I used SD and experienced no side effects for the duration of the four week cycle. I made some pretty good gains.
During my cycle several things happened that may have positively or negatively attributed to the results.
- I made some dietary changes to lessen fat intake and increase protein intake and increased the number of calories. Stopped eating snacks and candy.
- I stopped using all other supplements except for the daily whey shake and saw palmetto and vitamins.
- My stress levels increased because of a reorganisation at work. My bloodpressure was 10% higher during these weeks.
- Due to stress I could only manage to sleep for an avarage of 5 hours.
- Smoking increased to 20 a day....due to stress and the absence of a spine (apparantly

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During the cycle:
Bench went up from 140 lbs to 240 lbs. Squats from 120 lbs to 270 lbs and deads from 210 lbs to 320 lbs.
My total weight increased from 79kg to 91.4kg and BF went from 10% to 7.5%
I lost the table with exact measurements but..my cloth size increased from small/medium to large.
During the cycle I felt very energetic.
Naturally I was very, very pleased with the results.
However....
A week after I stopped the SD cycle (but was still doing the PTC) I suddenly started to feel very, very tired and nearly lethargic. I really had to push myself to do anything and training sessions were a true hell. I did experience moodswings.
During this time I lost strength and size:
Bench went back to 200 lbs. Deads wents to 200 lbs (which was lower than before the cycle!!) and squats went back to 200 lbs.
Size did not decrease much though...but that was not something very positive as my weight decreased to 87kg and BF went up to 13.5%!!!
The lethargy lasted for a full month, but stopped altogether after I survived the reorganisation and got a promotion.
All in all I did make gains after the cycle...and considering all the factors of price, lagality and the end results I do feel SD is a valuable supplement.
All in all the results were good. I feel that if I had not experienced so much stress from work the side effects may have been non-existent or much less in severity and that I may have kept more of my gains.