+ 1 Shingles at age 33... Steroid abuse might have played a role.
I've been blasting and cruising for the past several years... With a lot of Tren involved in both the cruising and blasting. Steroid abuse plain and simple.
Today I was diagnosed with shingles, which is basically the adult recurrence of chicken pox as the virus stays dormant in your body. I believe I've suppressed my immune system to create an environment for this to occur. Shingles is common in the 60 and over crowd with a natural lower immunity.
I'm thinking tren had a big role in it and probably the overuse of AIs that dropped my eatrogen levels to a unhealthy low level. Estrogen plays a huge role in your immune system. Heavy Androgen exposure is said to be immunosuppressive.
Just wanted to give a personal account to all my friends on eroids. I'm not claiming my AAS abuse was the direct cause but I feel it played a big role in my outbreak.
This is defintely a wake up call for me, and I no longer feel invincible. I'm going to have rethink my approach with my usage otherwise I'm certain more health issues will be in store.
Be smart and try to stay healthy out there boys.
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I have shingles, the only time it really comes out is if im run down and stressed from work for a few weeks straight or the few times i've ran superdrol. Superdrol probably lowered my immune system, i dont sleep many hours on it either. All 3 times as soon as i ceased the superdrol and started to mega dose my vitamin c and take some chelated zinc it would clear up within a week. But no steroids cant cause shingles, it may cause them to break out. Shingles is a form of herpes actually :/ sucks but its true. Lol
In light of this new health condition... I just put in an order for full blood work including CBC, lipid panel, psa, thyroid function, estradiol/testos, igf1, only thing left out was LH/FH... It's been well over a year 2 years where I've looked at all these values at once and in those past two years I've benn what most would consider stupid with my usage ... Will post the full blood work once I have them in my hands ... Haven't been blasting any high doses of anything but have been very liberal with duration of running orals and low dose Tren .... Hopefully this will prove to be a learning lesson for guys like me who think the rules don't apply ... Stayed tuned .. Will post in the labs section
Sometimes stress can trigger zoster
:( that's what I'm thinking it is ... This outbreak is starting to suck ... It's gotten quite big on my back and I'm suffering from serious pain . Fml.
My workouts at the gym are suffering tremendously ... Nerve pain and lifting is not fun. Looks like I'm taking a break until this clears through me
I completely get where you are coming from regarding your girl brother. When my wife went out I couldn't sleep, stressing on who was trying to talk to her. It got bad and began to show, I couldn't hide it any more. So I went to a shrink and it helped me and my wife tremendously.
Thanks man! A lot of times I feel alone on this front ... Don't want to look like a bitch in front of my boys and insecure in front of my girl ... worst part is... it's mostly all in my head and I just to man the fuck up and get over it.
Not trying to get to personal but how long have the two of you been together? Have you felt like this before with your past girlfriends?
We've been together almost 2 years now ... And no I wasn't like this at all with my past girlfriends ... This sort of behavior really started to intensify when my tren usage ramped up
I don't know anything about tren so I cant comment on that. What about this, maybe you are more concerned about other guys because she means more to you then previous girls?
Maybe that's the cause. TREN does different things to different people. My training partner gets very jealous when on tren. I've never had that, but I do tend to withdraw and become aloof and somewhat introverted.
If it was me, I'd reconsider ever using tren again.
Yeah I've decided today that I'm getting off the tren train for the indefinite future. She's a tricky beast , and I guess is getting the better of me. It was a fun ride when i wasn't such a paranoid stressed out maniac while on.
I appreciate all the feed back guys! My doc has me on a 7 day proticol of valtrex, 1gr every 8 hours. He said it's good I got it looked at early and started treatment as soon as the rashes appeared. He thinks should it'll be a more effective outcome with valtrex in the mix.
I have been dealing with a lot more stress lately between work demands, irregular eating and the typical drama that involves a attractive girl friend whom I've recently got into a long term relationship with. She never ceases to get attention whenever she goes ... I trust her 100% but it still takes a toll on me especially I hate to blame tren here again ... But I've found myself being more and more paranoid and concerned about the potential of infidelity. I keep most of it internalized :/
My case is on the milder side compared to horrific shit you see on Google ... I got a nice band of it near my lat and some on my right chest. Virtually no pain, or itchiness, but it does look rather unsightly... Thanks Rick I will definitely get some aloe to help with healing process.
On the girl front brother you just have to look at it like, "go ahead douchebag rap on her, but I'll be the one between them legs come midnight". And then smile from ear to f'ing ear. My wife wife gets a bit of attention too, as long as they are not slobbering on her or attempting to place hands on her I just laugh at them. If they go beyond that, well then you need to do a quick threat assessment and decide the best action which is usually moving away from the douchebag.
Thanks brother for the advice. I never imagined myself getting this way ... I'm typically the guy with your sort of attitude ... Nowadays when I see or hear about a guy chatting my girl up ... Or my girl wants to do a Girls night out, which fortunately isn't often I stress more then I should ... And I know it's not healthy for the relationship or myself. I will struggle hard to adopt your approach from here on out as there is obvious benefit to it. There have been times where I just wanted to just tear a guys head off, but I consider myself to have good self control when it comes to violently reacting ... So it's always me stepping back from situations like that and letting it go. Woo sahhh
Yea, as far she goes bro, you just have to trust her until or unless she does something to break that trust. If that happens the relationship is likely toast anyway.
No doubt ... I have a zero tolerance policy with shit like that ... She fucks up once and that's it, it's over.
Well if anything, at least it looks like you care about her and like being with her, cause you don't want to lose her. I'm a lucky guy since my wife doesn't like to go out and party and what not. So I can't fully understand where you are coming from, but yea trust is a tough thing. Hope all works out!
Thanks brother! I hope so too.
Go to the store & buy a fresh Aloe Vera plant, break the stick & rub the clear juice in the affected area, pay me later!!!
Stress is the biggest factor in recurrence.
I had a bout with them a year ago, and it was very kild...maybe 4 blisters on my side/kidney area.
Just had to wait it out.... but I got lucky it was so mild.
Don't they recommend that we all get the chickenpox vaccine again now? I had them pretty bad when I was a kid.
According to my wife. ( medical profession)
If your a carrier of the varicella costa virus in your body you'll get chicken-pops with or with out the vaccine. You'll recover faster or not get them as bad with the vaccine. But your 50 percent more likely to get shingles when you get older.
She also said if you got the vaccine and don't carry the virus, you'll never get chickenpox or shingles.
My wife is against the vaccine, she said the risks out weigh the benifits.
Right on. Good to know.
The vaccine manufacturer that makes billions of dollars selling this $hit are the ones that say you should get this but the medical data for any proof or benefit in preventing shingles is lacking. And I dont think steroid use would cause or even be associated with coming down with shingles.
Me neither, I think it is just being unlucky and exposed to kids with chickenpox.
It can definitely happen at any age. I've known quite a few people that have dealt with them in their 30's.
They definiteky sound like no picnic.
I doubt it had anything to do with you using gear.
JuicewizardDude I had shingles when I was like 20 man. I wasn't on anything or even thinking of juicing around the time I had them.. It's the luck of the draw.. Shingles = low ammune system. Could it be lowed by the sauce? It could. But who really knows for sure man. Also my immune system was probably low because I wasnt eating properly and healthy at all.. What is your diet like too?
Same here, had shingles when I was around 18 or so. Way before my as usage
It's hard to tell. I had them this past year at 29 and wasn't on anything other than some PEPs theres so many things that can cause shingles the dr told me he had no clue why. Possibly that I was Vitamin D deficient.