Zero sex drive post sustanon cycle:<

[yeahbuddeh]

i googled "anxiety disorder" & i found this, READ ON:



THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! it was triggered suddenly after I had been worried for weeks that my life is ruined, i was reading excessively about the possible damage to my testicles & how i am never going to be normal again,, it was sort like trauma or a spark that started it all, even with numerous testing that proved all my assumptions were wrong, still i feel so worried & having constant fear.

i have the same issue with anxiety and girls as well. im very anxious, i used to be calm, too, espedcially in the teenage years. when i hit 18-19, reality hit i guess. im 26 now, i think it gets worse but somehow better in some ways each year. basically overall i feel worse about life but since im maturing i can handle things easier than 19. i had a major anxiety attack when i was 19 that left me devastated about my heart. i no longer have that problem but i still have the anxiety/paranoia about life in general.

 

[Oxygen]

my ALBUMIN: 42.14 g/L range: 35 - 52

no problem with it either... what else SHBG ? it shouldn't matter if my total T is within the upper 1/3 i suppose, add to this that if i suffer from low free testosterone then how come I have great strength in the gym, I am doing heavy weights with such great stamina/endurance & have made good gains without noticing any losses in my lean mass or gaining fat. all my physical symptoms seems to occur from what so-called psychosomatic disorder

 

[jasthace]

so all is left now is anxiety/being stressed, i am feeling nervous constantly,its affecting everything including sex drive i believe, when someone is very anxious, last thing his mind will think about is sex. this could explain why i can get hard erections when am alone, but when am around a girl i feel so anxious, i wasn't like that before, i used to be calm & easy. is there a way i can help with anxiety??

Dopamine could still be the answer.

 

[Oxygen]

jasthace
Dopamine could still be the answer.

what does it do ? & what do you suggest that i should do about it ?

thanks

 

[jasthace]

Its the feel good chemical that your body produces,if you don't produce enough you feel like crap and have on energy,sex drive and feel stressed and run down.
It is the conductor of you nervous system.There are quite a few deceases that people have that are in relation to the nervous system and dopamine production or receptors,Parkinson's decease is one.
There are two ways of getting more dopamine,one is the natural way ,smell the nice smells{that bring back pleasant memories}view the beautiful views,do things that give you pleasure,eat fine foods,relax.....go to your happy place.
Or drugs,such as dopamine agonists.I myself have no experience with dopamine deficiency so you know as much as I do now.
But with your symptoms,it might be a good idea to do a bit of research yourself on the subject.

 

[Oxygen]

jasthace;
Its the feel good chemical that your body produces,if you don't produce enough you feel like crap and have on energy,sex drive and feel stressed and run down.
It is the conductor of you nervous system.There are quite a few deceases that people have that are in relation to the nervous system and dopamine production or receptors,Parkinson's decease is one.
There are two ways of getting more dopamine,one is the natural way ,smell the nice smells{that bring back pleasant memories}view the beautiful views,do things that give you pleasure,eat fine foods,relax.....go to your happy place.
Or drugs,such as dopamine agonists.I myself have no experience with dopamine deficiency so you know as much as I do now.
But with your symptoms,it might be a good idea to do a bit of research yourself on the subject.

thanks for explaining, but I highty doubt that I have suffered any diseases with regards to dopamin secretion, at least not before I used sustanon250, could this occur due to steroids
use ?

I have noticed that I usually feel fine in the morning & mood is generally acceptable. but, things change in the afternoon & evening, where I really feel down, moody, fatigue & depressed. whereas my mood gets alot better at late night. this is really strange, could these mood swings be caused by varying hormones levels throughout the day ?? if so, how do i get more balance for my hormones ?

I think I will take my next testosterone test in the early evening to check the level at my worst condition, I have heard that cortisol raises when testosterone is lowered.

 

[Oxygen]

by th way,,,,

how do i stop thinking 24/7 about the problem??? maybe this is making it worse because am being obsessed about it !!!

 

[bigbench]

Do you have anxiety issues?

 

[Oxygen]

bigbench;
Do you have anxiety issues?

I don't really know anymore, i want to believe that its just anxiety am going thru, though as far i remember that i never lost my sex drive even when am down, also when am stressed i used to have sex to get relief . but right now, its like that i have lost my interest in sex, get me the hottest girl & i wont be turned on !!! not only that, i become emotionally blunt/flat, no feelings of love or you can say feeling indifferent, it makes me sad that i'm using my gf as a science project to see how my sexual department is working!!! last night i had some action with my gf & i didn't feel the urge that i wanna do something with her, it took me huge effort to get my thing barely running am scared as hell when it comes to having sex, still though i get a few morning woods, sometimes wanking my thing just out of curiosity rather than urge,

I wanted to ask, is estrogen diiferent from estradiol ? last time i was tested for estradiol & it was 172.8 pmol/L range: 0 - 257,,,, should i also be tested for estrogen ?

