15-02-2012, 23:39
Could PM help me to lose muscle? When I started puberty at age 13-14 I built a lot of muscle and even though I haven't been active for the last three years I have kept all of it and then some. I don't like the muscle-bound appearance of my shoulders, arms, upper legs, and ankles, and the abdominal muscles also make my waist bigger than it needs to be.
Now, I know that I've had problems with high androgens. The muscle, hirsutism, acne, hair loss, and lack of breast growth is evidence of this. Is lowering DHT enough to have a de-masculinizing effect? When I had my hormones tested (via blood) my testosterone was borderline-high. Considering the pool they determine appropriate T levels from, this probably just means 'high'. But it could have just been DHT having that affect on my muscles and feminine parts.
I have heard that estrogen reduces testosterone production because it says to the body "heyo, we've got enough T/T byproducts". To your knowledge, is this true, and would PM have this effect?
Conversely, it could also make sense that adding estrogen to your system via PM or some other estrogen-like thing could tell your body to stop making estrogen out of testosterone, and instead make DHT or just leave it as testosterone.
Wug, it's confusing :S Any insight, even just anecdotal, would be much appreciated.
Now, I know that I've had problems with high androgens. The muscle, hirsutism, acne, hair loss, and lack of breast growth is evidence of this. Is lowering DHT enough to have a de-masculinizing effect? When I had my hormones tested (via blood) my testosterone was borderline-high. Considering the pool they determine appropriate T levels from, this probably just means 'high'. But it could have just been DHT having that affect on my muscles and feminine parts.
I have heard that estrogen reduces testosterone production because it says to the body "heyo, we've got enough T/T byproducts". To your knowledge, is this true, and would PM have this effect?
Conversely, it could also make sense that adding estrogen to your system via PM or some other estrogen-like thing could tell your body to stop making estrogen out of testosterone, and instead make DHT or just leave it as testosterone.
Wug, it's confusing :S Any insight, even just anecdotal, would be much appreciated.