Originally Posted by
ForAFriend
Hey guys, this is my first post, but I've been lurking on here for about ten months since my first few rounds with steroids didn't really go so well. Basically, my personal trainer at the time, who is the biggest guy I know, eventually confided in me that he's a steroid user and encouraged me to do what he was doing. He's big, he looks healthy, he's a professional, I figured he knew what he was doing, so I trusted him. Long story short, the whole experience was a mess. From getting the wrong roids to wrong intervals of injections to staying on my cycle too long, it wasn't a good experience. Side note, turns out that this trainer guy spends ten months out of the year on cycle and two months off to "clear his system out," (I found this out way after I found this board).
Anyway, since then I've been doing all the reading I can, I have a wealth of knowledge, and I'm ready to do things right this time. I do have two questions, however, that I haven't been able to find answers to despite months of reading (maybe these have been answered and I just haven't been looking in the right place, in which case, I apologize).
1) After I got off cycle and was going through my PCT, I got sick. REALLY sick. The mere effort of standing caused me to cough so hard sometimes I would vomit. And I was like that for more than two months. Could barely work. Definitely couldn't work out. I don't know if you know this, but when you don't work out for two months and you're going through PCT, you lose a lot of gains.... Anyway, I confided in my doctor that I had finished a cycle of steroids and after running tests my doctor concluded that I wasn't suffering from a bacterial or viral infection, but rather my endocrine system had been on overdrive due to the steroids and I was suffering from "respiratory depression" as my system worked to level itself out. Is this common? Is there anything I can do to help my body adjust to being off cycle that will help avoid respiratory depression so I can keep going to the gym and not lose my gains beyond what is normally recommended for the PCT?
2) At what point do steroids expire? I still have half a vial of sustanon from my last cycle, but that was eight months ago. Should I just not risk it and start with a brand new vial, or is that sustanon safe?
Thanks for the help guys! This community is awesome!