steroids for connective tissues
I asked this in the beginner thread, but austinite asked me to make my own.
Basically, I have a genetic disorder called EDS, I'm not even sure the exact kind since I had the genetic testing done when I was like 10 and Im 25 now. Pretty sure its my type V collagen that is effected. In a nutshell, my skin is stretchier than normal and my connective tissues are weaker. Im pretty sure this has to do with deformations in the collagen binding proteins, basically the body makes the collagen no problem, but it doesnt stick them together proper. I'm on the mild end of the whole "disorder"
Anyway, I'm not ready to take steroids yet, I'm still gaining size naturally, but Im doing it slower than 'normal' because sometimes quite frankly my joints feel like trash and I don't want to injure myself. I read somewhere that taking test can lower your collagen synthesis - now I know there is an old BS article floating around the net from like 10 years ago saying the decrease was like 50-80%, however any time I try to find information, this article pops up again and again because its been reposted around the net for the past 10 years.
I know that a lot of people who injure themselves on cycles is because their muscles outpace their connective tissue, but is there any truth to the tissues weakening, or growing slower than average while on a test e only cycle? Because of this concern, I had wondered if stacking with something like a dose of anavar towards the end of the cycle might counteract this. I figure by the time I would add in the var I would have a good idea of how my body is handling the test.
Eventually I am going to do a cycle, and when I do I just want to make sure that, aside from not pushing myself like crazy (which I don't do anyway), I am not doing anything to harm my connective tissues further than regular exercise would be.
In the time being I am looking to peptides like igf1lr3, cjc1293, ghrp6/2 and tb500, and I may try an ostarine cycle because I heard that supposedly has been linked to connective tissue repair/growth. I won't be cycling until I am 175-180 at 5'8 (15lbs to go), so I've got a ways, just learning as much as I can and trying to operate within the realm of my own personal issues (or defects if you want to call them that LOL). Oh and I already take glucosamine/msm/chondroitin, as well as 3g fish oil, 5000iu vit d along with my mutli v supp. Very joint conscious heh.
Thanks