seasoned weightlifter contemplating use of AAS (long post)

[ScotchGuard02]

x2. Your first cycle should be a long ester Test, like Test E. Keep it simple on the first go around. You don't know how your body's going to react. If you're going to get acne you'll probably get in after 4 or 5 weeks on the cycle. An AI like arimidex (anastrizol) lowers your estrogen level. Many of the bad side affects like hair loss, acne, bloating, etc are due to excessive estrogen. Keep your body clean. When you first cycle with Test you're going to sweat oil like a grease rag. Your sebaceous glands work overtime like it did when you went through puberty. Shower a couple of times a day and just maintain good hygiene. If you do get acne, keep your eyes on it. If it get's really bad you might want to get a doc to prescribe something. I took accutane because I was covered front and back with acne. That accutane stuff is not the greatest for you but it will stop the acne. Hair loss is something you're going to have to find out for yourself. The test seem to affect people differently. Some people lose hair. I grew hair all over the place. My facial hair got thicker and I grew hair on my belly! LOL Good luck. Your first cycle is your best cycle so get your diet in check (you alrea do so great) and you're good to go.

[psillyness]

sounds like you are trying to use aas, which alter your natural hormone balance, to fix something you think may be caused by a medication you took: bad idea

if that medicine really did mess up your body somehow, then you should talk to your doctor, get a workup, and you could possibly be a candidate for hrt or something.

don't be too hasty imo... and rush into aas because you are frustrated with loss of muscle.

I see where you're coming from, because I have thought about this long and hard, and this is something that definitely crossed my mind. I also didn't randomly decide I wanted to take steroids, this is something ive been contemplating and dismissing for the past 1 year

I have gotten quite extensive bloodwork, which all indicates that I am in perfect health. No doctor I've been to is able to offer a logical explanation as to what may have happened. My testosterone is normal (good actually), my cortisol is normal. Thyroid is fine. Pituitary is fine. I don't know about neurotransmitters, but I assume they are fine. Also, I am not an eligible candidate for HRT...i inquired about it (to a sports medicine doc)....he thought it would be a very bad idea