Newbie, lookin for some advice on HGH/Joint Pain

[niko52377]

Hello,

I just wanted to introduce myself, Ive been on this site for a lil while now just reading, thought it was time to finally post something. I'm Kristi, just turned 36 in May. I'm 5'3 1/2, I have an athletic body type, was never the "working out" type, never had to be, but now as I'm gettin older and things are slowing down i decided this year to really focus on working out and gettin into a better routine. I started working out in Jan. but w/ lil results. I know I wasn't pushing myself and my diet had a lot to do w/ it too. A lot of my friends are in the fitness world/MMA/boxing and I have been training w one of em now since April. So I decided to start a cycle of Anavar (var), started taking V in the beginning of April which was at a lil higher dose bout 25mg per day with no bad side effects. I've cut down to 10mg in the am and 10mg at night. in March/April I was at 108lbs. size 0-3 but just skinny fat, no muscle tone or definition at all. After starting v and working out daily, also started taking a few yoga classes per week and changing my diet, which was never super bad now I'm just eating way more protein. I am now at 117, fluctuating up to 121, my size is basically the same, something are getting a lil big on me. My Body fat is reading 10.8% and my BMI says 20%, I have one of those handheld OMRON fat loss monitor, not sure how accurate they are but it gives me something to go by. I can see my body changing daily and I feel great!!!! I'm leaning out, hair and nails are better, I can start to see my abs!!!! never knew they were even in there lol and feel stronger.

My issues that I'm havin now...

I'm doing good with the Anavar (var), In May I decided to start taking HGH. I was takin 2iu's per day m-f, with sat/sun off. in the beginning everything was fine, no side effects then the joint pain started mostly in my hands/fingers. Some days were unbearable. i stopped H for a few weeks and the joint pain subsided. I just got all my blood work done, seeing my dr next week to go over everything. I decided to try h again (green caps 8iu's) I took my first shot on this past wed. and cut down to 1iu per day, thurs did the same 1iu mid morning and by last night and this morning the joint pain has come back, only in my hands mostly fingers thou. They continue to hurt throughout the day but it calms down a lil, but morning time is thee worst!! Cant even bend my pointer fingers! Everything I read has joint pain is one of the side effects for some and also carpal tunnel which has me a lil worried. how long does the joint pain usually last for? is this even normal? I wanna continue to use H but not if its gonna cause more harm then good. Is there anything I can take to counteract the joint pain? or at least to help with it??

thank you for your help with my situation and looking forward to hearing your thoughts...
K

 

[prisonsex]

The joint pain you are discribing is normal. First props to you for a female you are running some serious doses. 25mg of Anavar (var) , 8iu of GH...holy shit girl slow down. These are insane levels for a female. The ladies I know that run GH start at 1iu and go up as high as 3iu. Working thier why up incrimentally over a period of weeks/months. If you start getting serious sides back down and go a few weeks before increasing again. I would search out some female vets to pm. The vast majority of the feed back you are going to get on the open board is from guys. In thier world 5-10iu and 50-100mg Anavar (var) is the goal in your world the levels will be much much lower but still will yeild you amazing results.

It sounds like you are on the right track. Honestly it sounds like you still need to get you diet 100%. A lot of people get caught up in the gear. The stone cold reality if you are trying to build your body (powerlifting excluded from this statment) diet will be the single most important part of your protocol.

Back to the sides. I've been running GH for over a year. I ran an experiment doing 8iu of rips for 6 months to measure the amount of muscle gain. During this period when I woke up in the mornings I literally couldn't bend my index fingers for the first thirty minutes every morning. I looked like an idiot drink my morning coffee. If you are getting joint pain at your current dose I would drop down for a few weeks and then try increasing again. The joint pain is more than likely not CT it is water retention. This will continue to compound and will more than likely lead to swelling of the feet ankles, wrist and you may start to see it in your midsection. All of these side are temporary and will stop a couple of weeks after you discontinue the GH.

 

[niko52377]

lol...no no no... I was taking 25mg of v per day but now I'm only taking 20mg, 10mg am an 10mg in the pm. and I'm only taking now 1iu per day, I was taking 2ius per day but cut back...
thanks for your feed back!! my hands were starting to freak me out...lol