Today I took my first shot of a 10-week experiment: 250 mg cypionate, once a week - although I may go to 125 mg twice a week.
I'm not getting it from a doctor's prescription, but it's pharmaceutical grade. I'm only 28 years old, and I haven't had blood work done, although I have a few "symptoms" of low-T ... from my current perspective, the symptoms (lower libido than friends, long recovery time from strength workouts, etc) aren't ruining my quality of life, but I kind of want to see if life can be a little better. I've convinced myself that a 10-week experiment won't hurt me permanently. Consider me a recreational user.
I'm a little worried about the testicular shrinkage, which Mike says he "doesn't care about" in his podcast and says is 25% tops earlier in this thread. Research (and this thread) says that HCG may help prevent it. I'll probably buy
this off Amazon Canada (not an affiliate link), though I haven't researched it well yet.
Look forward to updating you guys as things go forward.
Other things I'll be doing to supplement this regimen:
- Eating more broccoli (
Indole-3-carbinol may reduce estrogenic metabolites?)
- No alcohol
- No porn / masturbation (shout out to the
NoFap thread here on RVF) ... Sex will continue.
Other suggestions / comments / concerns welcome !
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Thanks for this thread, esp. MikeCF and Cr33pin. I've read it through and learned a lot, to supplement the knowledge I got from research (my science background helped)