I suggest stay with arimidex, least side effects which while on TRT (low sides as is) why take anything else that may have sides. Yes aromasin will be much harder if not possible to dial in a dose low enough to not crash E2 for TRT in my experience. Crashing E2 will not give u the desired effect, not too low or too high.
I believe you’re doing the right thing, however a few things to be considered.
I reccomend “dialling” in your adex on cycle/TRT dose via libido. The easiest/best marked of libido is morning wood. Start at .2mg every 3 days and increase by .05mg. Up the dose should yield a notable increase in libido/morning wood. Continuing to Up the dose until should cause libido/wood to drop. Once I notice a drop in libido I back off my adex .05mg until libido returns full force. IMO and my experience this is your perfect dose for cycle. I feel it yields all TRT/cycles benefits with no/little sides. Many will increase/decrease by .1mg, I suggest .05mg because I believe the results we desire requires a finetuning approach rather then typical “horseshoes and handgrenades” approach held by most. Maybe try to dial in the dose more at .025 once ur near perfect dose. After all sucky libido I’d imagine isn’t “no libido” and with everything else looking ship shape wouldn’t it seem a matter of “fine tuning”.
More on fine tuning learned this after repeatedly developing increasingly severe anxiety while just on 250 test E a week dosed once a week.
Combined with the above I now dose test e, every 3 days. I found around 8-12+ weeks into TRT I become more sensitive to the drop in test e increasingly so around the 4th day post injection. I take my adex on this same day.
Test dosed at the same dose, will build up to Higher levels the longer you’re on, so does estrogen and e2. Not to mention if you’re like me and cruise, blast, cruise blast. Just asI had experienced when running test e for 8-12+weeks once a day with no on cycle…my body became more sensitive, sides slowly built from mild anxiety to probably 20 plus anxiety attacks for no reason every day and being woke up by anxiety attacks 1-2 times a night. After ssri’s Buspar blood pressure meds, doc was aware of my test dose. Assured me to continue although I theorized it was to blame. Finally I listen to my body not the dude trying to fix problems with more problems. Stopped test and learned to fine tune. Now no side effects. Hell even my tren cycles have little to no real side effects!
Before you give up on the adex try my dose of .3mg, I’ve had to up to .4mg as of late. Typically I reset this now by swapping to all short Esther’s every 10 weeks or so. At least seems to work and makes sense to me.
Also a low dose of tadalfil (cialis) of 5-10mg every 3-4 days can do wonders for libido. Not to mention o believe helps with testosterone to estrogen ratio and maybe pump.
Staying on gear I’ve read can lower thyroid levels or maybe certain gear. I’ll run a cycle of T3 at as low as 30mcg for a 3-4weeks, sometimes ramping up to 50mcg or all the way to 100mcg, always tapering. I use it primarily on tren but once a year while on trt
Most people are deficient in magnesium, get a good source of magnesium like a chelated magnesium. Most multis contain junk sources of mag and well everything else. The side effects of magnesium deficiency is huge. Take with vitamin d3 and avoid calcium consumption hr or so before and after taking mag. Signs and symptoms. Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include hyperexcitability, muscular symptoms (cramps, tremor, fasciculations, spasms, tetany, weakness), fatigue, loss of appetite, apathy, confusion, insomnia, irritability, poor memory, and reduced ability to learn.
Sorry for rant and if I got off topic.