43 years old
5'8"
181 lbs
12% bodyfat
Extremely Knowlegeable fitness/nutrition professional
Extremely IGNORANT (apparently) re: gear / cycling

Four days into what I thought was a pretty non extreme cycle of British Dragon Test Prop (75mg ED), Endosyn D-Bol (30mg/ED), and Nolvadex (10mg ED), I had what I can only say was a very alarming meltdown.

Felt like low blood sugar crash along with a panic attack. Almost lost consciousness. Drove directly to the doctor's office, and found that my blood pressure was very high. Never had anything other than above average BP my whole life, so this scared the hell out of me. Told the doc exactly what I was on, and he said the gear was naturally causing a great deal of intercellular water retention, and my blood pressure was responding accordingly. He ran an EKG (normal), and prescribed some Beta-Blockers to combat the high BP. I calmed down over the next couple of hours, but felt like I'd been through a wringer.

I assumed that my dosage of D-Bol was too high for my bodyweight/tolerance, so I stopped immediately. As for the Test Prop, I skipped the next day's injection because I still had periods of feeling lousy, and my stomach was very upset to the point of killing my appetite. Never mind working out - out of the question.

Ironically, during the hour or two I felt ok during the next day, I felt GREAT and could see the effects of the gear starting to give me the look. Nothing amazing, of course, but clearly starting to do the work. So, still not taking any D-Bol, I shot another 75mg of the Test Prop. I never interrupted the 10mg of Nolvadex per day.

The following day - WHAM - same terrible feeling that sent me to bed during a Sunday I was supposed to spend with my (very tolerant and understanding) wife. Unacceptable. That was yesterday, and I'll be damned if I take another mg of anything unless/until I have some idea of what the hell happened to me here.

Anyone else have any experience or can explain how I could be so succeptible to so negative a reaction so early in a pretty non-complicated cycle? I am in good shape, no plans to compete, so it is no calamity that I can't follow through with this gear, but honestly I would LIKE to run a successful cycle for modest refining and gains of 10-15lbs of muscle mass.

Oh, by the way, my preference would have been to run Arimidex or Aromasin, but I don't have access to any, nor do I know anyone else that uses gear other than the one guy who got me the items above. He is not a reliable resource for gear (wait and wait, expensive, and limited variety) or information.

Any info and opinions will be welcomed. Obviously it never got that far, but I had planned a short (12 week) cycle with the D-Bol only for the first two. Have plently of Nolva and Clomid on hand for PCT, but nothing else.

Thank you.