So, I recently had my test levels checked and they came back low. I’m 24, and have been lifting for strength for the last two years. My results surprised me somewhat (~400 total test, DHT numbers were more alarming to my doc but can’t recall numbers at the moment). My doctor immediately put me on 85mg of Androgel daily. This was about 8 weeks ago, and I’ve had only a little improvement in the various symptoms I had before (depression, mood swings, some measure of sexual dysfunction, etc.).
Talking to some of my powerlifting teammates, some of them have had issues in the past with Androgel showing up as positives on drug tests when competing in the tested divisions.For this and a couple other reasons, I’ve decided that I would prefer to move away from the Androgel and into injectables. I’m going to try to get my doc to prescribe some for some measure of deniability for travel and such, but if I’m going the AAS route, I figure I might as well do a cycle and get some gains.
So my question relates to PCT. will I need to maintain a low dose of test to keep my levels from crashing? or should I just follow normal Nolvo protocol, and see how I feel?
TRT patients never need to PCT. You would run probably 100mg Test C or E, 500iu HCG and .25-.5mg Arimidex (or 10-15mg or Aromasin) every week, all divided into 2 doses (unless your doctor is a retard, and they generally are).
If you go the TRT route, insist on the HCG. Fucking insist. Bring articles and attack it from the fertility side, the doctor will cave. Bring PHD authored ‘best practice’ guides.
Read all the TRT section stickies too, very informative. KSMan is amongst the most knowledgeable people on this forum.
[quote]PAINTRAINDave wrote:
TRT patients never need to PCT. You would run probably 100mg Test C or E, 500iu HCG and .25-.5mg Arimidex (or 10-15mg or Aromasin) every week, all divided into 2 doses (unless your doctor is a retard, and they generally are).
If you go the TRT route, insist on the HCG. Fucking insist. Bring articles and attack it from the fertility side, the doctor will cave. Bring PHD authored ‘best practice’ guides.
Read all the TRT section stickies too, very informative. KSMan is amongst the most knowledgeable people on this forum.
Cheers,
-PTD [/quote]
Thanks for the info, this is more or less what I was (poorly attempting) to ask for. I’m reading into the TRT stickies. I’m fairly lucky, I think my doctor seems to be very knowledgeable and open about hormone replacement, so that will be beneficial long-term.