My bio: 40 yo male, 6'6", 200lbs. I've been working out 3 times per week + sauna & cold plunges, for 3-4 years running now. Best shape of my life. Strict diet - toggling between slow carb & carnivore. Supplementing with daily vitamins, tongkat ali, lecithin, creatine + grass fed whey protein, and krill oil.
Recently I was diagnosed with a hereditary nerve disease called Charcot Marie Tooth / CMT1A, after slow progression of hand and foot muscle atrophy and other symptoms. In my teens and 20s, I always thought it took me 2x the work in the gym for me to see modest gains and keep up with my peers, and now I know why. CMT sucks, but it's not life threatening and doesn't effect life span. It does, however, effect quality of life. Without diving into too much of a CMT rabbit hole, I recently went to a specialist to see if I could get a prescription for Oxandrolone + HCG to help with regenerating nerve myelin and regrow peripheral muscles. (There is legit medical studies that show anabolic steroids affect on CMT patients and has shown to help with other muscle waisting diseases). Not surprising, my neurologist would not prescribe the Ox due to risks associated, and lack of systematic drug trials for use in CMT, but... My doctor did say that he would help me monitor progress & lipids if I chose to get on an Ox regimen. I admitted that I had a source through TRT clinic. He literally said that although he cannot prescribe this, he would consider doing this himself if he had this diseases. So... Here I am, considering an Ox + hcg + TRT regimen. Everything I read tells me Ox has a fairly good safety profile. And if I keep the dosage to 20mg per day, at 3 months max, while checking blood every pre & post cycle, I'm hopeful it will not wreck my LDL and other markers. Once on cycle, I plan to shift my workouts to 5 days per week, 200 min of zone 2 cardio, and continued sauna use.
Questions: will Ox effect mood, mental state, etc.? Should I go through my TRT clinic (Aspire) for the sublingual form of Ox, or should I rely on another source for pill form? If so, any source recs? Is there any other side effects or risks that aren't the obvious ones I read about (cardiovascular, prostate, etc.)?
Apologies in advance for the newbie questions here. Just looking for some assistance or any feedback before I embark on this journey. Thx friends.
- PM
Recently I was diagnosed with a hereditary nerve disease called Charcot Marie Tooth / CMT1A, after slow progression of hand and foot muscle atrophy and other symptoms. In my teens and 20s, I always thought it took me 2x the work in the gym for me to see modest gains and keep up with my peers, and now I know why. CMT sucks, but it's not life threatening and doesn't effect life span. It does, however, effect quality of life. Without diving into too much of a CMT rabbit hole, I recently went to a specialist to see if I could get a prescription for Oxandrolone + HCG to help with regenerating nerve myelin and regrow peripheral muscles. (There is legit medical studies that show anabolic steroids affect on CMT patients and has shown to help with other muscle waisting diseases). Not surprising, my neurologist would not prescribe the Ox due to risks associated, and lack of systematic drug trials for use in CMT, but... My doctor did say that he would help me monitor progress & lipids if I chose to get on an Ox regimen. I admitted that I had a source through TRT clinic. He literally said that although he cannot prescribe this, he would consider doing this himself if he had this diseases. So... Here I am, considering an Ox + hcg + TRT regimen. Everything I read tells me Ox has a fairly good safety profile. And if I keep the dosage to 20mg per day, at 3 months max, while checking blood every pre & post cycle, I'm hopeful it will not wreck my LDL and other markers. Once on cycle, I plan to shift my workouts to 5 days per week, 200 min of zone 2 cardio, and continued sauna use.
Questions: will Ox effect mood, mental state, etc.? Should I go through my TRT clinic (Aspire) for the sublingual form of Ox, or should I rely on another source for pill form? If so, any source recs? Is there any other side effects or risks that aren't the obvious ones I read about (cardiovascular, prostate, etc.)?
Apologies in advance for the newbie questions here. Just looking for some assistance or any feedback before I embark on this journey. Thx friends.
- PM
