Welcome. I was on the fence about everything when I landed here. Eventually I learned enough to make an educated decision regarding the compounds I chose. Keep an open mind and you’ll do well here. Seems like guys with preconceived ideas run into issues. Good luck
Thanks, happy to be here. No preconceived notions here. Learned a lot already and made some beginner mistakes. Tried coming into this with as much of plan as I could.
In May I decided to take the plunge into to gh and tirz. Prior to starting I did blood work to get my baseline. Titrated up with the gh reaching 6iu by end of June. This was my beginner mistake, titrated up to quickly and responded well. Went from a natural 157 to 736 igf1.
Developed significant amount of joint pain and was diagnosed with de quervains disease in my right hand. Joint pain started in hips, then shoulders, and then bottom of feet. Became unbearable. No visible edema or carpel tunnel though. Tried titrating down but no relief and eventually stopped. Took 3 weeks for joint pain to subside and required cortisone injection for the de quervains. Now just cruising at 3iu with very slight joint pain in hips. It is a different vendor so will be doing blood work in 1-2 weeks to see where I sit now. Shooting for top end of age range for igf1.
Ultimately learned that this is highly individual and less is more. Hoping to mitigate undesired side effects going forward.
As for running aas, have plenty of natural mass to build and my total test was 709 baseline and 506 during my cut. I know that isn't the full picture but once I get to my maintenance weight I will run bloods again to hopefully get an idea where I sit at maintenance. Working on my lipids too as they weren't great in my previous two blood tests so hoping for improvement in this next test. Blood pressure was elevated but now great. I have dropped 35lbs since May which puts me around 12-14% bodyfat.
Stocked up on gear so I think I am in a good place and feel better than I have in 10 years with a lot more potential to come. I'll share my experience as it goes.
