So I am a male human 37 years old and currently at week 4 in an Anavar only cycle, and I wanted to relate my personal experience so far.
height - 6'3"
weight - 181lb
body fat - 15% ?????
Week 1 and week 2 - 15-20mg/day - twice/day
pros - what a fucking blast, massive pumps, stomach fat is noticeably going away, dick is hard.
cons - insomnia and clenching my jaw muscles
At the end of week 2 could no longer tolerate the cons so....
Week 3 - 55 hours off - then 5-10mg/day in the morning
pros - still getting good workouts, went up about 3-4lbs on the scale despite noticeable loss in stomach fat
cons - after 55 hours off, dick went soft, suspected effects of test suppression, got hard again after restarting
Week 4 - 5-10mg/day in the morning
pros - 2 good workouts, jaw clenching went away, sleep is better
cons - I skipped my friday workout because I feel like shit, I am pretty sure I am feeling the effects of suppression
So the reason I picked Anavar was because I believed I could run at a low dose and experience reduced effects of test/estrogen suppression. I believe this might be true for some people but for me this doesn't seem to be working out, I may have already been at a low baseline for testosterone but I never did blood work. I feel so poor now that I would rather discontinue use than feel like this during the rest of an anavar only cycle.
My current course of action will be Dbol at a trt dose of 10mg/day with the anavar at probably 5-10mg/day (i love pills). This probably seems absurdly low to most but I will have room to step it up and achieve my goal of slow steady gains.
Most likely I will run the Dbol for 4-6 weeks then switch to a test base, or stop there and run a pct. My probably obvious reason for not starting with test was a fear of pinning, and a lack of general understanding about how anabolic steroids work.
What I learned: A test base is essential, Dbol can act as a substitute, but can't be run for a long period. I can't sleep for shit on anything more than 10mg anavar taken in the morning. Anavar is probably shutting me down even at low doses. I should have done blood work before starting AAS, I should get bloodwork done at some point during or after my cycle.
This is a personal experience, but maybe it will help others.
