berlin08
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First high(ish) effort post – need advice on my first cycle
Okay this is gonna be my first high(ish) effort post on this forum but I need advice on my first cycle.
Background
Just to start things off I am 18 and am going to be moving to Italy soon for a year abroad which is in some ways complicating things and in some ways making things easier. Harder in terms of keeping on top of all of the things relating to staying healthy on a cycle, but easier in terms of the independence from my family and the cheaper blood testing.
Current situation
I weigh about 200 lbs at 6’5” and am probably like 20% bf. I have slight gyno but no other high estrogen symptoms. I do believe I have high estrogen though which will soon be confirmed or not by blood work results I am awaiting.
Cycle length & goals
Now I know you all love the idea of staying on test for life but personally after college I would just like to chill on the injecting myself every day so I’m thinking around a 16 week cycle would be good enough for me and i will be doing hcg throughout to ensure my balls still work.
Compounds / dose
First of all I was thinking about just running a cycle of 250 test only, but through my research I’ve seen so much varying advice (500 test, hgh, 150 test, etc..) and I need assistance on picking the best cycle for me. I don’t know if I should run just test or maybe incorporate hgh, and eq just to kinda manage estrogen sides and stuff.
AI
I also am confused on whether I should take an ai or not as literally every other thing I read contradicts the one I read before on that topic. I am gearing towards only taking an ai if necessary as that would work better for me and I would rather have slightly elevated e2 than crash it due to my retardness but if anyone has any ideas regarding this please let me know.
Bloodwork frequency
Now getting into the bloodwork aspect, I am confused on how bloodwork every 2-3 months is frequent enough to stay on top of things that are as important as say high hct or e2 or any liver markers. I’d prefer a little more frequent bloods but if anyone can calm my fears about that I would love to hear it.
Hair / Norwood
Finally to my greatest fear: The Norwood reaper. I have no issues with balding, in fact I would say I have too much hair but I would rather keep it like that than go bald. I see every gearhead has a different favorite anti androgen but I was thinking to start with dut and 2.5 mg Minox (I’m already running this anyway) maybe incorporate ru if things get really bad but if anyone has an argument for fin lmk.
That’s about all I can think of for now but for anyone who dnr just tell me how to not drop dead randomly while on cycle.
Okay this is gonna be my first high(ish) effort post on this forum but I need advice on my first cycle.
Background
Just to start things off I am 18 and am going to be moving to Italy soon for a year abroad which is in some ways complicating things and in some ways making things easier. Harder in terms of keeping on top of all of the things relating to staying healthy on a cycle, but easier in terms of the independence from my family and the cheaper blood testing.
Current situation
I weigh about 200 lbs at 6’5” and am probably like 20% bf. I have slight gyno but no other high estrogen symptoms. I do believe I have high estrogen though which will soon be confirmed or not by blood work results I am awaiting.
Cycle length & goals
Now I know you all love the idea of staying on test for life but personally after college I would just like to chill on the injecting myself every day so I’m thinking around a 16 week cycle would be good enough for me and i will be doing hcg throughout to ensure my balls still work.
Compounds / dose
First of all I was thinking about just running a cycle of 250 test only, but through my research I’ve seen so much varying advice (500 test, hgh, 150 test, etc..) and I need assistance on picking the best cycle for me. I don’t know if I should run just test or maybe incorporate hgh, and eq just to kinda manage estrogen sides and stuff.
AI
I also am confused on whether I should take an ai or not as literally every other thing I read contradicts the one I read before on that topic. I am gearing towards only taking an ai if necessary as that would work better for me and I would rather have slightly elevated e2 than crash it due to my retardness but if anyone has any ideas regarding this please let me know.
Bloodwork frequency
Now getting into the bloodwork aspect, I am confused on how bloodwork every 2-3 months is frequent enough to stay on top of things that are as important as say high hct or e2 or any liver markers. I’d prefer a little more frequent bloods but if anyone can calm my fears about that I would love to hear it.
Hair / Norwood
Finally to my greatest fear: The Norwood reaper. I have no issues with balding, in fact I would say I have too much hair but I would rather keep it like that than go bald. I see every gearhead has a different favorite anti androgen but I was thinking to start with dut and 2.5 mg Minox (I’m already running this anyway) maybe incorporate ru if things get really bad but if anyone has an argument for fin lmk.
That’s about all I can think of for now but for anyone who dnr just tell me how to not drop dead randomly while on cycle.