Adding any amount of exogenous test or anabolic compound to your body

[ramacher]

Does it matter if you do test 500mg a week or 50mg a week does both shut down your natural production the same way. I am curious to know if you hypothetically just added the bare minimum of test that can added to your natural test output to a create a even more anabolic environment by itself, as opposed to doing 500mg a week and shutting off your own test for the time being.

[MBMETC]

i think i got this but im not sure so if im wrong someone will correct me.
if your injecting more per week and your blood levels stabalize at a higher rate than your natural production (ie your # of 50mg per week) which i think is higher than natty production then your body will notice the increase and shut down natural production
so in theroy your hypothetical is pointless and would cause all kinds of issues such as depression, labido issues and lathargy

[Bonaparte]

You can't "supplement" your natural production effectively with synthetic test. The 50mg of test won't even be noticeable (since you're already producing 1-2X that much), but your HPTA will eventually compensate by lowering its own production.

[Kibble]

The way I understand it is that basically when your body is provided with an outside source of hormones, it shuts down it's own production.

So why use 50mg? Sure it may take longer to shut you down, but why not make it worth the pin? If you wanna 'supplement' your bodies natural production, I have heard a few things about running a serm solo. But I am completely unfamiliar with this and do not suggest. I would just read about it if I were you.