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I agree that exercise certainly helps - no doubt about it. But I've also been considering adding low dose estrogen.
Why? My current estrogen level is "undetectable" and that doesn't seem healthy. Perhaps adding a small dose of estrogen would (1) help me feel better and (2) aide my overall health. Heck...I've even read that estrogen had been used as a form of ADT many decades ago.
I'm thinking if I added estrogen and closely monitored my levels (to avoid gynecomastia in case my estrogen got too high), this could be a nice "win-win" scenario.
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As long as you do not have BRCA low dose estrogen can increase desire, which is desirable!! It also can have other benefits like fewer hot flashes and less bone loss. However, estrogen therapy also carries its own set of potential side effects, including cardiovascular risks, breast pain or enlargement, and changes in cholesterol levels.
The Patch trial completed and found that estrogen worked as well as ADT to Reduce testosterone with prostate cancer patients.