Steroids and depression

[dabomb]

I suffer from depression. I am bi-polar and have been on and off depressants for a few years now. I did my first cycle a few months ago. I weined myself off of paxil before I started. I felt pretty good, almost like a high during my cycle as my confidence raised and what not. Shortly after my cycle I did start to get depressed again, I started my paxil up again about 2 weeks after and I am fine today.

If your see a counselling and/or psychiatrist I definatly disagree with doing a cycle. The gear affects everything. Your mood/temperment/anxiety everything while on it and obviously dropping out at the end. Theres no possible proper way to get help while on the gear IMO. Theres to many other variables going on blocking the real root of your depression. And you may actually think your doing great while on it giving up any help. Only to bottom out after.

Everybody with depression suffers a semi-different type and/or for different reasons/factors. I'm not saying that me doing the gear with depression is smart by any means. But I myself felt comfortable with going off my meds for a few months and going back on. I have been off and on them for years now so I know, a little better how my body would react for a time not on them.

I do know when I am not on my meds I am more edgy, so I try and stay away from the more aggresive stuff.

Anyways, I dont reccomend following what I did at all. There are a lot of risks involved and I have had a lot of success and learnt a lot about myself and my depression on how to handle it.

[Rhinosaurus]

My Dr. knows that I take gear and up until recently discovered I was suffering from depression(my sweetheart told him because I was driving her nuts, lol). He said that I needed something to level out my dopamine levels. Gear has a direct effect on it. He put me on Welbutrin XL and it seems to work. I feel more balanced and I don't seem to have those lows anymore.

[decadan]

Originally posted by Rhinosaurus
My Dr. knows that I take gear and up until recently discovered I was suffering from depression(my sweetheart told him because I was driving her nuts, lol). He said that I needed something to level out my dopamine levels. Gear has a direct effect on it. He put me on Welbutrin XL and it seems to work. I feel more balanced and I don't seem to have those lows anymore.

That's awesome, Dude. :)

[Crazy Gains]

Recently I started thinking it is one of my medications that did the mess and not the roids. In fact my mood started going bad while i was on gear not after. Three weeks before they had added risperdal in my treatment. This is risperidone a potent dopamine antagonist used for the treatment of schizophrenia and in minor doses for mood disorders which was my case. I stayed depressed for many weeks and now that i started to diminish the drug i feel much better.

Poor gear, why always blame that one? If i do a new cycle i will stop my medication and start again two weeks before it's end. (Maybe together with the HCG) Then gradually go a little over my norm and then after wome weeks go back to my regulars.

I WANNA GET BIG AND I WILL TRY TO GAIN ALL STRENGTH TO DO IT.


Cheers!