Do you plan on incorporating an AI into your plans once you are finished with PCT, using just Toremifene?
Wow Celc, just when I was thinking about buying so more SD I read your last few posts and I got to thinking that really enjoy my full balls and libido:icon_lol: I kid I kid. That sucks, but I am sure in the back of your mind you knew it was coming.
I have no comment on running an extended peroid with your AI but low dosed I really don't see a problem with it. I do agree strongly with BigT to continue to hit your SAMe and prob be best to hit up so straight Niacin and not the time released or flush free kind.
The Forsholii Diterpene Extract in HDx2 was bothering you I assume?
Yes sir I was thinking about it very strongly. The suppression was much more than just an afterthought. My thinking was that I could get off of the SD before it crushed me. And I felt as though I was stopping at the right time. But, those first 2 or 3 days without the exogenous hormone were real rough.
Yup good point on time release vs. regular niacin. I'm using the regular right now for HDL. For those who aren't aware, the time release supposedly has liver stress potential.
I have no idea re: the Hx2. All I know is that it seriously kicked asss last time and I'm pissed that I couldn't use it this time around.
Yup good point on time release vs. regular niacin. I'm using the regular right now for HDL. For those who aren't aware, the time release supposedly has liver stress potential.
Yes, definately. Initially I had planned to run the Hx2 but dropped it because of GI discomfort.
I do plan to substitute 6oxo for the Hx2 as soon as it gets here. I'll probably start with something like 200 or 300mg until the torem starts to taper. At that point, wk 3 and 4 of pct will be in the ballpark of 400 or 500mg 6oxo. Once the torem is gone at the end of week 4, i'll taper the 6oxo for an additional 2 or 3 weeks. Total will be about 6 weeks of pct.
Do you believe there's any holes in my modified plan? Do you believe the AI should be ran longer? I'm completely open to suggestions my friend :cheers:
Damn I missed too much :head:
Niacin's pretty amazing at raising HDL, even more so than prescription statins. The non-flush Inositol Hexanicotinate version has been documented to work as well as the regular version, but with less liver strain. The time released 'flush' version is the worst in terms of hepatoxicity. From what I've seen taking Inositol Hexanicotinate in an instant release form and consuming your entire daily dose in 1 or 2 doses a day MAX minimizes liver strain.
Celc, have you always had GI discomfort with 6-bromo? Also you ran dermal 6-OXO throughout your cycle alongside the Havoc/SD didn't you?
i think it is the circumstances of the cycle that caused his bad reaction. i think celc is a fan of hdx2, he had been telling me how much he liked it before this happened.Its probably the forskolin in hyperdrol that gave the problems and not the 6-bromo.
So do you have the original Aspire that made headlines a couple months ago?![]()
Yes. But 1 whole cap is too much for me. The 3 day hard-on gets annoying honestly. So I poke a pinhole in my Aspire cap and put equal drops into 2 nutracaps. It gives a more reasonable performance enhancement, but it still actually feels artificial to me. They are for emergencies only.
To all you niacin nerds, I've been taking 500mg Niacin per day split up into 2-3 doses. Do you guys believe this is enough?
ive heard tales that pct tabs by ids has a decent amount of aspire in it. been hearing good things. celc, i honestly am very impressed with t911, could feel it working within 15 of first dose. i tell you, this is hard to believe but i feel like i am getting androgenic like results on this after just a few days. i just wonder if they will tone it down before releasing it. powerful stuff, guaranteed.:thumbsup:Yes. But 1 whole cap is too much for me. The 3 day hard-on gets annoying honestly. So I poke a pinhole in my Aspire cap and put equal drops into 2 nutracaps. It gives a more reasonable performance enhancement, but it still actually feels artificial to me. They are for emergencies only.
as for the ids tabs aspire is listed. just didn't realize it was the same. as for t911, i just logged on lg forum here at am.Hmm, consensus seems to think that I should up my niacin dosage. I guess that's what I'm going to do then.
DBin, I agree with bloodwork. However, i just had bloodwork between my phera cycle and this one. I don't want to abuse the rapport I built with my new doc at this time.
Ziquor, ya she's a fiesty one. She usually ends up wrapping her leg around me in the gym before we even finish the workout. Sometimes, I have no choice :lol:
BigT, good info on the IDS tabs. Never heard that before. Unless you know what you're getting into, I think that's some real shady business sneaking ingredients in there like that.
Speaking of T911, I was looking for your log last night and didn't see it. Post a link?
as for the ids tabs aspire is listed. just didn't realize it was the same. as for t911, i just logged on lg forum here at am.
IDS sure is a shady company on so many different fronts
bigT, good point bro. I think I jumped the gun with my comment. I just found the pct tabs, on a less popular vendor, and aspire is in fact listed in the ingredient profile.
