I’m 45 years old and would like to run a steroid cycle but I’m scared of side effects
the 3 side effects I’m most worried about
1. high blood pressure
2. insomnia
3. hair loss
which steroid cycle would be most safe from below?
Test E 300mgs a week
Tren E 250mgs a week
Mast E 500mgs a week
or
Test cyp 500mgs a week
Dianabol 30mgs a day
Eq 400mgs a week. .
All of these cycles are going to have side effects to some degree.
High blood pressure can come from any cycle, even no cycle of your diet isn’t straight. Diet needs to be addressed first here. Your BF% will also dictate response to gear, high aromatisation, BP, BG ect. I don’t not recommend start steroids when your sitting over 18%-20%, ideally 15% or below will have you manage a lot of these modalities bear in mind diet is tight.
Hair loss is dictated by Genes, as well as DHT/E2 balance. Low E2 + high DHT = hair loss, High E2 + HIGH DHT = Hair loss. You will have some degree of both in higher ranges as Test converts to E2 via 5a reduction and and aromatisation.
Insomnia can come from higher androgen signaling in general, most people can tolerate this, few can’t. Most have insomnia on tren, due to its high androgen signalling via strong binding affinity and BBB.
So that’s tren out of the question. EQ may cause insomnia in some.
If this is your first cycle, my advice is to go for a TRT dose of testosterone. That way you can have an improved quality of life and very little side effects. The cycles you have stated above will cause 2 or more of your the side effects you’re most worried about.