Hello Everyone,
as y'all might've noticed.. I have trouble keeping up with this thread and my messages and school and life..
I know there were several questions asked to me sprinkled throughout the jillion replies.. but Im too lazy
Feel free to ask again. If I ever don't answer, ask again or Pm me. Pms get some priority. and I might get back to you, no guarantee though
Right now, Im not taking androgen blockers. I ran out and didn't order more.. well except for Diane 35 twice a week, but thats only 4mg cypro a week. I ran out of dexamethasone too, its difficult to keep up with ordering stuff all the time.
now my current regimen is: .5mg dutasteride, 6mg estrofem, 1.5mg oestrogel. 10mg Oral min every other day, topical min/finasteride on the other every other days.. 1 Diane pill on monday and friday, 100mg oral progesterone first 10 days a month.
honestly, I don't feel any different without AA's so I think my nuts are fried enough that they won't come back as long as I take E everyday and I know that AAs are not healthy and that's starting to bother me. I've been taking HRT for 2 years now with fairly aggressive doses. But I never intended to take them forever. as
@Sonolmn98 said before that it is healthier to cut off testicles than take anti androgens forever. Particularly, cypro shouldn't be taken long term, I wouldn't risk taking it more than 2 years. Its rare but taking even a low dose of cypro for usually about 10 years or so will significantly increase risk prolactin producing brain tumors.
I really went hard with my obsession and took alot of drugs at the same time, and it caused me to become paranoid hahaha.. when I was bald I didn't mind taking risk as much but now that i have hair I value life alot more..
I was literally taking cypro and spironolactone at the same time along with dutasteride, high amounts E, and oral plus topical minoxidil along with occasiinal diane and also Dexamethasone and progesterone too... Geez, and Im not even getting checked by doctor.. Anyway, becaise of this whenever I felt slightly bad or tired I would wonder if it was from the drugs and then have panic attacks.. but I know now that it was mostly my own mind and fear.
For know I'm going to take a break from AAs until September. caise Im going to visit my home country america during August and I dont feel like going through security carrying a bunch of pills, so I usually just bring estradiol and minoxidil while on vacation.. and Im never going to take such a heavy combo again.
With that said, I was always afraid of bica because it increases testosterone, and even though it does a fantastic job at blocking receptors there will some amount of competition. There might be occasions, which are so rare that its undetectable like maybe every once in a million times, Dht or T could win a receptor. So i can't let that happen.... Also the idea of some body odor returning as well as male libido from the testosterone metabolites (which act not from androgen receptors) ,turned me off from it. but I know one thing for sure, that cypro and spironolactone are very weak partial agonists of the AR.. they are much weaker than testosterone and therefore function as anti-androgebs.. but perhaps if they are taken for several years their initial benefit could wear off if receptors become more sensitive to androgens from prolonged lack of androgen exposure.. such as what sometines happen to prostate cancer victoms. Therefore, I believe its time for me to move away from weak partial agonists..
But still Id rather block receptors, because even eunuchs still produce small amount of hormones from the adrenal glands... and I know that DHEA can use 5ar to convert to DhT inside the cell. Therefore, it is possible to have high dht in scalp despite extremely low DHT in blood.
Honestly, Im thinking strategically. I beleieved before that cypro is best because it also has strong antigonadotrophin effect along with high affinity for receptor blocking and it builds up in fat. and because Antydhtor used it with amazing results. and I still think that maybe cypro is best when used alone. because I do not trust bica to Completly block literally 100% of the time 100% of receptors, there is no way to absolutely prove that. better safe than sorry.
However Bica's bad point is its gonodotrophin effect and its relatively weak affinty for receptor binding.. however, its supposed to make up for its weak affinty by its really long half life and building up to very high levels. And also its gonadotrophin effect can be counteracted by taking estradiol with it.. And considering all these pros and cons and angles;
I believe now that the regimen which gives the least amount of androgenic signalling will contain Bica with dutasteride and high estradiol (topical and buccal combo)..
Also, Bica's biggest advantage is that it is healthier than cypro and spironolactone. spironolactone is hard on kidneys, makes you lose sodium and retain pottasium and increases cortisol.. and Cypro is heptatotoxic to the liver and highly increases prolactin.
And while Bica isn't good for the liver either; it is much less harsh than cypro.