Ziq, good points. I agree on all fronts.
NasD, eh I jumped the gun and jumped on the bashing bandwagon. I was thinking that aspire wasn't listed but bigT cleared that up for me. To be honest with you, I'm not all that familiar with their products (other than mass tabs as you mentioned) and should have probably left this topic alone.
On a more positive note, my 6oxo, paravol, and Zforce arrived yesterday. Aside from the norm, I like to take my 6oxo preworkout and get some aggression from it. I save the empty stomach night slot for ZMAs and Powerfull.
Btw fellas, one of the reasons I chose Zforce is because it has mucana puriens (dopaminergic) in the ingredient profile. I supect that things are way underdosed. But, I may experiment with double dosing this one because of the price.
celc, excuse the hijack...
IDS is generally regarded as shady but some of their products such as Mass Tabs seem to be highly regarded by some. So WHY are they regarded as shady, because they don't list amounts of the compounds in their concoctions, because they flat out lie about what's ACTUALLY in them, or both, neither?
can anyone say ALRI.:lol:I actually have some MT. But I know what they are, and IMO by possibly putting prescription drugs in 'dietary supplements', hiding actual ingredients, and also selling a powerful steroid and telling people in the original ads that it's stronger than Superdrol but 100% completely safe. While it may be a potent product, it's toxicity is likely as bad if not worse than M1T dose dependent. Plus the German concentration camp comment is actually true believe it or not. Hence shady IMO. :head:
can anyone say ALRI.:lol:
Ziq, just a quick note on the Zforce. The reason it's so cheap is that there was a controversy about it's ZMA content. Supposedly it's NOT the asparate version, hence simply a zinc and magnesium supplement.
With traditional ZMA, it actually INTERFERES with my sleep with aggressive, panic stricken dreams and night sweats. So, I'll definately be able to tell if there is a difference.
On the other hand, I never really see any positive effects from ZMA. So, I was more interested in the mucana puriens and the extra tribulus.
Nas, good ol 6oxo is all. I DO like the bulk trione but I just want to make sure dosing is more accurate for post cycle therapy.
Haha I'd still love to know WTF Methoxy-TST is too, especially since I'm sitting on a few bottles.
Good to know Celc, I'll hold off to see your expert opinion :thumbsup:
Well now, isn't methoxy tst an interesting little fella. Rumor has it that it has a mean androgenic effect when pulsed. Ziq, might want to consider using the tst as a preworkout pulse during a milder cycle :think:
Expert? Ha!
Honest? Definately!
Regarding Zforce, so far, no libido boosting effect from the trib content which I suspect to be substantially underdosed. Also, no crazy violent dreams like with other ZMA that I've used in the past. At 4 caps before bed, this one is a dud. However, I'd like to try it at like 10 caps throughout the day as an experiment. 2 bottles for $20 at 10 caps will last about 20 or 22 days so it would be interesting still and still relatively inexpensive compared to some of the BS that is popular on the boards.
Day 10 pct update
Workouts have been great as I wrap up the first 2 week mesocycle of my hst routine. I have a more reasonable work schedule this week and lethargy is fading. Both of these variables should allow me to reincorporate some cardio and core work.
Muscle hardness is still there. Obviously the all day pump/fullness/vascularity is a thing of the past. But, I'm still pretty happy with how I look. The scale is not budging so I'm pretty sure I'm holding onto my gains for the first time in pct.
I have had 1 or 2 very brief abnormal "prolactin-like" sharp nipple sensations. I'm very confident that the macuna puriens in the Zforce and the Powerfull are helping to minimize those issues. This is a nice prevention combo so far and I'm happy with my personal results.
Overall mood, workouts, sleep patterns, concentration, and critical thinking are all improving every day during pct. Libido is sure taking it's good ol time returning though. I can perform, but not up to my personal standards. So I used another 1/2 cap of Aspire for weekend activities. Load size is slowly returning, but not at the rate that I honestly expected.
I expected a libido boost with the paravol/6oxo combo. But honestly, I don't think they'll do a darn thing when you're shut down. I'm exercising patience at this point.
I think SAM-e may just work a little too well. I used to always use milk thistle and NAC prior to using SAM-e and it seems as if my results with methyls has waned a bit, since I started exclusively using SAM-e. I'll put my theory up to testing soon. I have been off of SAM-e for a couple of weeks(and have all kinds of extra pocket cash:loland will run a methyl cycle in another month or so, sans any SAM-e. Anyhow, this might also explain why Voodoo runs these awful cycles and doesn't appear to gain anything from them. FWIW, my best results with SAM-e have been when I would wake up at 5:00 am and take SAM-e and then dose my methyls at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Support Plan:
Hawthorne Berry (preloaded)
SamE
AS far as Liver protection goes one can not do better than Sam-E, I have read some logs where the sam-e worked too well at clearing the liver and gains while on cycle were greatly diminished. Run sam-e before and after a cycle and use NAC on cycle. Stay away from milk thistle as it may interfere with gains.
