[MeganJ]

I started taking a daily regimen of:
(2) 250mg BO x2 daily
1 teaspoon Red Maca powder
1 tablespoon ground flax seed

I also took a baseline hormone blood test before I started which showed:
Testosterone total serum 343 (264-916 normal range male)
Estrogen 32.2 (7.6-42.6 normal range male)
LH 13.8 (1.7-8.6 normal range male)
FSH 34.3 (1.5-12.4 normal range male)

Now, after 6 weeks my results are:
Testosterone total serum 443 (264-916 normal range male)
Estrogen 29.0 (7.6-42.6 normal range male)
LH 14.6 (1.7-8.6normal range male)
FSH 36.6 (1.5-12.4 normal range male)

So after my regimen for 6 weeks, my T went UP 30% and E went down 10%.  WTF?  I’m obviously disappointed but also baffled that I moved the hormone mix but in the wrong direction.  My T was relatively low, so is my body so hungry for T that it aromatized the “extra” E?  Appreciate any help.

There is no bodily process where estrogen turns into testosterone so it isn't the case that the increased testosterone is due to conversion of estrogen.

Your elevated lh and fsh levels would explain the increased testosterone since your body is signalling that it needs to make more testosterone. This could simply be a reaction to being on bo and it is trying to compensate for the introduction of bo. As the effects of bo can only be guessed at in how it works and I mean proper studies not marketing blurb then the reduced estradiol level could just be completely random.

For info when I was on bo my estradiol level was just above male ranges after 10 months however the test was only for e2 which is estradiol and not other estrogenic chemicals in the body which would not be detected by a test for estradiol. Personally don't think bo significantly affects e2 levels, so a wider range of tests would be the only option to confirm what is going on.

Megan