Female experience with Ostarine - holy suppression!

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I just wanted to share my personal experience with Ostarine.

LABWORK

I had baseline labwork done before starting, my testosterone level was 10, which is pretty low anyway even for a woman.

I took 10-12.5 mg of Ostarine every day for 4 weeks.

After 4 weeks I had labs drawn again and my testosterone dropped to 2!!!

Beware of the suppression! This is not a benign SARM. This is an insane amount of suppression considering the dose.

SIDE EFFECTS

Side effects were mostly sexual.

Please don’t be a pervert about the following information, and this is only being shared for the benefit of female body builders.

In the first week of Ostarine my libido went out of control high, and at baseline mine is already high as is. Clitoral sensitivity increased. It was awesome.

Week 2-end of week 3 felt pretty normal aside from increased appetite for some reason.

Then, around the end of week 3, I noticed orgasm threshold increased (meaning it was noticeably more difficult to orgasm, big bummer). I immediately suspected suppression. Libido was okay throughout all this.

When I stopped taking it I had a headache for, no joke, a full six days straight. Not a migraine, just a tension headache, 4-5/10 pain level. I very very rarely get headaches and this was the only variable that changed. I also put on 3lb of water weight in 24 hours the day I stopped it. My belly still feels kind of bloated.

Looking forward to my hormones bouncing back to say the least!


VERDICT

I wanted to try the SARM for just a month in order to see what it could do for me and it wasn’t worth it at all for me. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Did I look any different? No!

Am I stronger? Some of my lifts progressed a little bit but this likely would have happened without Ostarine either.

I don’t think I gained much muscle. Definitely not more than I would have just going it alone without the SARM. I tracked every calorie as always and I weigh all my food, I ate at maintenance the first 2 weeks on it, then shifted to a very slight surplus the second 2 weeks - maybe 100 calories over maintenance per day.



I am considering taking some DHEA as a possible PCT to help my T levels go up.

My next step will be to see a female hormone replacement specialist in the next 3-6 months. My T is low as is and my estradiol is really low, I’m way too young to have these geriatric-looking labs. Some may be due to my birth control but definitely not all!

I work in healthcare but I am not strong in endocrinology so I look forward to the expert opinion and will keep y’all updated.
 

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Paging Dr. Zilla.

I’m clueless. I don’t even know how women produce testosterone!

yuck. Sorry you had to endure all that. At least week one had an upside.
 

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10 isn't a normal hormone level for a women. It's a lot lower than that. Like 2/3.

What was your free test level at?

Also. It's a given to be at a low at the moment. I've used that sarm but, i don't think anything happened with it.

Kind of like men, Post Cycle. You hit a low/low before you start to come back to a semi Normal. Most likely will not recover.
 

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10 isn't a normal hormone level for a women. It's a lot lower than that. Like 2/3.

What was your free test level at?

Also. It's a given to be at a low at the moment. I've used that sarm but, i don't think anything happened with it.

Kind of like men, Post Cycle. You hit a low/low before you start to come back to a semi Normal. Most likely will not recover.

Actually normal total T level is 2-45 in women per Quest, and actually I’ve seen 10 or even 15-70 as the normal range in other labs. 2 is so low it’s probably not good in my case.
 

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yuck. Sorry you had to endure all that. At least week one had an upside.

I should’ve listened to you when you said you’d advise against SARMs but I suppose I had to make sure on my own.

hehe, the ovaries produce it!
 
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I should’ve listened to you when you said you’d advise against SARMs but I suppose I had to make sure on my own.

hehe, the ovaries produce it!

50% of the time I’m right every time.
 

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I know men get the majority of their estrogen from the aromatization of testosterone.. while women... im pretty sure.. produce most of their estrogen from their ovaries. worth looking into and to know your estrogen likely won't bottom out like your test did. might bring some peace of mind. sorry to hear this happen to you. sarms suck and should only be taken with a test base ime.
 

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Not a fan of SARMS for male or female!
 

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Good post. Looks like you got the important part and that's 1) learning something and 2) application of what you've learned. Keep us posted on your progress.
 

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man being suppressed all the way to 2. that's pretty insane. hope that you find something that works for u other than the ostarine
 

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I'll pull out my blood work so you can compare. And give you an idea.

I was low T back in November. I was probably low t early on in 2019. My OBGYN said, everything was, "NORMAL".

I lost a ovary September 2019. I asked for more blood work. He declined. I went and saw another doctor. He did my blood work for PRE CYCLE. Determined I was low T.

I ran Test and NPP from December 2019 into Feb 2020. I felt really god. Test levels went up. I came off, and of course, my levels dropped back down and since I was paying attention, I felt like shit.

