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how to know your "shutdown"
hey bros, i tried a search on "shutdown" but nothing came up with what i was looking for.
i was wondering wha the signs of being shut down were.
is it just lost of sex drive, is it the shrikage of our boys? is being able to bust a load a sign at all? is there any way to gauge just how shut down you are?
just curious cuz ive never read anything on this matter.
any info wold be much appreciated
thanks
Primetime
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Just look at some of the sides that you are experiencing. When you are shut down, obviously the biggest thing is labido for most. Sometimes you can still get it up, but a lot of the time you just won't feel like it. Also, you can tend to have more estrogen related sides. Some water bloat or tender nipples.
If you take an AI during cycle and do the correct PCT, a lot of times you can really constrict the noticeable effects of being shut down.
Everyone is different. I have seen people that get shut down hard off of anything, and others are more lucky and seem to be able to do anything with relatively no noticeable sides.
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vlion,
im on week 9 of my cycle (tren/test/winny) and my labido is full blown, no issues here but what im more curious is to the testicular atrophy, does that mean you are shut down, ive noticed my boys not hangin the same latey and was wondering if that was a clue of being shut down.
so far no negative sides, im running nolv 20 mg ed so i know thats helpin keep the bloat down but my deit is tuned in so im sure helps too. no tender nips either.
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You are doing everything right to keep the major sides away. The boys getting smaller is a definite sign of shutdown. Because you are still taking a synthetic test, your labido is still there. Water bloat can be controlled by nolva, but even better controlled by good diet. So you are on the right track.Originally Posted by primetime1
Keep doing things the way that you are. The boys will recover and the way you are running things, there is a good chance that you may not lose the labido.
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i was thinking of using hcg from now to prior to pct, i have 15000 ius and was thinkin of 500 iu 2x week. would that help my recovery? is there a better way to run what i have? also, can i store it in the pin in the refridge so it dont go bad?
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sides of low testosterone levels, would be tired, lazy, lethargy, low sex drive, tend to be grumpy, irregular sleep patterns, as vlion said. estrogen levels will be raised, sore/tender nipples, bloated, swollen nipples, as long as your injecting an outside source of testerone, your raising your total testosterone level, is what you need to worry about, free testosterone, will raise a little, but thats because your tricking your brain. shutting down= bad news. ive seen guys who take deca alone cuz they think they know better, by week 8-9, they are over working out, mood swings, etc...and i kno a buddy that took deca only for 10 weeks, and he pushed himself to do it...prevent a shut down, get your test, do your PCT...if you look forward to kids inject 100-200 mg more of test than your steroid.
Last edited by onehundredk; 03-04-2006 at 09:56 PM.
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im shutdown bad right now, because i usually get those raging hardons like when we were teenagers, but i havent really been gettin them lately. its ****ing gay but hey, its good to give this thing a rest. haha jk
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Gives you time to let those scabs heal!
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i feel a pain in my right nut iam in the first week of 1.5 g of test e any body tried this b4
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If you are on test or most other AAS you can be sure that your natural axis has been shut down, regardless. But not everybody will feel the full effect because you (should) have included test - therefore you will not have erection/sexual drive problems. You are injecting much more test than what your body naturally produces - and the first thing your body does in order to try and maintain homeostasis is to shut down testosterone production. You do not need to look for signs - you can be assured that if you are on gear some form of shutdown (but usually complete) is occurring. It is just your body's natural way of trying to regulate things.
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so whats the best i can do now ?
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never any pain in my nuts but the shrinkage is there... any help on that hcg? from above.?????
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If your test is shut down you will have testicular atrophy, good pct and hcg will cure the problem
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what about the pain
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thanks for all the help bros
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Personally I have never experienced this, nor have I ever heard of it (I usually run higher test dosages than you at present). I would advise you to have it checked out - you can never be too safe.
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I had a pain in my right nut the 1st cycle i did and if i spread the dose of d/bol out or lowered it it wasnt that bad i was also concerned and i was about to post a thread asking about it and as luck would have it there was a guy already asking the same ques also a few of the other guys reported having the same thing i reached the conclusion that it was caused due to the shock of testicular shrinkage. this post was about last aug/sept
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