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Here is an update, since it has now been a week and a half since I introduced estradiol and stopped all my AA's (no SP, no Spearmint).
During that time my program has been consistently as follows:
4mg Estradiol daily
3500-4000 mg PM daily
plus one cap apiece of Licorice and White Peony.

I think I can almost feel the T beginning to rise again. Subjective, of course, but I feel an assertiveness returning that I have not felt for awhile. Concentration levels are starting to stabilize. My stuff is starting, in small ways, to return to life a little. And some anger is manifesting itself here and there again... mostly in one particular area... but that is a story for another time.
I will be very curious to see results of the next round of blood tests, which I will have taken later next week.
More anon...
Hugs

Wow! I never would have guessed that with taking so much estrogen plus an aromatase enhancer (White Peony), that you would be experiencing a rising free testosterone level.

I would have guessed estrogen dominance.

I'm waiting anxiously for your next blood test, Sis.

Clara

Hi Sammie & Clara,

One possibility is called negative feedback, here's what I mean:

The response relationship of testosterone on GnRH and LH secretion is known as negative feedback. Thus in an intact system, lowering serum testosterone levels will result in increased LH secretion (high serum LH levels) in an attempt to correct serum testosterone upward. Raising serum testosterone levels will inhibit LH secretion and reduce the endogenous levels of testosterone.


So in Sammie's case her rise in free T is the end result, or its unintended consequence.

LH- Luteinizing Hormone
GnRH-gonadotropic releasing hormone