Not really the right site for it, but I thought I'd ask. I've been pretty blessed genetically, but this last year has been murder. I've really lost a step in the gym.

Not something I've ever given any consideration to. But clearly there are cases that constitute a pressing medical need.

My neighbor was into boxing and BJJ training for years. He swears that everyone he ever met who is on TRT it is because they shot steroids in the past.

If you got the depression, lack of/can't maintain wood and other symptoms, it could be worth looking into. If it is just can't hit the gym as hard, eh? They still sell ephedrine pills in Canada?

Of course, if yer universal health care covers it, why not?

As Livia Soprano said: "That's just a racket for the Jews." I thought I read those otc low-T drugs were more harm than good.

I have no problem keeping an erection. Then again, my cock is pretty small.

How much do these niggas spend per month on fitness-related shit like supplements and nutrient gels? In NYC its easy do drop $1,000/month on shit like day.

Any doctor now a days will give you andro or t-gel. Testosterone Enanthate is the best if you can find the right doc.

I get Tes. injections once a month. It tapers off near the end of the month but makes a big difference in drive and my overall energy and well being. If you're low I highly recommend it. I can't imagine a doc giving it if you in normal range. I started about 2 years ago.

Thanks, BDM. Did you get a diagnosis? Were you just feeling like shit or did your doc tell you to get on it? Yeah, I am pretty sure most of the guys tryna get TRT exemptions in MMA are on it because they fucked up their bodies taking gear when they were young; you can only do so many cycles before you fuck up.
Blaster, the OTC stuff is TOTAL shit, hence my curiosity about taking real prescription T; sick of fags in the gym recommending shit like Tribulus or some other garbage.
I am super tired pre workout and I just can't get it done like i used to.

I'll research Enanthate. Dunno what they give you by prescription but proprionate was what dudes were taking a few years back.

ive said it before,but ill say it again get testim.youll feel better,have a higher drive,burn fat faster,and have more energy.youre supposed to rub a tube on your arms everyday but this can lead to easier irritability,so ive found the perfect dose is just one tube a week.

But it makes your real nuts shut down. Just get a fucking diet.

i dont use the stuff anymore,but tatty wanted to know about it.my balls are still the same size they were prior to me using testim.

What did you use to measure your scrode?

my hands.

He probably can't tell they shrank because the tumors are growing.

Im gonna stay away for a bit still; i just turned 46 and still feel pretty good. I think when i go on it'll be for good.

I thought the nuts didn't shrink until you went off of it?

And Tatty, I think when you start TRT, you are supposed to stay on it forever. If you ever go off it, you gotta wean yourself off or the depression may wallop yer ass.

I used Axiron for about a month ealier this year. I had to stop when I had my blood pressure checked and it was 170/120.

It kind of sucks because it was great stuff. It's not like a jekyl and hyde transformation, but you do notice it. For me, I felt like my brain was much sharper. I was also more level headed, but at the same, more ready to throw down and fight a motherfucker.

Blood pressure thing kind of sucked. That's one thing you need to keep a watch on.

That blood pressure thing is a bitch. Mine wasn't that high, but it was way up there. I know it was job-related stress and my Doctor told me to try "caring less". I quit, my BP dropped, and I should be off meds after my next check-up.

They call it the silent killer but that's bullshit- I felt my ears ringing and all sorts of symptoms. The first day I went thinking I had an issue the Doctor bitched out the girl/nurse up front in my presence: "he called in saying he could feel he had high blood pressure and you made him wait three weeks for an appointment, he should have died!".

Yeah i heard you should stay on for good. and im spooked 'bout the depression,as i have had some issues. i dunno; getting an weekly pin doesn't seem so bad. lots of people take meds every day.



as an aside, i really dunno what to make of roids etc. my friend was on a ton and he came off with pct and is as happy as a clam. everyone says you'll lose all your gains when you cease, but i know guys who kept a fair amount of lean mass. i also know guys who fucked up, but lets face it people don't follow directions when they take stuff. i have a feeling most of the disasters are the fault of the end user and not the product.

I've been on test injections monthly for a couple years or so. Definitely notice a difference. Hasn't seemed to bother by blood pressure but I'm more hair trigger with anger than before.

We noticed.

Badummp---ting. lol

The not caring as much is impossible. Especially jobwise. I've never bought the "silent killer" thing. I've always been able to feel it. The ringing, feeling "hot", raging over nothing. I'm medded up and reading about 115-20 over 60-70.

I got on one of those blood pressure machines you used to see in malls or at health fairs with the automatic cuff and the digital display while I was whacked on meth. I was above the machines range to read.

First time I thought it may be BP I drove two blocks to the CVS drugstore which has a free machine. I recall it was 160/115 and none too good.

When I called the Doctor's office the nurse/whoever answers the scheduling phone was condescending like the drugstore machine was wrong.

As to "caring less"... I was able to care less by quitting working for the asshole I worked for and going out on my own. I'd say I have more stress now but it's my stress. It's hard to explain but it makes a difference.

I was in the hospital a couple weeks ago with 147/88. It evened out after a week or so. EKG and chest X-ray showed my ticker and lungs are in great shape. Jesus fuck. I'm not even 30!

If "caring less" is the ticket, then you should smoke some weed. It is nature's blood pressure medicine.

Can not smoke the weed. Weed and I do not agree on how much less we should care.

It ain't for everyone.

agreed but you don't have to smoke it... seriously, try an edible.

EVERYONE. forget what you think you know and try a low dose edible. it's fucken magic. it is a fully aware chill like the booze without any repercussions. it's a muscle relaxant combined with total awareness.

Lou's kid in college and its now party time?

