Does arimidex make you become more masculine by lowering E2?

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I have a question. I'm on TRT cause I have low T.
However, one of my key problems (besides having very little muscle mass) is that I have a feminine fat distribution patterns.
I store fat on my upper thighs which is usually typical for women. It looks really bad.

In the past I tried to reduce my body fat in order to starve this fat and make it go away.
However it's not possible. My total body fat was getting lower and I started looking really unhealhy and my face was totally sunken
in but I still had the same feminine look. The fat on the ass/thighs got less but there was still fat left.

My question is would taking arimidex to lower E2 make this fat go away?

I do not have gyno issues.

Under TRT my serum T is higher but at the same time my E2 is also elevated and slightly above the normal maximum range.

 

[Serotonin101]

If you have prescribed trt I'd talk to the doctor about the elevated estrogen. He should be able to prescribe it to you. Seems popular trt protocol is 0.5mg to 1.0mg per week for estrogen Control.

 

[CFC]

You may also have a cortisol issue with that fat distribution. Try taking phosphatidyl serine 600mg/day to lower it and see how things are in a few months.

 

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Hi, i live in europe and doctors don't use arimidex in men. I asked my intern about it and he was pretty freaked out and said that this is a drug given to women with breast cancer. My endo is also very conservative I don't even have to ask him about arimidex. I could try to get it myself but I worry about the safety of it. I also take amphetamines and cymbalta. What if adding arimidex could harm the liver? I don't know if drug interaction checkers can really answer this question. Cymbalta is strongly metabolized through 2D6. Can phosphatidyl serine be taken when you're on prescription drugs? When I saw my endo he usually measured cortisol and my levels were normal. I also have a ACTH test 3 years ago cause back then I was concerned that some of my symptoms could be caused my adrenal fatigue but after being given the ACTH my cortisol levels went up and the doc said that this shows that I don't have adrenal issues. Another problem with measuring cortisol is that even if they measure it in the morning then it's not really morning for me cause I have to get up 2 hours earlier and then drive to the end and I also dont like going to the doctor so I'm already in a stressed state which also affects my cortisol levels. I assume that my normal cortisol levels in the morning would be lower than the levels which are measured by the doctor in the morning. If you're interested I can try to find my old lab results. But I have been having these fat distribution issues since puberty. It's nothing new. It has always bothered me cause it's simply not normal. I also had a gene test for Klinefelter syndrome cause I thought what if the cause for low T & female fat distribution is genetic but the test came back negative. But I also have a low indexfinger:ringfinger ratio. My ringfinger is shorter than the indexfinger on both hands which is also unusual for men and from what I read it shows that you werent exposed to enough androgens in the womb. This is pretty depressing stuff. When I went on TRT I thought that maybe this will change everything and I'll start to put on fat free muscle mass and no longer be skinny/fat but I have been on TRT for almost 1,5 years and it's not really a game changer. I look similar to this actor here : http://images.fandango.com/r93.8/Im...r images/p276881/djqualls-hustleandflow-2.jpg only that he has lower body fat. If I tried to lose weight then I'd look very similar to him. He also has very thin joints and looks sick. I'm 6 foot 3 and still have smaller hands than most women and my wrists are totally slim but my hip bones are wide.

 

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[Genetic Freak]

Hi, i live in europe and doctors don't use arimidex in men. I asked my intern about it and he was pretty freaked out and said that this is a drug given to women with breast cancer. My endo is also very conservative I don't even have to ask him about arimidex. I could try to get it myself but I worry about the safety of it. I also take amphetamines and cymbalta.

I'd be more concerned with making sure your nutrition and training methodology were optimal before self prescribing AI's or blaming obscure medical conditions, if you think you have a problem it's more likely to be the simple things that are overlooked...

Amphetamines are not recommended for lowering BF% over the longer term due to metabolism downregulating, and possible addiction issues... I wouldn't combine with a SNRI...