Epistane: Treating Testicular Atrophy On-Cycle?

[sivey]

I'm two weeks into my first cycle of Epistane. This is my first experience with prohormones, but I did a lot of research beforehand.

I'm running it 20/30/30/30 for four weeks, which will leave a few pills left in the bottle but I want to play it safe.

Also taking on-cycle:
AI Cycle Support (2x / day)
Taurine
Fish Oil
CLA
Multi-Vitamin + Extra Vit C
Cissus

....And the usual protein powders, etc.

My planned PCT is Nolva (which I have in the form of LiquiNolva) at 20/20/10/10, plus 6-oxo and Tribulus.

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A little more background:
I waited till now to try Epi because I was worried about sexual side effects. If it's just me and I know it'll all come back after PCT, I don't mind -- but usually I have my girlfriend living with me, so it's shared equipment!

Anyway, it just so happens that she left town for 8 weeks for a work thing; her company sent her over to a branch across the country to do something or other. 8 weeks, coincidentally, is the length of a 4-week cycle plus PCT... so I figured this was a perfect opportunity to give it a shot. She left on Nov. 4th; I started my cycle on the 5th.

It's been going very well. Definite strength and muscle gains, and that feeling of "well being" I've read about. I'm a big fan.

However, the past few days I've definitely had some shrinkage going on down below. They're definitely "up there" and I *think* erections / libido may be affected, but that could just be mental. I haven't been too worried about it, because I just figured I'd suck it up and it'd all go back to normal in PCT.

NOW, here's the problem:

She's unexpectedly coming back for a couple days next week, getting in on Tuesday night (the 25th).

That's about a week before my cycle is supposed to end, and I'm sure she'll notice something's a bit different....


So here's my question:
Is there anything I can do while staying on Epi to help me out in that department?
I saw someone using Epi + DHEA in another thread, and it was indicated that this combination might help... any thoughts on that?
As far as just boner quality goes, I've used L-Arginine before and I think that'll do the trick. But I think I need something else to help me out in the ball department. Other than DHEA, any ideas?

Also, if there's not a whole lot I can do on-cycle about this, how fast will Nolva start working? I.e. if I just stop my cycle today, wake up tomorrow and start PCT... will I be back to normal by Tuesday, or will I be worse off?

Any help would be very appreciated,
Thanks!

 

[nattydisaster]

Looks good man

 

[TOYFORDOLET]

I understand your dilema, gotta make your girly happy. Libido is one of my biggest worries of cycling, epi lowered my libido as well (pulse cycle). I know some have success with DHEA.

Other things used for increasing libido:

Maca
HGW (standardized for icariin) -I got nothing
Tribulis (standardized extract) - undecided for me
Testofen (fenugreek extract) - I like
...and of course there's formulas like DTHC, Blue Up(cheap and effective), Stoked, Sustain Alpha and many others.

As far as ending your cycle early its hard to say, I know some run 2 week cycles and recover quickly, if it is that important to you that option seems viable. Good luck and don't stress about it.

 

[djremix]

get yourself some liquid viagra or cialis if nothing else fails

but you have to remember, most times, the effect is mostly mental. a little stimulation down there will get you going.
you need to try and see if that applies to you first