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Everyone has a way of dealing with post-cycle depression. Some use extensive stacks consisting of creatine, glutamine, 5HTP, Maca, Proviron, HCG etc. etc. Others simply dive into depression headlong, trying desperately to maintain focus and motivation, often to little or no avail.
I am perhaps closer to the later than the former. While I make certian to complete clomid therapy and continue with my liquidex (see Huck), as well as large doses of creatine and glutamine, I still face the dilemma of weight loss (percieved or otherwise) and the corresponding mood swings--even AFTER clomid therapy.
Many of you are in the same boat as I--or should I say sinking ship. Post-cycle depression can and does kick our asses.
In an effort to combat diminished gains as well as diminished self-esteem, many in the muscle-sport community advocate bridging with mild doses of AS. This notion, I must admit, becomes more and more tempthing after each subsequent cycle. For me, however, the fear of being"on" for too long a period of time is, well, a bit scary. We have all been told that time on should equal time off...but what if there is no time off? What then?
What we often fail to ask ourselves, and eachother, is what causes post-cycle depression?
Clearly there is a biological component--specifically one of hormone balance, and the body's need to seek homiostasis. Like a bodybuilder seeking symetry in his physique, soo to does teh body seek balance with regard to hormones. When manipulating your body's basic chemistry, you cannot expect to be entirely free of complications. That is why we seek to minimize such effects. Still, the effects are real, and mpore prevalent in some than others.
Addiction. A dirty word, yes, but another real fear to be confronted just the same. The body, as it adjusts to high amounts of exogenous hormones becomes dependent upon said hormones to keep the machine in working order. This is furrther complicated by the ever-growing workload that the body is subjected to--both in terms of muscle resistance in the gym and the hormones themselves. So too does it affect us psychogocially. As we grow, and that is what we are all trying to do, we begin to see ourselves differently. As our self image and perceptions change, we develop a psychological imprint of that progress, of our growth. Following a cycle, many of us, even those who take the appropriate measures, often have to confront our new psychological imprint of self perception. With diminished gains, that often results in a certain level of depression--"withdrawl"
I am wondering here if perhaps there isn't another type of addiction all together. The adddiction of process.
As humans we are creatures of habit. We adjust quickly to our surroundings and external influences--in this case our cycle. However, this habitualization goes far beyond the body's response to external hormones. The process of AS use, the swallowing of pills, the daily grind of injections, teh close and consistent monitoring of progress can all lead to a synergistically positive mindset. Much in teh way recerational drug users react differently to substances depending if they are with their friends or alone, so to we react differently to our workouts when we are "on" versus when we are "off". We become addicted to the process.
The success of our workouts is largely influenced by our mindset, and our mindset is necessarily influenced by the process of AS use. In our minds, even outside of a physilogical context, we associate successful workouts with, say, our daily injection of Tren. Without the injection stimulus, the mind is not prepared to react to the workout stimulus, hence neither is the body. We have become addicted to sticking a needle in our [insert body-part here].
As food for thought, I was wondering to myself, and now to EliteFitness, weather post-cycle depression (in part a byproduct of injection addiction) may be allieviated by the use of sterile site oils, or Synthol.
Yes, I know this substance has a bad reputation here and elsewhere in teh muscle-sport community. Yes, synthol is shit, synthol is for lazy fucks who don't want to put in the time, synthol is the very ruin of bodybuilding...blah, blah, blah. I too am against the use of site enhancing oils (at least in competition). But, if injecting a couple of cc into one's bis or tris, (or whereever) on a daily basis can help contribute to a positive mindset, would not the use of posing oils necessarily (or at least potentially) contribute to a more positive mind-muscle connection? I wonder.
I am perhaps closer to the later than the former. While I make certian to complete clomid therapy and continue with my liquidex (see Huck), as well as large doses of creatine and glutamine, I still face the dilemma of weight loss (percieved or otherwise) and the corresponding mood swings--even AFTER clomid therapy.
Many of you are in the same boat as I--or should I say sinking ship. Post-cycle depression can and does kick our asses.
In an effort to combat diminished gains as well as diminished self-esteem, many in the muscle-sport community advocate bridging with mild doses of AS. This notion, I must admit, becomes more and more tempthing after each subsequent cycle. For me, however, the fear of being"on" for too long a period of time is, well, a bit scary. We have all been told that time on should equal time off...but what if there is no time off? What then?
What we often fail to ask ourselves, and eachother, is what causes post-cycle depression?
Clearly there is a biological component--specifically one of hormone balance, and the body's need to seek homiostasis. Like a bodybuilder seeking symetry in his physique, soo to does teh body seek balance with regard to hormones. When manipulating your body's basic chemistry, you cannot expect to be entirely free of complications. That is why we seek to minimize such effects. Still, the effects are real, and mpore prevalent in some than others.
Addiction. A dirty word, yes, but another real fear to be confronted just the same. The body, as it adjusts to high amounts of exogenous hormones becomes dependent upon said hormones to keep the machine in working order. This is furrther complicated by the ever-growing workload that the body is subjected to--both in terms of muscle resistance in the gym and the hormones themselves. So too does it affect us psychogocially. As we grow, and that is what we are all trying to do, we begin to see ourselves differently. As our self image and perceptions change, we develop a psychological imprint of that progress, of our growth. Following a cycle, many of us, even those who take the appropriate measures, often have to confront our new psychological imprint of self perception. With diminished gains, that often results in a certain level of depression--"withdrawl"
I am wondering here if perhaps there isn't another type of addiction all together. The adddiction of process.
As humans we are creatures of habit. We adjust quickly to our surroundings and external influences--in this case our cycle. However, this habitualization goes far beyond the body's response to external hormones. The process of AS use, the swallowing of pills, the daily grind of injections, teh close and consistent monitoring of progress can all lead to a synergistically positive mindset. Much in teh way recerational drug users react differently to substances depending if they are with their friends or alone, so to we react differently to our workouts when we are "on" versus when we are "off". We become addicted to the process.
The success of our workouts is largely influenced by our mindset, and our mindset is necessarily influenced by the process of AS use. In our minds, even outside of a physilogical context, we associate successful workouts with, say, our daily injection of Tren. Without the injection stimulus, the mind is not prepared to react to the workout stimulus, hence neither is the body. We have become addicted to sticking a needle in our [insert body-part here].
As food for thought, I was wondering to myself, and now to EliteFitness, weather post-cycle depression (in part a byproduct of injection addiction) may be allieviated by the use of sterile site oils, or Synthol.
Yes, I know this substance has a bad reputation here and elsewhere in teh muscle-sport community. Yes, synthol is shit, synthol is for lazy fucks who don't want to put in the time, synthol is the very ruin of bodybuilding...blah, blah, blah. I too am against the use of site enhancing oils (at least in competition). But, if injecting a couple of cc into one's bis or tris, (or whereever) on a daily basis can help contribute to a positive mindset, would not the use of posing oils necessarily (or at least potentially) contribute to a more positive mind-muscle connection? I wonder.
