I am in week 5 or 6 of my cycle(500sust/600eq),about the 2nd week of my cycle my sex drive went crazy,that is all I could think about,I was always hard.Now that a few weeks have past I can tell my sex drive is dropping,and I am having a hard time getting hard.This happens to me everytime I am on a cycle,the affects of the test always fade away after a while.My gear is legit,I am making great gains and feeling all the effects of a good cycle,it just seems weird to be having low sex drive and erection problems while taking 500mg Sustanon (sust) a week.Is it possible my estrogen levels are getting high,wich would cause sexual disfunctions?
Why does my sex drive fade away while on test???
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kube
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same thing happened to me bro, with the same compound and at the same dose. at first my shit would get and stay rock hard for hours, and just when i was most enjoying it i started having problems. it would get numb and i would not even feel it. very frustrating. just get some liquid v bro. i have found it mixes very well with some ephedra. or you can try some proviron.
Wardog
President LG Sciences
Agreed, I go thru the same issues...first 4-5 weeks I am a walking whore, after that, issues arise, and that is on as high as a gram a week.
It may be SHBG rising, that is my thought. I intend on running a compound this next cycle which should block some SHBG, so we will see if that makes a difference.
It may be SHBG rising, that is my thought. I intend on running a compound this next cycle which should block some SHBG, so we will see if that makes a difference.
Jacked
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yeah same happened to me on other test cycles...
except for when i'm using a deca-test combo...my libido is almost always in constant overdrive. test with anything else and it tends to fade a lot and its usually when my testes start to really shrink is when the libido drops a little. before that i could literally have 4 wives and have sex with them each day for the first 5-6 weeks.
you know what's also weird... i just started taking a strong prostate formula complex and it's really doing it's job...my prostate feels normal (usually gets big during a cycle..very very bad) but now that it's normal size for the past few days I haven't been as horny! weird right?? definitely some a connection between this all.
except for when i'm using a deca-test combo...my libido is almost always in constant overdrive. test with anything else and it tends to fade a lot and its usually when my testes start to really shrink is when the libido drops a little. before that i could literally have 4 wives and have sex with them each day for the first 5-6 weeks.
you know what's also weird... i just started taking a strong prostate formula complex and it's really doing it's job...my prostate feels normal (usually gets big during a cycle..very very bad) but now that it's normal size for the past few days I haven't been as horny! weird right?? definitely some a connection between this all.
simpllyhuge
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what the prostate formula?
StoneColdNTO
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I think this problem is more common than we all believe. Probably just alot of guys don't want to admit it, for fear of embarrassment.
Drveejay11
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Jacked said:
These drugs (Propecia/Finasteride,etc) and supplements (Saw Palmetto/ Nettle Root/etc) are designed to block DHT. Anytime you decrease DHT to a moderate degree, you will have decreased libido issues.
This is why I encourage topical (not oral) anti-DHT (5 alpha-reductase inhibitors) drugs for hair loss such as Spironolactone as it will ONLY effect the areas that the drug is appplied to as opposed to having a circulatory effect.
Regarding the prostate, I suggest monitoring the amount of DHT-inhibitors you are taking as opposed to "simply taking an over-kill amount" of SP or Nettle so you may achieve a happy medium. There has to be a happy balance . If not.....you will be battling prostate problems but enjoying a stealthy libido, OR having a happy prostate and sufering from non-existent libido probs.
Look into Pygeum, Beat-Stosterol and lycopene as they work via diff mechanisms (infammatory and prostaglandin activity) on the prostate and are NOT simply DHT-blocking specific.
http://www.herbmed.org/Herbs/Herb114.htm#Category1Herb114
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Drveejay11
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ROAD DOG said:
As SC stated, this problem may be more prevalent than discussed openly (out of embarassment).
SHBG increases with Test (exo or endo) increases as a control mechanism of Free Test. Genetics and age are amoung the principal manipulators of these activities from one person to another, so this is WHY one person will be a walking hormone throughout a test cycle and one will not be. (Amounts of unbound or "FREE Test" being the major discerning factor among a few other minor factors that are indirectly involved as well of course).
Testosterone functions as an aphrodisiac hormone in our brains cells; however testosterone that becomes bound to serum globulin (SHBG) is not available to cell receptor sites and FAILS to induce a libido effect. It is, therefore, desirable to increase levels of "free testosterone" in order to ignite sexual arousal in the brain.
When this hormone :sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), binds to test, it causes TEst to lose its biological activity and becomes known as "bound testosterone," as opposed to the desirable "free testosterone."
There are actually plenty of studies that show that the decline in sexual interest with advancing age is not always due to the amount of testosterone produced, but rather to the increased binding of testosterone to globulin by SHBG. This explains why some older men who are on testosterone replacement therapy do not report a long-term aphrodisiac effect. That is, the artificially administered (exo)testosterone becomes bound by SHBG, and is not bioavailable to cellular receptor sites where it would normally produce a libido-enhancing effect.
*Nettle Root and Avena Sativa are decent potentiators of SHBG-inhibition. (and are OTC
) **Nettle Root as stated in the above post has anti-DHT (which could lead to potential lowering of libido) so use caution with this one.
***I have presented ONE POSSIBILITY of your "issue". This phenomenom you are experiencing could be based on several other things as well Talk to your Doc. Have him run a comprehensive sex hormone blood assay. ***
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Drveejay11
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PS: I did NOT recommend Proviron here for a reason: If you do in fact have some sort of problem here, it will only be further "masked" by a quick fix such as Proviron. Not a good option IN THIS CASE!
arby
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Re: Re: Why does my sex drive fade away while on test???
DRveejay11, that's a sound theory, but how do you account for the anabolism of a steroid cycle? I mean, if the test is bound and not freely available for the sex drive, it won't be available to build muscle either. Free test has always been where it's at.
RB
DRveejay11, that's a sound theory, but how do you account for the anabolism of a steroid cycle? I mean, if the test is bound and not freely available for the sex drive, it won't be available to build muscle either. Free test has always been where it's at.
RB
hhajdo
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Administration of supraphysiological doses of testosterone causes dose dependent decrease of SHBG...
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content-nw/full/281/6/E1172/T2
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content-nw/full/281/6/E1172/T2
DragonRider
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putski said:
I am too (over 6 years) and test alone will not do the job.
Test only solves some of the problems related to this issue.
I have to take cialis too.