He put me on Test E. And we've been working on dialing my dose in. Past two months have been a absolute roller coaster.

Anyways, I have all the blood work papers here. Minus my previous monthly bloods done last month. If you want me to post my numbers, I can. Just to give you an idea.

NOTE: It's only natural you drop super low, post cycle. That's not something new. That's the risk you take when you make the commitment to PED.
 

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I'd advise giving your body time to recover rather than adding a bunch of experimental extras into the mix at this stage. Like German said, a drop post-cycle is common. As is a full recovery in 95% of cases, which is a much higher ratio than what you'd see with men for a variety of reasons that I won't bore you with.

What birth control method are you using? Do not underestimate the impact of that on your T levels.. A 50% drop is standard with most forms.

I've always strongly advocated against sarms use for both sexes. I'm sorry to hear that Jin wasn't able to prevent you from undertaking this disappointing 4 week run. He needs to work on his persuasiveness.
 
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I'd advise giving your body time to recover rather than adding a bunch of experimental extras into the mix at this stage. Like German said, a drop post-cycle is common. As is a full recovery in 95% of cases, which is a much higher ratio than what you'd see with men for a variety of reasons that I won't bore you with.

What birth control method are you using? Do not underestimate the impact of that on your T levels.. A 50% drop is standard with most forms.

I've always strongly advocated against sarms use for both sexes. I'm sorry to hear that Jin wasn't able to prevent you from undertaking this disappointing 4 week run. He needs to work on his persuasiveness.

I have a Mirena IUD which is supposed to work more locally and is less potent systemically, my estradiol on both my lab tests was just “<15” (which was labeled as consistent with Menopausal). It is possible I am just very susceptible to anything that meddles with my hormones and therefore the levonorgestrel in my Mirena is enough to make my estradiol this low. It wouldn’t have any effect on Test levels, in fact levonorgestrel is mildly androgenic.
 

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I have a Mirena IUD which is supposed to work more locally and is less potent systemically, my estradiol on both my lab tests was just “<15” (which was labeled as consistent with Menopausal). It is possible I am just very susceptible to anything that meddles with my hormones and therefore the levonorgestrel in my Mirena is enough to make my estradiol this low. It wouldn’t have any effect on Test levels, in fact levonorgestrel is mildly androgenic.
Impressive. Mirena is what I recommend for that exact reason. The local release of hormones doesn't impact your natural LH/FSH cycle. I think it's safe to say that BC isn't playing a significant role here and your plan to follow up and investigate those lab results further in a few months is the right one.

I hope you stick around and keep us updated. It's very rare to find someone who's as on top of their hormone game as you are. I say that in reference to both sexes :)
 

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Impressive. Mirena is what I recommend for that exact reason. The local release of hormones doesn't impact your natural LH/FSH cycle. I think it's safe to say that BC isn't playing a significant role here and your plan to follow up and investigate those lab results further in a few months is the right one.

I hope you stick around and keep us updated. It's very rare to find someone who's as on top of their hormone game as you are. I say that in reference to both sexes :)

thanks! thankfully my FSH has normal in both labs.

I emailed my gynecologist today describing my lab results and asking if this estradiol level is possibly due to Mirena.
 
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So scary. I can’t imagine losing a testicle like lance

Uh... Not really. I actually told the doc to take both. Now he ****ed me because I might need the other one removed. I understand why he left it but... Fuk dude, I told you to take it!
 

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They (some folks) try to say SARM's don't have sides, aren't suppressive. As we know (and now you know) that's a bunch of BS.

The good thing is you got real Ostarine. Your numbers will come back. Bad news is, how do women raise their natty levels? I dont know.
Female TRT Dr. I guess would be best bet. When I listen to Superhuman Radio Podcast (Carl Lanore) he has a weekly show with Adam Lamb from RenewRx.
They work w/ females as well,and probably other places out there do as well).
 

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They (some folks) try to say SARM's don't have sides, aren't suppressive. As we know (and now you know) that's a bunch of BS.

The good thing is you got real Ostarine. Your numbers will come back. Bad news is, how do women raise their natty levels? I dont know.
Female TRT Dr. I guess would be best bet. When I listen to Superhuman Radio Podcast (Carl Lanore) he has a weekly show with Adam Lamb from RenewRx.
They work w/ females as well,and probably other places out there do as well).

It seems like MK-2866 is either suppressive for females, or the OP could be an outlier.

There’s plenty of clinical evidence from human trials that Ostarine does NOT suppress endogenous testosterone in males.

That being said, RAD-140 (testolone) was harsh on my liver. I don’t do bloodwork but I could feel my liver working overtime after a few weeks.

The Ostarine however made me feel great and I will be using it again.
 

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