After 3yrs ON, a forced 6wk lay off

[lovbyts]

Yes as you said I was joking and the hair growth, acne and of course shrunken balls is a good indicator it's legit. LOL

Well being off only 6 weeks and then jumping back on is no indicator that recovered in any way, only that you did not have any adverse reaction to stopping abruptly for a short period of time. I think it would take a good couple of months before you could safely say that you had stopped and not had any issues and then of course getting all your hormone levels checked. Not everyone reacts the same to even low T. I had low T, it was obvious for many reasons but the libido was not one of them. Typically that is the #1 issue but not in my case of a few others I have talked to or read about.

Again, such long cruises are not recommended unless you are on TRT and then PCT is not an issue but still using elevated test for long period of times your results are greatly diminished and although you may be able to maintain what you have but gaining more is difficult without changing things up.

I would bet that if you went 2 or 3 months without using and had your blood work done your results would come back at the low end of T levels.

[akaz13]

Well being off only 6 weeks and then jumping back on is no indicator that recovered in any way, only that you did not have any adverse reaction to stopping abruptly for a short period of time.

Right, I was just surpised that there weren't obvious reactions to stopping, as ppl in the AAS community and those outside, who are against AAS use, warn against suicidal tendencies, etc..

Again, such long cruises are not recommended unless you are on TRT and then PCT is not an issue but still using elevated test for long period of times your results are greatly diminished and although you may be able to maintain what you have but gaining more is difficult without changing things up.

I got into powerlifting in a way, meaning I am mostly concerned w/ strength (tho not completely b/c I want size as well). Going off means stalled strength peaks or stepping back on OFF periods.

I have a decent system and I gain strength whether I am on full dose or 1/2 dose (my cruises). I have had a chest and back work out since friday and I am up 12lb of body weight already. My shoulders are an inch wider around and my arms are 1/4" bigger (from the 6wk off period). Of course this is just re-gaining some of the size lost.

My Dr knows I use and I get my blood work done every few months. The biggest issues I have are high creatinine and cholesterol readings. I think the cholesterol was from a whole egg eating kick I was on, so now I am on cholest meds until my reading is back in the normal range.

I can get the creatinine down my not eating a lot of meat before testing, no creatine and not working out a few days before testing (more muscle mass and muscle break down - a by product of working out - contribute to high creatinine levels).