thejumpingsheep
New Member
Good Afternoon Meso,
Ok so I got a bunch of stuff together and started taking some test-c. 1st time in my life doing this. So some insight from experienced folks would be appreciated.
Status:
5 weeks of Test-C @ 250mg/wk. Pinning once a week.
2iu HGH daily
Honestly dont feel much different under these doses in terms of energy and strength. Still feel sleepy early afternoon (I wake up around 6am) and not particularly in the mood to work out. But I force myself. I do 3-4 days a week. 1 to 2 hours each depending on how tired I am. I always start with cardio (jog or stairs or some mild basketball). Then I push & pull on body parts once a week. I think I want to increase dosage of Test-C to 375 and then 500 but want to sort some things out first.
Pulled lots of bloods after week 5. Everything is normal except some lipid stuff and obviously, hormones. Areas of concern are:
Low HDL - 36mg/dL (42mg/dL prior)
High LDL - 147mg/dL (130mg/dL prior)
E2 - 49.1pg/mL (undetectable <24pg/mL prior)
Obviously, test is >1500 (398ng/dL prior), free test = 44.2pg/mL (71pg/mL prior), IGF-1 = 404. I do BP every other day and it hovers systolic 109 -121 and diastolic 69-80.
1) Biggest concern are those cholestrol levels and maybe diastolic BP. Lipids werent exactly wonderful before but totals were normal and doctor was not concerned so I put them aside. Now total is slightly high and both got worse. I know AAS will do this but should I be concerned? Is there a good way to get HDL up and LDL down? I have added more fiber to diet prior to last bloods but obviously that wasnt enough.
2) Base on what I have read in terms of estrogen sides, I havent felt any so far. But I do want to start increasing Test-C slowly to see if I cant get a little more oomph in my step... Should I start taking Arimidex? Im thinking 0.5mg/wk to start and then 1mg if all is well? Or am I being overly cautious?
3) Last, im getting a bit of confused about HCG. I read the article stickied about it. First of all, should I bother at all at my age(47)? If I do bother, at what point is it needed? I assume at Test-C 250mg/wk its not a major issue but if I start increasing towards 500mg, what dosage should I be looking at? 500iu EOD? Should I also increase Arimidex with it?
Thank you for your time.
Ok so I got a bunch of stuff together and started taking some test-c. 1st time in my life doing this. So some insight from experienced folks would be appreciated.
Status:
5 weeks of Test-C @ 250mg/wk. Pinning once a week.
2iu HGH daily
Honestly dont feel much different under these doses in terms of energy and strength. Still feel sleepy early afternoon (I wake up around 6am) and not particularly in the mood to work out. But I force myself. I do 3-4 days a week. 1 to 2 hours each depending on how tired I am. I always start with cardio (jog or stairs or some mild basketball). Then I push & pull on body parts once a week. I think I want to increase dosage of Test-C to 375 and then 500 but want to sort some things out first.
Pulled lots of bloods after week 5. Everything is normal except some lipid stuff and obviously, hormones. Areas of concern are:
Low HDL - 36mg/dL (42mg/dL prior)
High LDL - 147mg/dL (130mg/dL prior)
E2 - 49.1pg/mL (undetectable <24pg/mL prior)
Obviously, test is >1500 (398ng/dL prior), free test = 44.2pg/mL (71pg/mL prior), IGF-1 = 404. I do BP every other day and it hovers systolic 109 -121 and diastolic 69-80.
1) Biggest concern are those cholestrol levels and maybe diastolic BP. Lipids werent exactly wonderful before but totals were normal and doctor was not concerned so I put them aside. Now total is slightly high and both got worse. I know AAS will do this but should I be concerned? Is there a good way to get HDL up and LDL down? I have added more fiber to diet prior to last bloods but obviously that wasnt enough.
2) Base on what I have read in terms of estrogen sides, I havent felt any so far. But I do want to start increasing Test-C slowly to see if I cant get a little more oomph in my step... Should I start taking Arimidex? Im thinking 0.5mg/wk to start and then 1mg if all is well? Or am I being overly cautious?
3) Last, im getting a bit of confused about HCG. I read the article stickied about it. First of all, should I bother at all at my age(47)? If I do bother, at what point is it needed? I assume at Test-C 250mg/wk its not a major issue but if I start increasing towards 500mg, what dosage should I be looking at? 500iu EOD? Should I also increase Arimidex with it?
Thank you for your time.
