Question about steroid use. Need help!

[sman]

My doctor started me on testosterone cypionate injections to help with a bone condition I have. I have asked about some side effects but I never get a straight answer. I am hoping to hear from someone with first hand experience. Here is a list of what I am experiencing:
1. 30lb weight gain in first six weeks now holding at + 20lbs...water?
2. Skin flushed, bright red all the time
3. hot sweaty all the time too warm to sleep
4. ill, on edge, ready to "go off"
5. ***I hurt like hell... especially joints. They feel like they are on fire. Lortab 7.5 takes the edge off
6.can't sleep
I started on 2cc/wk now I am on 2cc every other week. Are these normal side effects? How can I get through them? Do they ease up after a while?
I need to stay with the treatment if I can. I am 33 and have 75% of what a normal male has for bone mineral density.

 

[el saint]

I am a bodybuilder by hobbie- I have taken test cyp. before in 2 of my cycles- I have been useing steroids such as cyp. for about 4 years now- I am at 260 about 6'4--- The side effects you list although normal usualy guys don't get all of them as you have--but I would recomend talkinbg to your doctor- as the only problems or side effects off a cyp. that I had were a constant boner- some hair loss- short temper- and maybe so pain near my prostate area towards the end of my cycle----

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

if i were you sman i would go ahead and start lifting weights i mean you HAVE to be on the JUICE(right?) so why not get as much benefits as possible...!
but i hope ya get better

 

[sman]

I have been thinking of hitting the gym hard. I can tell the strength gain and it seems I have more endurance. I hit the MX track after a two month layoff and felt great. I expected to be exausted. Could the joint pain be from greater amounts of stress from the strength increase?
BTW...someone had asked about the dose...I had 400mg/wk for four weeks, now 4oomg/2 weeks
Thanks for the input...pain meds wearing off gotta go....
[This message has been edited by sman (edited 11 November 2001).]

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

i would think its the"JUICE" thats doin that to your joints,but i dont really know that much about steroids though,BUT i know you will be able to run for a VERY long time and recover like it was a 2 minute jog,have the most INTENSE workout you ever had ,wel basically you recovery time is shortened VERY dramatically

 

[SovietContin]

Maybe it's just me, but taking steroids for body building doesn't sound like much fun.
Infact, it seems very self-abusive, which would make sense and fit a myriad of related psychological disorders.

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

well he has a disorder and HAS to take STEROIDS<he isnt takin it for bodybuilding,i just suggested that if he has to be on steroids why not get all that he can from it,i think it is VERY self destructive to take steroids just for lifting weights UNLESS you had a title like MR.OLYMPIA(the biggest bodybuilding contest in the world for people who dont know) to train for,so there is a difference..so if you dont plan on going all the way to the MR.OLYMPIA why go on the JUICE and caus all that harm??
but hes has to be on it so why not lift ??

 

[Big boy]

you should post the same question in the Medical Q&A forum. i'm sure you would get more responses, and better info about treating your side effects.
[Edit- oh you did.....and they closed it.. i would think that your question is of a medical nature..asking side effects and all.-Edit]
[This message has been edited by Big boy (edited 11 November 2001).]

 

[Peetie]

2cc of test cyp a week is nothing i find it hard to believe u gained 30+ lbs on just that and have retained 20+ with only 2cc eow...i guess your up next for the mr olympia....edgey all the time? dont even go into roid rage...its all in your head

 

[sman]

Thanks for everyone's input. I forgot to mention that I ocassionally use e( although irrelevant to the question I asked)so my post in med ?'s got closed. I have tried med boards and get tipical doctor responses. The weight gain is obvious, maybe water. The pain is real...from the roids? I want to contnue the treatment to see if it helps the osteoporosis so I am trying to find out how to deal with the sides or if what I am experiencing is not related
Thanks again for the info.

 

[HYDRO_CHRONIC]

on topic about MR,OLYMPIA who is gonna win this year (if you know the top guys)
im gettin tired of seein COLEMEN win it (but DAMN he has an awsome fuckin BACK--HUGE)
im hopin to see lee priest move up a few ranks ,he deserves it
levrone has come far hope to see him in the top 2 again

 

[ebisumaru]

Coleman won again with his dirty GH distended gut.
Priest pulled out bnecnaunse of pronblems with prolab.