MrRippedZilla
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Cite that evidence.There’s plenty of clinical evidence from human trials that Ostarine does NOT suppress endogenous testosterone in males.
Cite that evidence.There’s plenty of clinical evidence from human trials that Ostarine does NOT suppress endogenous testosterone in males.
exactly - since my experience I’ve gone on to find anecdotal accounts with lab work on Reddit of men getting their natural T level dropping by as much as 75% while on Ostarine!Cite that evidence.
It seems like MK-2866 is either suppressive for females, or the OP could be an outlier.
Id rather cede the point than go looking for articles I read three months ago.Cite that evidence.
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.