Started using NPP the second time. My joints and tendons took a toll from the past months after a long break after a series of injuries.
Idea was to slow down on training and enhance recovery with 100-150mg NPP weekly (as I once did in the past) due to some reoccuring issues in specific tendons. MRI was clear on it aswell.
3 weeks in it (serum plasma levels are reached already) done a 24h RR monitoring. Could be better, but levels are still good considering I do not do much cardio lately.
On top some water retention is and was always unavoidable using this compound for me. Not saying I run around with a moon face but there definitly is more water retention and I instantly notice it if I do not fully care about sodium/potassium intake.
The mood effects I described are there again. Especially right after taking it the first week I instantly noticed a change. However, I was aware of it due to my prior experience.
I had nights with terrible dreams I usually do not have that way. Sleeping issues are more pronounced in terms of shorter duration and not being able to sleep more afterwards.
As before, I tend to get these self isolating emotional states again. Just happens without a true reason and can definitly affect social life, relationships etc.
It can also go into a different direction and makes me truly "careless" in a way. As things Id always enjoy leave me cold. It is pretty hard to describe.
There is also no aggression or agitation which is a slight tendency I do get from DHTs a little bit. But with DHTs its more sort of being more short tempered while NPP is like a sneaky asshole building up some sort of frustration you cannot define.
Id like to find better words but perhaps someone can relate to that.
Good news: Healing goes well properly, muscle preservation is given but those 19nors are some compounds I do try to stay away from using them for (personal opinion here) just maximizing performance output in terms of gains.
Never used "medium-higher" doses of gear in my life so take it with a grain of salt. But compared to double dose TRT vs TRT + 100-150NPP , the NPP wins by far when it comes to gains and performance from my personal response.