Test is best do to its the hormone that helped make you grow as a mna to begin with. Now as far as sides I am on 800 mg a week and havent had so much as a pimple. I take 10mg of nolva ed and I take .25 of ldex ed, I am holding almost 0 water. Gains from test are not hard to keep is all in how you handle your pct and your calories. I did the deca only cycle and worked as far as gains but I had no drive for much of anything for months so in turn the gains were null. Test is not scary deca or fina alone are scary or oral only just doesnt work in the long run