Scope's TRT Journey.......

[Scope75]

i smoke. i smoked last night. when i smoke by myself i smoke .05 grams.

i'm on a heavy pct with a ton of natty supps. finals right now, taking stimulants relatively often too... like 2.5 mg adderall a couple times a week

i should stop smoking. it's hard to quit. 1 gram is a ton of weed. the half life of THC is over 2 days, so the only way for it to not affect your dopamine is to quit entirely.

i'm also on caber .125 mg 3x a week. tapering down soon as i'm off DAA.

i guess you could say i don't practice what i preach all the time, but i do know marijuana RAPES my libido and erection quality unless i'm on test, in which case it is either neutral or enhanced. When i was on test my girl would look at my boners and say "that looks painful" because it was so engorged. i miss that.

i feel like i'm making muscle gains on this PCT but i really have to pop like 25 mg of levitra to get a boner that is only 75% the quality of being on test. sooo........

.05 grams isn't even a bowl. Lol
My scale won't even measure anything under .1 and even then that's hardly anything.
I have no problem quitting and can stop cold turkey whenever but just choose not to since it my only thing I still partake in.
MJ doesn't seem to effect my libido at all and I'm always busting 2-4 nuts daily when im with my GF. From Thursday to Sunday I busted 8 nuts 2 each day 1am the other in the PM.
My GF has said the same about my boners because when I'm on or feeling really good but natty my dick just looks fucking JACKED and DENSE its like its on Roids. Lol

[Scope75]

evenings only is an improvement, don't get me wrong. with myself i find weed is all or nothing. i have a lot of trouble doing "every other day", i either smoke every day or don't smoke at all...

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as for the gel, i had read that it converts to dht more easily and estrogen less easily. maybe i was wrong. i know that more estro from the gel if you rub it on an area that isn't lean.

I'm the same if I have it I'm smoking it daily but I can leave for days and not think about it once but as soon as I get home im ready to blaze.
Shitty deal is even when I don't have any someone will stop by and then we/I blaze anyways.

Haven't done much looking into the gels but from what most say pinning is the way to go and just easier.

[weekend]

i know, i only need a couple hits from the pipe to be high lol

[Scope75]

i know, i only need a couple hits from the pipe to be high lol

Must be nice....
I've built up a high tolerance and I'm always trying to get higher and that's the main problem/reason I smoke .5-1g a night. I'm high after one pull off my bong but I'll continue to smoke until I go to bed or tell myself that's enough. And i like to smoke before I make dinner, before I eat dinner and right after too.

[Scope75]

What's your thoughts on getting things going natty to just end up running a cycle and then having to pretty much start all over.

I'd love to just be natty and run cycles here and there but then I'd always be chasing my tail during and after pct.

I always do bloods, run support supps, and all that jive that some overlook or just dont care enough to do so I've been responsible in that aspect and always have tons of time between cycles and run 8+ week PCTs and then test boosters and natty AIs for but after too.

Diet is high fat/pro with 1-2 refreeds a week or I backload all my carbs postWO.

[Jelisej]

Sorry to hear about your problems bro', I agree with weekend- before going to TRT it would be a good idea to explore things, even if TRT is best option- there are still other things than needs to be addressed, I alway say that priority when tunning hormones is adrenals, thyroid, sex hormones and optionally GH/IGF,
now in your case I remember while back ago you had some bloodworks done (not hormones) and I suspected 2 things then: 1. your androgens may be low and 2. your diet may not be suitable for you sometimes some folks when they go on low carb diet their hormones take a dive, and especially if its low calorie intake- there are lot of people who after going on "heavy" diet screwed their hormones, sometimes to the point of no return

Another thing is you've been on quite few cycles- and maybe your hormones are very slow in recovering, some folks need a lot of time for their body to tune back

If HCG was working for you than it sounds that problem is not with testicles, they responded well to HCG as it seems.

[Scope75]

Sorry to hear about your problems bro', I agree with weekend- before going to TRT it would be a good idea to explore things, even if TRT is best option- there are still other things than needs to be addressed, I alway say that priority when tunning hormones is adrenals, thyroid, sex hormones and optionally GH/IGF,
now in your case I remember while back ago you had some bloodworks done (not hormones) and I suspected 2 things then: 1. your androgens may be low and 2. your diet may not be suitable for you sometimes some folks when they go on low carb diet their hormones take a dive, and especially if its low calorie intake- there are lot of people who after going on "heavy" diet screwed their hormones, sometimes to the point of no return

Another thing is you've been on quite few cycles- and maybe your hormones are very slow in recovering, some folks need a lot of time for their body to tune back

If HCG was working for you than it sounds that problem is not with testicles, they responded well to HCG as it seems.

Yeah since starting this thread I'm more set to test things out and see what's the cause of my problems rather than just wanting TRT from the get go. Hopefully the bloods will show what's going on and I can take the right steps to correct them or get on TRT.

My diet is low/no carb but not low cal at all and Ive been low carb for years now because carbs even in small amounts daily just doesn't work well for my body comp and I just start getting fat.
I more than likely screwed myself up by being OBEAST (330+ pounds) until about 23 and Id probably be dead now if I wouldn't of changed my life style when I did. I'm almost positive I was a full blown diabetic and I even remember throwing up after every meal with carbs in it during my junior year of HS. Reading now I bet it was ketoacidosis but I never went to the doctor or mentioned it to anyone because I've always just toughed stuff out and hoped for the best.

Also I haven't ran many cycles at all and most of them happened to just be PPs Andro series products.
Other than that Ive ran Epi once a few years ago another cycle of PPs Tbol/Hdrol and then a Epi Andro stacked with Trest cycle. So 5-6 total cycles over a 3-4yr stretch and I had low T before I even started my first run of PPs AndroHard.

Yes HCG had my levels the highest Ive ever seen and that was coming off the Trest Epi andro run. I ran EPI andro and HCG 4-6 weeks past the Trest so I didn't go right into pct after Trest because I figured waiting a few weeks would make PCT easier and better to recover from. I screwed up and never ran bloods post pct though.

[O.N.]

ON that post is just what I needed to read and ill try and see if the doctor is willing to check/test all those things out.
What about DHT should that be tested too?

Only thing is I still plan to cycle some PEDs here and there so is it worth me tring to get everythjng straightened just to tank all my levels and start over again?
Or maybe one everything is straightened out I won't need any PEDs.

If you recover your levels you can still run cycle just be smart about it, running HCG, AI's etc.

[Scope75]

If you recover your levels you can still run cycle just be smart about it, running HCG, AI's etc.

Good to know.
Only thing is I want to start pinning test instead of running oral only cycles.
I have everything to run a few nice test cycles including orals, HCG, and AIs for 12-16 weeks each.
I've been putting them off due to injuries or I always find out I'll be out of town in the middle of the cycle and don't want to take my gear along so I just skip it all together.
So my thoughts are if I plan to pin test and run longer cycles does it make any sense to ever come off or just blast and cruise instead?

I'm going to be 30 and don't plan to have kids but you never know and for sures won't have any if I make it to 35 without any.

[weekend]

why don't you want to have kids?