I gained just short of 6 pounds of lean mass plus an additional 2 of fat for 8 pounds total. That was at the 26 day point where I had ran pretty a conservative dose of Havoc. Tell me a story about someone who was taking skinfolds and gained 6 pounds of lean mass in 26 days without a ph or ds. See my point? I say it worked just fine when it was all said and done. Mood was excellent throughout the Havoc portion of the cycle even with lethargy considered.
I've said it after all 3 of my cycles. Those who are claiming to gain 10+ pounds of lean mass in 4 weeks on any of the CURRENT designers are full of shiit (ok maybe they're gaining 10 pounds of lean mass with SD, but I still find that hard to believe). Maybe they're getting fat and don't realize it??? 6 pounds is a big success IMO.
celc/ziq thanks for the feedback. Now that I think about it, is there actually anything chemically about SamE to suggest that it's even POSSIBLE for it to interfere with how a PH/PS is metabolized (cause I don't think it is)? Or is the feedback just anecdotal evidence from people whose opinion is "since I didn't blow the f**k up and others did then it MUST be the SamE"?![]()
I have a hunch that Ziq will do a better job of explaining it physiologically, as I'm rusty on internal organ function. In short, NO they're absolutely NOT blowing smoke. The methylated substance has to pass through the liver in a destructive fashion. IF milk thistle or SamE protect the liver, isn't it logical that the mythylated substance could possibly have trouble passing through?
IMO their ideas are well thought out and do have some science to support their ideas. However, I just don't think it was a major issue for me personally.
1 thing that I believe helps me substantially, is one of the above references. It is theorized that it takes about 4 hours for the liver to metabolize the methylated compound. So liver protection and methylated compound should be dosed at least 4 hours apart to prevent interference with liver support or compound effectiveness.
celc, you are always full of details. even though i sometimes get impulsive [can't help it it's my nature], i always gain a lot from the detail you put into your logs. definately good for someone like me to read through your logs when when planning a cycle with serious ph's such as sd or phera. guess it's good that ive decided to just run mild ph cycles. btw great log,AGAIN!!!:thumbsup:Post #2 is updated with week 5 SD stats and SD final review.
Day 19 pct update
I think I've finally sorted through the libido issues for this pct. After sifting through my old logs and some pct posts, I suspect that low estrogen was the culprit.
IMO, the SD and AI combo at the end of my cycle probably left me with little to no estrogen. Then I threw in a hefty dose of Toremefine. I dosed Toremefine 120 for 3 days, 90 for 6 days, 60 for 6, and I'm currently at 30.
Libido returned after the second day of 30mg Torem. After sifting through my Phera log, I had libido issues at 60 and 45mg of Torem (although much milder than this time around). Again, libido returned at 30mg Torem. Isn't it peculiar that the consensus rants and raves over how well heavy doses of Torem boost libido???
I suspect that in terms of instigating HPTA activity, the aggressively dosed serm dose a good job. Testicular mass returned in 3 days and, other than 1-2 days of moodiness, I felt pretty good during pct with the high dose.
The serm IMO probably dose a great job of controlling estrogen even at the lower dosing scheme. On the flip side, I
think it took a REALLY long time to recover from phera with lower dosed serm. I guess it's always a catch 22 when you're playing with these drugs :think:
celc, you are always full of details. even though i sometimes get impulsive [can't help it it's my nature], i always gain a lot from the detail you put into your logs. definately good for someone like me to read through your logs when when planning a cycle with serious ph's such as sd or phera. guess it's good that ive decided to just run mild ph cycles. btw great log,AGAIN!!!:thumbsup:
6oxo/stoked treated me well, then of course 6 days on t911. i think i am really sold on resveratrol when stacked with an ai [have also stacked stoked with formadrol]. right now i am on day 4 of dermacrine/formadex/poweful/incarnate/cordygen5. i messed up dosing yesterday and could not get to sleep for nothing. closed my eyes and was wide awake even though i took 3 powerful and was very tired. have to experiment with doses.:thumbsup:A lot of my ideas have evolved from things you taught me last summer. And I spend a lot of time clicking on the old "search" box on several forums :study:
I agree with the milder cycles. The rest of my AX Superdrol is gone already. Unfortunately, my GI intolerance for Hyperdrol hasn't changed either, even at 1 cap. So those have been traded already as well.
I'm really liking the basic 6oxo/creatine stack with 1/2 scoop Fast Twitch pwo. With that stack, my weight is holding steady and strength is still slowly climbing. I look about the same as I did at the end of the SD run, but of course without the rediculous pump.