Hey guys, first post here…Ive been reading for the past 2 years and learned a great deal…My story basically goes like this. I used steroids for most of my 20’s, made the mistake of using Deca in my first cycle and I think it ruined me…Seemed like I never really recovered from using it and its affected my sex drive a lot. I normally had to be on a decent amount of test to get things to work after that…
So a few years ago I got married and quit using, I stayed off about a year but was struggling. I lost about 20 lbs and felt lethargic, weak, tired, etc. I went in to get my test levels checked and sure enough my test was in the 180’s. My Dr. was on board with HRT(was 29 at time) since I tested so low. Went with 100mg TEST ENTH/week with 2 injections a week, 1MG adex/week split up and 250iu HCg 2x week.
This plan didn’t work so well, the HCG kills me for some reason…Nipples puffed up, bloated, killed my sex drive that was now working from the test. So we dropped the HCG, and after 6 months i still didn’t feel right…
Went back to the Dr. and had levels checked, test was in the 780 range(good, Free T good) but the i found out I was an over responder to the Adex…My E2 was a 6! So i ditched the adex and just did the test and things were ok.
About 8 months ago I start noticing Im losing my hair at a pretty fast rate, didn’t really think much of it but then it starts getting worse, along with my hair getting really brittle and dry! During this time I had upped the test to around 250mg/wk as the 100mg seemed to lose its effectiveness. Also during this time going thru a divorce so things are a mess with my life. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong because my sex drive was absolute zero, nothing worked nor did I care! So I went in for bloodwork about 2 months ago. Heres what I found out.
June 2009
Test 180 range
(can’t find the rest of the paperwork with numbers)
June 2012
(using about 250-300mg test)
Total test >1500 (range 348-1197ng/dl)
E2- 97.8 (7.6-42.6)
SHGB- 10.8 (16.5-55.9)
DHT 101
Lipids ok, HDL(34) was a little low Ive been working on that. Everything else looked fine(Blood, kidney function, etc.)
So I figured out why I had zero sex drive and losing my hair, E2 was way too high as well as DHT.
After this I decided to start PCT, used some HMG while the test cleared at 75iu EOD, 80mg nolvadex first week, 60mg week 2, and 40mg for the next 2 weeks. I also got some adex and started using .5mgs EOD to get E2 under control. Added in some GH at 4iu/day to help with low test levels and recovery in the gym, I work out pretty hard…Lots of heavy squats, deads, etc.
Its been about 3 weeks now without any test in the system and I can tell, ive lost a few lbs but overall it hasn’t been to bad.
So my question is, what should I do…I really don’t want to lose my hair just yet, especially since I just got divorced…But also I have zero interest in pussy right now, its awful…Ive turned down about 5 easy chances just because I don’t have any desire to have sex and if I did not sure it would work anyway…uggg…Any suggestions…My plan now is to try and see how or if I can recover and lead a normal life again. This whole thing has been tough to deal with.