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Do most people completely recover from AAS?

Justlooking5 said:
Actually yes. On my last cycle I think I made the following errors that may have made things worse:

1. I used UG gear of unknown quality I bought from a buddy (who was also using it). In the past, I always had ordered the gear from sources I trusted, and generally much of my gear was pharma grade sealed amps. I had a bad reaction after coming off this cycle, including severe eczema with large red patches all over my face and neck... eczema runs in my family but I have never had it before or since the year or so after I came off that cycle. Was there something poisonous/contaminated in that gear? Or was it how I PCT'd that messed up my hormones badly causing excema/ severe dry inflamed skin?

2. I came off using an OTC PCT product based on forum recommendations. This was ATD, the anti-estrogen. It did not work well and I have read this product may actually decrease LH and compete at the AR (unsure if that's true). All other cycles I used clomid/nolva PCT.

3. I stayed on for about 16 weeks or so, longer than any of my past cycles.

I advise against doing any of the above. Some really stressful negative stuff also happened in my life just after I came off which I think made everything worse.

However, I also want to make a few points. I first had the beginnings of ED at age 19 (girlfriend complained of "soft erections") which was after my first cycle of sust/deca/dbol. However I did not have the same depression, fatigue, anxiety, more severe ED, and other issues which only started after the above cycle.

Nonetheless, it has been now ~11 full years since that cycle (it was from winter 2005 to early 2006 I did this cycle). I haven't done any gear or any other prohormone type product since then. I also did prescribed clomid from my doctor for many months in 2010/11/12 and although it got my levels up they still returned to the 300s.

Now, I have restarted clomid again from my doctor and I definitely notice a big improvement in anxiety reduction, fatigue reduction, mood stabilization. Libido as mentioned is not much different (about 2 weeks in 25mg/day). I know now that I'll never be going off clomid or TRT as it really affects my functioning and QoL negatively to have test levels in the 300s. In fact, some of my family members even know (mom etc.) and agree as they have seen and been pretty concerned with how miserable I've been. Low test is no joke and will negatively affect a number of aspects of your functioning, including energy, mood, sexual health, social wellbeing/strength etc. Which is why I won't be going off treatment.
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I just wanted to mention that the stressful $hit in your life as you came off cycle might have/be playing a larger part in your suppression. I read 2 studies that I wish I still had links to, but I don't.

The first was a comparison of the T ranges of firefighters that do a very dangerous job (NYC and others) compared to firefighters that have the same hours and similar sleep to work schedule but rarely have any lives in danger in their work. A lot of firefighters have lowish or low T and it has to do with the bad sleep schedule. Both groups had a 2 week on, 2 week off schedule. The study was to compare how danger and stress also effect firefights and It was shocking. The first (danger) group had extremely suppressed T levels. To the point where some guys in their late 20's had low T and for no other reason than years of stress, fear, adrenaline, and horrible sleep while on duty.

The second study was bases on similar findings of stress,fear,and constant danger effects T levels long term. It assessed Soldiers that had seen 30+ days of enemy contact in their TOD and had suffered from lowT. Most guys were in their mid twenties. It really sucks I don't have the link because they used a complex protocol. But it involved eliminating all stress even paying cell bill, therapy, and a medication/nutrition regiment. After 3 years these guys were in their late twenties and most of them had reg numbers from 600-900.

You might try to find similar research if you think it plays a part in suppression.
 
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