Wish I had access to edibles here. I suppose I could do my own but thats counter intuitive to me. lol

Edibles just don't seem to work for me. I love the idea and everything, and the techniques are now to the point that you taste the food, not a mouthful of skunk. We brought home some tasty stuff from Seattle Hempfest, but the only thing I really got any effect from was a peanut butter cup.

That said, we're usually pretty ripped when we try them. Maybe starting from a reasonable straight point might make for a more scientific experiment.

pretty fucken close my friend...

Barry...I jumped into this as a non smoker. I'm betting you have a tolerance that comes into play. or maybe it just doesn't work for you?. I can't do edibles on consecutive days without getting a stomach ache for some reason.

Been there. In the old days of brownies with ground up leaves the most fucked up I ever got was from that shit. The only hangover I've ever had off weed.

THC delivery has come a long way in the last couple of years, which is a little problematic with You can smoke a dab of concentrate the size of the head of a pin and be stoned and done for the night within a minute. I was actually scared of concentrates because it can be too intense. I already run on the anxious side, so the idea of it triggering a panic attack had little appeal. I had 3 different grams of bho that I've picked up here and there that I was almost terrified to use. Finally got the stuff to set up an oil rig and we did it on a Saturday. Tore up my lungs nicely, coughed like a motherfucker. First thing I thought was "I changed my mind". Then I had to shit. Right now. The first ride was scary, but not as bad as I expected. We likes dabs very many now.

I guess my point is you have a perfect storm of of quick, massive THC delivery systems and a lot of people who either have never imbibed or haven't for 20+ years. Freak outs are bound to happen.

I'm sure tolerance has a lot to do with edibles not working for us. We keep talking about starting at a straight baseline to go in sober, eat the thing, wait an hour and see what happens.

Yup. Last decent edible I had a two day hangover. Eyesight was fucked for half a day and reaction times were low. Concentration and creativity were off the fucken charts though. I got so much done and my dreams were Oscar winning good. Seriously full on dialogue between 3 and 4 people with brilliant full depth scenes.
That shit is amazing.

Sounds like the edibles are too loaded for me. I'd have to do my own to temper them. You guys use a vaporizer ever?

I keep meaning to try out my sous vide machine for making butter. I'm not sure of the proper technique, but I thought an ounce of weed and a pound of butter vacuum sealed together, then dropped into a water bath at 183 degrees for maybe 6 hours. That should extract absolutely everything with no loss.

Butane blast is the only way to go. lots of instructions on YouTube.

^^^ Isn't that how people keep blowing themselves up?

If they're stupid. Yeah, it's a sketchy way of doing things. But each douche says "to do it outside". Properly purged it's as safe as a monkey driven rocketcar.

just try it...no ones ever died from pot. You have more to lose NOT trying edibles.

the only problem is the concentration isn't accurately measured so you have to time out your intake. so basically, if you close your eyes and the darkness starts speaking to you and you can answer back...stop eating. for at least an hour.

All this talk about edibles reminds me of eating mushrooms years ago. They were seasonal and inconsistent as hell as they were being grown naturally at the University of Georgia's dairy science farms. "The Man" would come up from Athens and we'd get a bag at our apartment in college and all eat a cap and wait...nothing...then eat a stem or two...nothing...eat one more cap and in about 15 minutes (total time from first cap about 1h15m) we'd be tripping balls. I always enjoyed that high but never learned how to predict or control it.

I guess a lot of other people have been wondering about making sous vide bud butter because there are tons of articles about it now. Last year there were none at all.

Basically, it goes like this:

An ounce of weed goes into a blender with some water until it's all ground up. You add that to a mason jar with a pound of butter and put it into the sous vide water bath at 185° for 6 hours. Then you strain it well into another mason jar, pressing it down hard to get all the butter out. Cool it in the fridge overnight and the butter will all be solidified on top and ready to use. One site I saw used the butter to roast a chicken and make bread putting, which sounds absolutely disgusting to me.

And apparently you can mix the butter with maltodextrin to create a powder which will melt on your tongue. Interestering.

Too much hassle. A nice water bong, with ice water in it, is still the best way to smoke reefer. Only thing I ever heard that sounded better was a buddy made a bong out of a pickle jar and packed it with snow.

The first time I got stoned it was off a bong made from the lung respirator of our weed hookup's best friend who had recently died. He mentioned how he was working on a gravity bong made from a missile fuselage retrieved from the military testing grounds. The idea was to fill the chamber with smoke and drop a bowling ball from the top and it would force the smoke out a tube and into your lungs. My favorite bong was this little tiny one I had made from a mini Pepsi bottle. I left it back in Washington State with a friend before I drove back up to Alaska after college.

I had a nice lil glass bong. Had to fill it up 2x to get full lungs. I left it on the shelf in my garage one November night, not realizing that water freezes on top first. Right at the top of the waterline, fuckin thing cracked.

Anybody ever put wine on ice in their bong ?

When I had glass bongs I never let anyone use one. It took two times of some douche getting stoned and breaking them that only plastic bongs came out for guests. Its never the douchebags fault either. They always want to claim its cheap glass or defective. Glassware was really expensive around here back in the 90s. I guess good pieces still are.

I'm still irritated with myself that I didn't buy this little clear glass pipe at the Pike Place Market in Seattle years back that was shaped like the starship Enterprise.

Bad idea. Alcohol will absorb/trap/otherwise prevent the fun cannabinoids from reaching your brain.

They still have them there, at least as of last August.

^^^Oh, ok, maybe. When I saw the one I wanted, it was at the very last booth in the indoor market. When I came back the next year, the place selling pipes was gone. Maybe they've brought them back now that weed is legal.

The head shop in Pikes is what I figured you meant. It's been there forever.

My cats fucking knock over all the glass bongs. never the stoners