Here is my story on DNP from NB.
Start: 5'8 192 lbs 3/10/21 Day 1 - ~18%bf
End: 182 lbs 3/28/21 Day 18
Today 172.4 lbs 4/16/21 ~13% bf
First cycle, 250mg/day
Supps: test e 140mg/wk, multi v, fish oil, adex
Diet:
IIFYM ~2000 calories, all food was and is still being tracked and weighed.
Was planning a 21 day cycle but got hit with severe sides around day 14. I should have stopped then but kept going until day 18.
The mild sides up to day 14 were the normal DNP sides. Sweats, feeling tired all the time, super thirsty. Was drinking 1.5gal water/day.
Around day 14 I developed a rash on my chest. Throughout the day it spread up to my neck, down my arms, down to my torso, and legs. Basically generalized hives. It was so bad I took a day off work.
I started taking benadryl 50mg q.6h for the next 3 days here while remaining on DNP.
The rash cleared up with the benadryl, then I got hit with what I believe is DILI (drug induced liver injury) I was getting the classic symptoms of cholestasis. I also had slight pain and tenderness in my right upper quadrant for just ONE night. Pale poos (literally coming out grey), diarrhea, JAUNDICE in the eyes (not just from the yellow dye though I suspect thats a factor in how yellow my eyes are - They are STILL yellow to this day, it's been about 3 weeks), Jaundice around the body as well. So noticeable that my coworkers mentioned it. I know you might have a little yellow glow from DNP but I am a health care professional and I believe it was jaundice along with being dyed yellow.
I kept taking DNP all the way up until day 18 and then I stopped.
Post DNP I am still having side effects when I stopped cycle 2.5 weeks ago. My eyes are still yellow (although they are slowly slowly getting better), I have had INTENSE itching on the soles of my feet (classic symptom of liver/gall bladder injury) but that has also been slowly getting better. I have no more pain in my right upper quadrant. My poos have regained color, although they've been soft. I haven't had a nice log of poo even with adequate fiber. I am STILL pissing Yellow yellow yellow. I suspect the DNP is taking very long to clear in my system. In the morning it's golden yellow, but throughout the day it gets more dilute with 1.5-2 gallons of water per day.
I don't think that I'm a good candidate to use DNP. I should have stopped as soon as I saw hives as it seems like my body was trying its best to reject it. I'm hoping with more time, the jaundice will completely clear and my urine will return to normal.
If you have any questions I'll try to answer them although I don't frequent the forum much, but I wanted to share my experience because now I know why DNP is definitely something NOT to be messed with. I'm glad I did research beforehand.
The pros I guess is that I've been the most shredded I've ever been and I'm going to keep going. Gym performance has still been great, visual changes are fantastic about 2 weeks after stopping.