How and why did you get into AAS?

[Chrispy62]

My personal experience - I got tested for testosterone a few weeks ago and showed up low so hopped onto TRT for 4 years before a friend started testosterone personally and we compared results where his test was around 40 nmol/l and mine was 25 at peak. Asked my doctor to increase but they denied so I took it onto my own hands because I felt better at higher dosage or at least at the beginning of the injection cycle. So I hopped on a testosterone blast cycle and raised my cruising dose which made me feel so much better.

I understand there’s risks to AASs but previously when I hopped onto TRT, I kind of put all steroids into 1 group not technically realising the power of Testosterone alone. I did a bunch of research and have allowed myself to use certain things which I believe I can manage the risk for. So I’ve purchased mast and primo to potentially include along my blasts and currently on HGH for long term (planning minimum a year)

Also taking peptides to help with recovery (Bpc and TB) and fat loss (Reta), because I really wanna take my health into my own hands.

Regularly taking blood work and conscious that if markers come back bad, I’m okay with easing off because I set those expectations when I started.

Curious to know how everyone initially got into this, and is it what you expected?

 

[Mfras]

Late reply- came here from ‘similar threads’ after reading another, read yours and saw no responses.

Yep absolutely I got into PEDs through low T, clinic TRT, tons of research, switching to cheaper urologist TRT, then switching to cheaper self managed TRT.

I was a pro musician, artist, bouncer, and involved with shady fringe people my whole life. Lots of drugs around- never got into them, but didn’t care unless someone started fucking with needles. At that point we can’t be friends any more. Not a bad philosophy but it’s funny because now I fill a sharps container fairly quickly these days.

 

[YiL]

Low T values (and more), doctors refusing a decent treatment and holding on to their own lack of knowledge. Picked self-management because private clinics charge a lot of money these days.

I’ve lurked a lot on Meso before registering an account. That why I’m here

 

[Mfras]

Low T values (and more), doctors refusing a decent treatment and holding on to their own lack of knowledge. Picked self-management because private clinics charge a lot of money these days.

I’ve lurked a lot on Meso before registering an account. That why I’m here

Yup. I got lucky and picked a clinic that actually did a ton of bloodwork to dial in in my numbers and watch my health markers but after a couple years it was much less hands on and became a ripoff. The thing is the same PCP that wouldn’t touch TRT with a ten foot pole was smart enough to know it’s a lifelong protocol and gave me a referral to the urologist who was happy to write scripts for the doses I was on, based on my treatment and bloodwork paperwork I had the clinic print out for me.