SGBH info and Where your sex drive went on Test...
Well after going on my third cycle with 500mg Test-E a week and having no increase in sex drive after 5-6 weeks (not normal for me) I started trying to figure out whats going on.
All I could figure was...
1. My gear was fake/underdosed.
2. Something was going on with Deca that made the test less "useable" as people have this old wives tale that you must run 2-1 Deca/Test.
3. Something was binding up all my Free test... (Maybe Deca?)
What I didn't take into account...
1. I didnt run Novaldex on this cycle like I did on my first.
2. Im considerable higher bf on this cycle than my first 2. (4-5% vs 10-12%).
Data I gathered:
I did a saliva test for testosterone and estradiol before my cycle and at 5 weeks.
Cycle data:
50mg Dbol ED Weeks 1-4
500 Test-E wk
600 Deca Wk
Use Dbol prior to work outs occasionally
Pre/Post hormone results
Free Test Pre: 122pg/ml
Free Test On: 144pg/ml
Estradiol Pre : .8pg/ml
Estradiol On : 15pg/ml
Well as you can see no significant rise in free test (about 15%) over where I was naturally, yet my estrogen is about 19x higher!
Well this gave me something to go off.
I only had novaldex on hand, I started using it immediately at 20mg/day.
Day 2 I noticed a significant increase in sex drive. Peaked and has held steady upto day 5.
On day 6 I switched to arimidex, .75mg/day. (this has caused me to loose a few lbs)
Im now on day 11 of arimidex, sex drive is still much improved.
Data I gathered:
SGBH isn't completely understood, however its created mostly in the liver (including a few other places in the body). It's also created more with higher body fat and higher estrogen levels. Both of which I had. Thus lowering my estrogen as probably lowered my SGBH.
It stands to reason that my testosterone all through my cycle really wasn't doing much over natural for me due to it all being binded.
I know this topic comes up fairly often and I figured this would be a good help to some people.
I am probably going to do another spit test here soon....
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