My T level is up! Why?

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Phil & others,

I'm trying to figure why my T level is up?

Quick run-down: I've been on TRT for 3 years or so. Just turned 41. I've had

great results after the first few months of getting levels right (roller coaster

ride in the beginning). My Doc has had me do labs every 2 to 3 months. My

current regimen is weekly T injections of 200mg's, ZMA nightly, and DIM

w/Indolplex. Nearly 2 months ago I tried Arimidex and stopped the DIM. In my

first attempt in taking .25mg tab, I received a T injection just before taking

the arimidex. Three days later I took another .25mg tab. I listened to my body

and felt like it brought my E2 too low (did not have a E2 test). I feel this

because I lost night time erections and stiffness after the second arimidex

tablet for nearly two weeks. After that, the erections came back like before.

In trying to find my " sweet spot " , I once again had a T injection and took a

..25mg arimidex tab on 6-11-10. Exactly seven days later, I went in for my lab

work on 6-18-10.

My recent numbers from labs on 6-18-10:

Testosterone Total 960.69 350-890 ng/dl high

testosterone % Free 3.0 1.6-2.9 high

Testosterone Free 292.0 47.0-244.0 pg/ml high

SHBG 19 13-71 nmol/L

So since my levels are high, guess what my Doc did? He had his nurse call me

and tell me not to come in this week for my T shot. She said to wait until next

week to come in. And the Doc is going to re-test in 3 weeks. (Not pleased by

the way! I'm o.k with a re-test but not going every other week for a shot.)

The big question: Could the arimidex caused my T level to remain high over that

7 days? In the past, my T levels climb to around 1300 and drop down in the

400's over 7 days.

I will add that my Doc does not know I took the arimidex. This is the first

time I've taken it. I've shared before that he is not up on TRT.

Sorry for the length of the post,

Dan