Test Potency question **With Final Bloodwork #'s**

[OnceNatty]

I just finished my first cycle
300mg per week for 9 weeks. Pinned 150 2x per wk. Just wanted to do something short and easy to test the waters.

So some back story first
I used brand A for the first 4 weeks because my source gave me some of his to start with until our order arrived. Brand A was Cyp dosed at 200 so I did .75 for my 150.
Brand B was Enth dosed at 250 so I did .6 for my 150.

My issue is this...immediately when I started the cycle with brand A, I got oily skin and my sweat stank much, much worse than it ever did. I got bloodwork done at 4 weeks and my test was 1840.
I switched to brand B and immediately my skin wasn't as oily and my sweat went back to my normal, non smelly BO.

I'm getting bloods this Monday so I don't know what my test is so I guess this question cannot be answered without my blood level but could it be coincidence that those things changed with a brand change or is brand B less potent/possible chepaer gear? Could it ust be that my body got used to it at 4 weeks?

I'll post my bloods here when I get it all back. That may help answer this.

 

[Smont]

It's not a potency question, I mean it could be, but no1 is overdosing to the extent it's going to make that much of a difference. When the hormones are building up or sloping off is when a lot of the sides manifest. At least from what I've always seen and the increased androgens do stimulate your glands to produce more oil. I use to get acne on my shoulders in the early weeks of the cycke or during PCT. By the time you switched sources you were probably starting to stabilize blood levels and the issue may have just stopped. That doesn't mean you're going to get more acne as your levels come back down to normal but it is a possibility.

It could also have been a carrier oil you were allergic to, that would explain the smell.

 

[Smont]

There's a whole slew of things that will happen to you on cycles early on and won't effect you down the road either. Things going on that you find strange will soon become the normal lol

 

[OnceNatty]

There's a whole slew of things that will happen to you on cycles early on and won't effect you down the road either. Things going on that you find strange will soon become the normal lol

Thank you man. Yeah, we'll know once I get my last bloods this Monday. I'll share.
I feel like I was still progressing and I had no pip with brand B so I hope my total test is up like it was.

On another note, I know it's taboo to ask for sources but what about brands?
Are there tested, well known brands that people are confident in? Or are there too many to keep track of...

 

[ironviking]

My guess would be carrier oil as well some ULs use oils that may just not sit with your chemistry well.

 

[Smont]

Thank you man. Yeah, we'll know once I get my last bloods this Monday. I'll share.
I feel like I was still progressing and I had no pip with brand B so I hope my total test is up like it was.

On another note, I know it's taboo to ask for sources but what about brands?
Are there tested, well known brands that people are confident in? Or are there too many to keep track of...

For the past 5 years I have seen pretty good quality from any know brands and most ugl home brewers. I mean technically a homebrewer is still a UGL but I mean the real small guys versus the company's people know about. Testosterone isn't something we see people messing with. Masteron, primo, tren, anaver HGH and combination products often had issues when you would bump into sketchy sources but even the sketchy sources had good test and most of the basic stuff. Gear is pretty cheap to make. People usually only dick around with the more expensive compounds.

In regards to your cycle, if I was you, I would rocked it for 16-20 weeks.

I don't think it's against the rules to ask people what brands they're using you just can't ask for sources to get it so unless I'm wrong people could share the brand names they're using.

I've had a good home Brewer for a while and just been using his stuff

 

[OnceNatty]

Well, ok. I guess Brand B was legit. It's just odd that those changes happened when I switched brands.
I'll definitely stick with Brand B for my second cycle which will be 400mg test E for 12 weeks.
My 3rd and last one before my next show will probably be 400 again for 12 weeks and 20mg Var/day for the last 6 weeks.

So here is my final bloods after 9 weeks on.
A couple of questions for you:
--- Do you see anything that needs immediate attention? Or will/hopefully, most of this clean up with PCT?
--- With E that high, I really never had any symptoms except slightly sensitive nips sometimes. Should I have? Is that really high? It was 55 at 4 weeks.



I will start PCT 7 days after my last pin and will get bloods after 10 weeks off to see how I come around.
PCT will be Nolva at 20/20/20/10 I know that's lower than the usually recommended protocol but I wasn't on much and not for that long either. I'll post those bloods too so people can see how that worked for me.

 

[thetawave]

Well, ok. I guess Brand B was legit. It's just odd that those changes happened when I switched brands.
I'll definitely stick with Brand B for my second cycle which will be 400mg test E for 12 weeks.
My 3rd and last one before my next show will probably be 400 again for 12 weeks and 20mg Var/day for the last 6 weeks.

So here is my final bloods after 9 weeks on.
A couple of questions for you:
--- Do you see anything that needs immediate attention? Or will/hopefully, most of this clean up with PCT?
--- With E that high, I really never had any symptoms except slightly sensitive nips sometimes. Should I have? Is that really high? It was 55 at 4 weeks.



I will start PCT 7 days after my last pin and will get bloods after 10 weeks off to see how I come around.
PCT will be Nolva at 20/20/20/10 I know that's lower than the usually recommended protocol but I wasn't on much and not for that long either. I'll post those bloods too so people can see how that worked for me.

You should consider starting your PCT about 4 weeks after your last pin. 7days post pin you still have plenty of test on your system. You’ll want your test levels to fall a bit low and then the nolva will help you produce LH. If your test level is still high the nolva won’t work as well.