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    What could my reaction to testosterone mean?

    Any idea what the units are on that? pg/dL? That is close to the upper end and certainly enough to cause you to have the symptoms you're describing. A lot of times they talk about men with high estrogen, but they're only talking about men close to the upper end of the range rather than men...
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    What could my reaction to testosterone mean?

    Interesting. I have not. Or at least, I haven't since the estrogen number shot up. I had a few things checked previously, perhaps those values may have changed.
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    What could my reaction to testosterone mean?

    Hmm. That sounds like a total estrogen number. Estradiol (also known as E2) typically has a range of something like 10 - 50, or 7- 46 etc. For example, my estradiol was 108 pg/dL at one point with a range of 10 - 52 ng/dL. My problems didn't begin with the clomid/estradiol, but got...
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    What could my reaction to testosterone mean?

    You definitely need to get a full endocrine panel. Total test, bioavailable, estradiol, LH, and FSH. If I was a betting man, I'd say you've got high estradiol. If your doctor wants to run total estrogen instead of estradiol, do not do this. Total estrogen is a worthless number. Estradiol is...