 

[bigbench]

Well, estrodiol is an estrogen, but there are actually a few different types of estrogen (estradiol, estriol, and estrone). Estrodiol is usually the most tested as its effects are more pronounced
The reason I was asking about anxiety issues was simply for the fact that although you never had sexual sides from anxiety in the past, you never before used an AI for 6 months other than this time (that I know of) So not only can the anxiety cause emotional effects on libido, your body has had its libido effected as well and now guess where ALL of your worrying is directed? Towards your libido! Have you talked to an Endo who specializes in AAS usage? You can ask around and find one that does. They will have a better understanding of what they need to look for and ask you. Honestly, I would say you need a bit more time as well as to forget about it and let your body come back to normal for you

 

[Oxygen]

Just like I thought I did test for total testosterone in the evening roughly at 7:00 pm, and guess what !! it was too low measuring only 8.9 nmol/L range is 7 - 29.5,,,, this explains alot & it make a perfect sense to me, I reported that I generally feel great in the morning time & start to get moody, depressed later in the day & worst in the evening, also its the evening time when I get this dull ache/pain in my right testicle, I don't know if this is related too, so I had my level tested when I feel the worst & this was the result, usually I start to feel better again later at night say after 11:00 pm I have read that T levels tend to be highest in the morning & lowest in the evening,,,but 8.9 mnmol/L is damn too low !!!!! no wonder I have NO sex drive at this time is there anything I can do ???? should I reconsider clomid, nolvadex, aromasin, HCG..etc ??? please help me,,,, I feel so sad

 

[Oxygen]

am devastated,, i couldn't go 2 gym or anywhere after i got my result today,, i'm going to see a doctor tomorrow i wish he could understand my situation

 

[Oxygen]

no one to help?

 

[bigbench]

What did the doc say?

 

[blacknkhak]

no one to help?

Heres the facts about me, oxygen. Iam not a body builder , Iam a guy who is experiencing a problem very similar to yours, I believe our problem is unrelated to body building, I believe it is related to a stress hormone called cortisol. under some conditions the pituitary over produces a substance which signals the adrenals to over-produce cortisol. Cortisol uses aminos that would normaly be used for vaso active substances like nitric oxide and turns them into non vaso active substances like proline and ornithine. The thing about cortisol is that while it is good for raising blood pressure and reducing swelling from athletic stress, it sucks for getting "wood".
Stress related libido issues become physical issues because of the hyper tension caused by the stress hormone cortisol. While there are a large number of vasodilators (cinnamon,cocoa,arginine-nitric oxide) that you could use to restore the circulation to the unit the actual underlying problem of stress and the damage it might be causing should be addressed.
In which case, assuming you actually wanted my advice, I would advise you supplement your diet with vitamin c, proanthocyanadins, and fish oil. Include garlic to reduce the ldl characteristics of the fish oil and suplement iodine for tesosterone receptors and thyroid hormone, Basically, go to the beach swim in the ocean, eat some fish and get some sun.
I am concerned that you may need to pay attention to your heart health and that your "wood"
is a fairly clear indicator of this. One of the first signs of impending heart trouble is erectile related issues. Take care of your heart, ask the Lord for help,and stress about the stuff that might really be an issue, the health of heart muscle.


jesus christ loves you.

blacknkhak

 

[jasthace]

thanks for explaining, but I highty doubt that I have suffered any diseases with regards to dopamin secretion, at least not before I used sustanon250, could this occur due to steroids
use ?

I have noticed that I usually feel fine in the morning & mood is generally acceptable. but, things change in the afternoon & evening, where I really feel down, moody, fatigue & depressed. whereas my mood gets alot better at late night. this is really strange, could these mood swings be caused by varying hormones levels throughout the day ?? if so, how do i get more balance for my hormones ?

I think I will take my next testosterone test in the early evening to check the level at my worst condition, I have heard that cortisol raises when testosterone is lowered.

I'm not saying that you have a dopamine related disease.I'm saying that dopamine effects a lot of nervous functions and effects mood,depression and sex drive.
When you shut down your HPTA ,which secretes hormones that have multifunctions throughout the body.After you remove the exogenous supply{steroid cycle} .A broad range of effects may happen including dopamine and related hormone sides.

e.g

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8019704
Sex steroid hormones influence the dopaminergic systems of the hypothalamus as well as the extrahypothalamic regions of the brain in controlling movement and behavior in both humans and animals. This review focuses on the effects of sex steroids on dopaminergic activity in extrahypothalamic brain areas. Among sex steroids, estrogens have been most extensively investigated, and many studies report that estrogens affect behaviors mediated by the basal ganglia, such as in humans suffering from extrapyramidal disorders. Epidemiological and clinical evidence also suggests an influence of estrogens on the vulnerability threshold for schizophrenia and sex differences in the clinical expression of this disease. Clinical observations point to a role of androgenic hormones in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. In normal humans, sex steroids were also shown to influence motor and cognitive performance. Biochemical and behavioral studies in animals have also shown the effect of sex steroids on dopaminergic activity in the basal ganglia; however, both activating and inhibiting effects have been reported. This may partly be explained by effects of the dose, duration of treatment, interval between steroid administration and testing the behavior measured, and the part of the basal ganglia from which the behavior is elicited. In view of the numerous variables that influence net dopaminergic response to steroids, focus will be on the literature using similar experimental conditions to assess the effect of in vivo chronic steroid treatment, acute short-term steroid treatment and the estrous cycle as well as in vitro effects of steroids on dopamine receptors. These experimental paradigms point to two general mechanisms of action of steroids: a rapid short-term non-genomic membrane effect and a slower long-term possibly genomic effect of steroids on dopamine systems. Combining dopaminergic drugs with sex steroids could improve efficacy or reduce side effects associated with these drugs. Examples of such combined treatments in rats and monkeys are presented for delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cocaine, neuroleptics, apomorphine and L-DOPA. A better understanding of steroid-dopamine interactions and the possible isolation of conditions to have only pro or anti dopaminergic activity could then be used to develop combined therapies or to optimize drug treatments that would take into account the patient's sex and endocrine status.

 

[Nomercyfreak]

YOUR JUST GOING THROUGH A NORMAL ""STEROID CRASH"" these are all signs of getting off juice your test levels are shitty, you feel like dump, your sex drive sucks ass. you might feel emotion or depressed or wondering or worried. its all signs brother. its something every person goes through while juicing. in time you will have it all back but just ride through it. its like a roller coaster.