increase or no

[ironhardempress]

I am just completing week 3 of my first time ever using Primobolan (or any steroid, for that matter) I did a lot of research before deciding to embark upon this experiment. I have been working out for a long time (well, all my life actually, but just started body-building last year). I have been pinning 50 mg once a week. I have read that up to 100 mg can be beneficial, but can't decide if I should increase to that or not. I plan to use the Primo for 10 weeks in total. If i increase to 100 mg, i would decrease to 50 mg for the last 2 or 3 weeks. thoughts on this? I have had no ill side effects. I work hard in the gym 6 days a week and i eat clean, but I feel like I am a bit stronger and more..solid? Also, my skin feels nice. Just FYI I still take birth control--low dosage--to replace the estrogen and progesterone I am not producing anymore (my age dictates this pretty much). thoughts on increasing it? Or should i jsut stay where i am. I have no plans to compete until next year.

 

[sassy69]

Do the dosage E5D instead of E7D if that's what you're doing. You don't need to decrease the dose at the end of the cycle - you can, but there's physical / hormonal reason to do it. 100 mg is a good typical dose. The lower dose may be helping minimize the sides, however primo really takes ~ 5 weeks to get to "full" effect. Sides you might see over time: hair loss, voice change (or at least scratchy voice) and pretty typical is increase in clitoral size & sensitivity. Possibly some acne / bacne and possibly high blood pressure (e.g. nose bleeds or tension headaches) - this is really more about dosage and how sensitive you are / your normal BP response. If you are not in a rush, I would say feel free to stay at 50 mg and just get the feel for the whole thing. Since it's your first cycle, you don't have any experience w/ the sides. Most people start w/ anavar, which is pretty mild and doesn't affect hair & voice change, so when you're dealing w/ the potential for more aggressive sides, it really comes down to what you are comfortable dealing w/. The higher dose will probably produce those sides I mentioned. The lower dose may / may not. Over time you will just have to see what results.

Just because you can expect increased blood pressure and screwy lipid profile - I would recommend supplementing w/ CoQ-10 & Red Yeast Rice. I'd also include acidophilus, which i'd recommend for any steroid cycle because all of them (as well as "estrogen blockers - nolvadex or arimidex / aromasin) can promote yeast infections. No need to deal w/ those if you don't need to.

 

[ironhardempress]

thank you for the advice. I will proly just stick with 50 mg and see how things go. I will monitor my BP. Only sides Ive noticed are increased sex drive (not that i needed any help in THAT department, LOL!) and scratchy voice, but I've had a sinus/cold thing going on so that may be part of it too. I will have a blood panel done after as well--i have that done every Spring anyway. I'm worried about the hair loss--In late 2014 i went through a bad divorce and some of my hair fell out and never grew back like it should.

 

[sassy69]

thank you for the advice. I will proly just stick with 50 mg and see how things go. I will monitor my BP. Only sides Ive noticed are increased sex drive (not that i needed any help in THAT department, LOL!) and scratchy voice, but I've had a sinus/cold thing going on so that may be part of it too. I will have a blood panel done after as well--i have that done every Spring anyway. I'm worried about the hair loss--In late 2014 i went through a bad divorce and some of my hair fell out and never grew back like it should.

You can use Nizoral (1% or 2%) shampoo or Nioxin shampoo every 3rd day to help combat DHT-driven hairloss. Even if you do experience hairloss, when the compound clears your system, it grows back.

But like I said, you're not in any rush so IMO there's no point getting aggressive w/ the compound when you're sort of testing the waters to see how your body responds & what you get out of it.