I've been here a short time on eroids and the one thing that has been ever present since day one was holding off until a later age to begin AAS. In this case the age 25. Why 25 you ask? Good question, is there a definite age on full endocrine system development? I don't know I've been researching this topic for a while now and haven't found a said age. What I have found in multiple discussion is well into your 20's or midway through your 20's to me that translates to 25. There are so many factors that come into play that's it's hard to lay down a solid age. Genetics, lifestyle, family history, endocrine disputers so many thing play a part in your development. After all my finding I still fee that 25 is a very good and safe age to tell people to wait til. The truth is 25 may still be a little too young.

But let's not get hung up on age instead lets have an understanding of what we are dealing with. When I first used AAS I didn't even know what my endocrine system was let alone how steroids were effecting it. It wasn't' even until I joined here that I even considered it. So I didn't just want to "parrot" information to other members to wait until 25, just to be asked why ans say....... uh, cause that's what everyone else says. I wanted to know and understand for myself. Now I know that there are plenty of you out there that already have an understanding of this and have for quite sometime. This is more for the new YOUNG guy who doesn't know, and maybe a refresher for all of us on what exactly we are dealing with regardless if your ENDO system is fully developed or not we are still messing with the natural wiring of our body. The body is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Everything in it serves an exact purpose and the littlest of outside invaders can set it into a whirlwind, but the body is also highly adaptive.

These are the links that I have used to educate myself a little more on exactly what it is I am messing with when I inject AAS into my body.

(http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/09/23/brain-wiring-continues-into-youn...)- this article states that the brain isn't even full developed until well into our 20's. If the very thing that controls all our functions isn't developed until such time why would we even want to mess with anything.

(http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437000014.html)- This link talks about the parts and functions of the endocrine system, you will notice terms that we talk about day in and day out here.

(http://www.saferstates.com/2010/10/endocrine.html#.U3OXgtJdWoM)- This is about endocrine disruptors and how they affect our health.

(https://www.endocrine.org/~/media/endosociety/Files/Publications/Scienti...)- This is another abstact on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and is very detailed and is at length.

(http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/bio-202-ch-16-the-endocrine-system...) - Lastly this is a flash card quiz you can give yourself about the basics of the endocrine system. You simply highlight the blurred out text to reveal the answer.

I hope that this helps some people here. I feel that you will be more susceptible to problems if you mess with your endo system while it's still in development. I know that it has helped me have a better understanding on things, and there is still so much more to learn. I just wanted to post this to let people know this is very serious stuff we are dealing with here that can have some very serious consequences. Personally I find it a little scary. Sorry for such a long post, but something like this can't be done in 140 characters or less. For those of you who took the time to read Thank You.