[quote]SwD wrote:
Yeah it only “sounded good in my head”. Whatever man. If you feel being on drugs all the time is more healthy than more power to you. Everyone justifies their habit any way they can…
If OP has natural low test, he still produces some. And it’s not ALL about the HPTA, recovery, and “keeping gains”. Having elevated test when older can mean a lot of secondary effects, not ALL of which are beneficial. It affects a whole chain of other hormones. That why I believe that going off for a month or two once in a while is a good idea. Sure, you won’t feel as good as while you’re “on”, but that’s not a reason to stay forever on cycle in MY opinion. You don’t have to agree with it, and feel it’s best to be using exogenous hormones all the time but I don’t.
Some drugs you can’t really go off, like patients using thyroid medications. I feel, though, that test levels can come back, even at the low level of old guys, and overall it might be a good idea for health reasons to be completely off any exogenous hormones for a few months out of a year. Wow, did that sounded demented or what! Forget what I wrote, be on drugs all the time!
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Hey, I appreciate everyone’s input. Obviously this is not a cut and dried science. I’ve been reading the stickies and taking in everyone’s advice. I can see there is going to be a lot of research involved. Each of you has given me something to think about. Thank you.