problems. So yes it can become a problem if your BP goes up and or your hands

and feet swell.

IF your Estradiol levels were not over 50 pg/ml your on to much Arimidex at .5

mgs and how do you get this med in caps mine are pills and I cut them into 4

parts most men only need .25 mgs every 2 to 3 days. If you drive your Estradiol

levels down to low it can be just as bad for you as being to high.

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How To Take Arimdex and not go down on your Estradiol to Low.

What I found is if you go to low taking arimidex, it's the length of time your

to low, if your too low say for 8 weeks it can take your body a longer time to

make more Estradiol. Bottom line is to know how not to go to low. Keep a log on

your dose and how you feel men going to low can't get it up taking Viagra. I

went to low when I first tried Arimidex and did not know about going to low or

how one feels to low, so I was low a good 8 weeks. I did not know I was low

until my next labs.

The best gage I have found to control your Estradiol levels is to gage your

night time and morning wood. At good levels or what I call the sweet spot you

get your night time and morning wood back so strong it will wake you up and you

can hang a coat on it.

Most men do good taking .25 mgs or 1/4 of a 1mg. pill, I use a pill cutter to

cut the small pill in half then I stand it on the cut end and use a single edge

razor to cut this in half. A good way to take arimidex is by how high your

levels are. I tested over 90 pg/ml so we tried doing .5 mgs every other day

after 8 weeks my next set of labs showed it did not move below 90, test said

>90. So we did .5 mgs. every day in about 2 weeks I got some strong night time

and morning wood back after not having them for many yrs.

I kept doing this dose and in 8 weeks my next set of labs said <20 back in the

day labs were like this they did not have to good labs we have today they could

not read lower the 20. My Dr. told me this looks to low to stop taking the

Arimidex. The one thing I noticed was my wood stopped and stopping the Arimidex

my wood came back in about 7 weeks my next test at 8 weeks was 24 pg/ml. So we

went back on the Arimidex but the Dr. told me to take .5 mgs every 3 days I was

on this dose not a week and lost wood. This is when I figured out going to low

you lose wood. And the longer your too low the longer it takes to get levels

back up.

I stopped the arimidex right away and got my wood back in 4 days. I then after

playing with the dose for a time found the best dose is .25mgs every 2 to 3

days.

So lets say your labs are less the 50 pg/ml if your take .5 mgs you can go down

so dam fast your miss the sweet spot of your wood and go to low. It's best with

lower levels 50 and under to do less Arimidex .25mgs every 2 days if later your

lose wood when it comes back go to every 3 days.

I have found estradiol is the hardest hormone to control, it goes up or down

from month to month some times I need .25mgs every 2 days other times I need

..25mgs everyday most of the time I do well on every 3 days.

So between wood and labs I do great and so do most of the men I have told this

to. I keep a log on how much I am taking and how I feel. Doing this and reading

back in my log I was able to tell when I was going to high or to low my Dr. lets

me dose my arimidex by how I feel.

Over the yrs. I have posted this story until I am blue in the face.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: gviceman77@... <gviceman77@...>

> Subject: Injections and water retension???

>

> Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 7:46 PM

>

> I've been on Test injections HCG, DHEA since march 2, 2010,

> MyÂ Dr. told me

> that will cause me to retain water weight..Â Is this

> aÂ problem.

>

> I have put on a lot of muscle from weight training however

> myÂ weight has

> gone from 203 lbs. when I started Injections on March 2 to

> now 214Â lbs.Â

> this morning after breakfeast.

> Â Â Â

> Does Testosterone injections, HCG, DHEA, or Anastrozole

> thatÂ makes one

> retain water weight?Â Is this a problem???

>

> I started takingÂ Â Â 0.5mg Capsule

> (Arimidex)Â onÂ Tuesday; I have taken them

> for 3 days now.Â This morning after taking myÂ

> supplements and the

> Anastrozole I felt really hot (I was at the gym doingÂ

> crunches).

>

> The rest of the day I have felt hot at times and I could

> notÂ put on my

> wedding band due to my finger being fat with waterÂ

> retension.

>

May 3, 2010

I've been on T cypionate since 2/19/10. I put on 10 lbs. the first month, mostly

water but maybe some muscle. Since then I've only put on about 2 lbs. I think

this maybe muscle. I'm starting to notice a shift from the puffy looking to

somewhat defined.

This has been my experience. I'm not using any other medications.

>

> I've been on Test injections HCG, DHEA since march 2, 2010, My Dr. told me

> that will cause me to retain water weight.. Is this a problem.

>

> I have put on a lot of muscle from weight training however my weight has

> gone from 203 lbs. when I started Injections on March 2 to now 214 lbs.

> this morning after breakfeast.

>

> Does Testosterone injections, HCG, DHEA, or Anastrozole that makes one

> retain water weight? Is this a problem???

>

> I started taking 0.5mg Capsule (Arimidex) on Tuesday; I have taken them

> for 3 days now. This morning after taking my supplements and the

> Anastrozole I felt really hot (I was at the gym doing crunches).

>

> The rest of the day I have felt hot at times and I could not put on my

> wedding band due to my finger being fat with water retension.

>

May 3, 2010

I believe that high estrogen will cause weight gain. Weight gain (as edema) is

listed as a side effect of TRT.