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[mxim]

i am doing T(cyp),100mgs per week. my levls are at 610 on day of the next shot(7 days after injection). i view this as extremely possitive since i feel great and i am able to maintain the upper end of the range throughout the week. my Estradiol is 23. i use hcg intermittenly but not weekly. my T tested 610 with no hcg for over a month. now,as to why i am using T. I am 39 and have been hypogonadal for at least 10 years due to AAS use. my dosages were never that high but my body reset itself to a lower level(i'm guessing). i test consistantly at 300-350ng. clomid at 50mgs a week doubles those levels after 2 weeks but i worry about permanant vision problems and also T makes me feel better. do you subscribe to the fact that after years of AAS your body resets itself to a lower level? also,if your body gets used to higher hormone levels,would your body not respond to lower levels anymore. almost like a guy has now has to drink a six pack to get a buz instead of 3 bears. hypothetically,if my levels were always low at 350(i'll never know for sure for i was never tested before AAS), is it possible that i had a good libido at those levels but from years of higher androgen levels due to AAS,my body no longer responds to these lower levels,whereas before they did? quite frankly,i remember my libido always being high before AAS but on the other hand,i was always shy and withdrawn. i wish i knew waht my T levels were prior to AAS.
MXIM

 

[HeadDoc]

thanks for your candor. I cannot address the medical questions or concern about clomid and vision. I got my start on this and other board in my late 50's when it not longer responded the way it used to. You would not be the first person who pursued HRT as a consequence of cycling AAS. The notion of tolerance in this context is interesting. As a result of extended use or overuse, does it take a higher absolute amount of testosterone to achieve the same relative effect? Has out system become somehow resistant? Perhaps Swale can answer this.

As per the developmental reasons for AAS use, your reasons are consistent with answers I got from raising the question over at CEM and SBI. On another thread I was not asking about reasons for AAS but rather HRT. You just told me how the two overlap at times. Thanks.