i started my T -here is my experience

[mxim]

as most of you kinow from my earlier post,i was using hcg instead of T. this was because the wife and I were trying to have another baby. 2 weeks ago i found out that she was pregnant so i wasted no time in starting my T therapy(100 mgs per week of cyp). i used T last year at the same dose for over 5 months;after 3 months i went for a blood test on the 7th day after my last shot. My T lavels came back at 610 and free test was in the upper range as well. my estradiol was 24. this is a perfect dosage for me and i feel great;very assertive,energetic,my libido is strong and my build improved dramatically. i respond very well to T,or any androgen/anabolic for that matter. whats amazing is that i took about 5 months off from everything for the above reasons and i really felt horrible. i was weak,lost alot of weight,no energy,low libido,no confidence,very anti social. today i am a totally different person;ready to take on the world. whats interesting is that during high school i was very shy and withdrawn;however,i had plenty of friends and was pretty popular. i actually tried to hide my shyness but always tried to avoid social events,although my libido was fine. when i was off for these past 5 months memories of the way i used to feel came back and haunted me,leading me to wonder if i always had low T levels. i did use steroids for a long time but always took time off and never did high dosages. could it be that certain people are drawn to steroids because they actuallt have low hormone levels and the steroids actually make them feel good for the forst time in their lives? something to ponder. i only use therapeutic dosages now and have come to respect all medications. i truely feel hormone levels are a gateway to ggod health so mainting normal/high normal levels is paramount in ones attempt to maintain a better quality of life. i am a case and point example. one more thing;i have high cholesterol,its hereditary. when i am not using any supplemetationmy total cholesterol is above 215-220 . when i am using T.my levels go down to about 200.now keep in mind,when using T i have more energy which means i go to the gym more and i also am more vigilant in what i eat so those things can be a factor.bottom line,the T helps my lipid profile and i feel great. a final note,my psa is only .4 ;i am 38.
mxim

 

[Matt Muscle]

I think I did steriods for exactly the same reason. I was the same as you when i was young... and the change in me was remarkable when I eventually tried them. It never occured to me that I might have been low in testosterone until much later.
Congratulations on your wifes pregnancy!

 

[mxim]

thanks bro,i appreciaate that.

 

[Starkraven]

could you have low levels even with a high libido? i was like that in high school (only 5 years ago) and i used immediately after high school. im starting to detract from it though. im 22 going on 23, i got in trouble from it, i hate the bloat from it, but yeah for the most part, i think even with my libido being normal or high normal (1-2 times/day now, was 2-3 times/day before my last cycle which fucked me up, still not 100% recovered even after 5 months,. i took test/tren enth for only like 7 weeks!) i still think my test levels are low. normally i have no energy, like physically u know? on gear, i have more energy. but i dont know abou going back on. i HATE screwing with my body and i hate the bloat it puts in my face even with arimidex. it still bloats you no matter what and i just hate that. i need to get some bloodwork done for the first time ever.

 

[mxim]

the bloat is diet related. tren will cause bloat as well. when using T as supplementation at therapeutic dosages(100mgs perweek),side effects are rare,especially boating in the face. if i were you i would stay off everything for another 3 months and then get blood work(T levels,LH,FSH).due to your age,it would be the wise thing to do. get the blood work done and DO NOT USE ANYTHING!

 

[SWALE]

This thread brings up an important point: when I carefully explore Medical History with the guys who come to me for hypogonadism they thought occurred secondary to their steroid usage, we come to the conclusion they had it already. Usually they say something like: "the first time in my life I felt like a man was when I began taking steroids". No wonder they want to stay on them.