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trekrider215

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My girlfriend recently did her first anavar cycle leading up to her meet. It ended up being five weeks long. Reason we cut it short is because right after we decided on another powerlifting meet that was 12 weeks out. This is an important meet for her, where shes hoping to set some serious records. When it comes to this stuff she's all in.

We decided to end the first cycle when we did because obviously she couldn't stay on var straight through to the second meet. So we figured we would get her right into a break for 6 weeks, so she could start the var again for the 6 weeks leading up to the next meet.

Sorry if I confused you, it went 5 weeks on, 6 weeks off, and then another 6 weeks on. Then a long break after. Right now shes in the middle of that and so far currently 4 weeks off. So in 2 weeks she'll start up again.

We were talking about this today, and she's feeling great. She gained a tremendous amount of strength from the Var, VERY fast, and honestly four weeks later she's barely lost any of it. Which is seriously awesome. Gear or not, shes a genetic beast. I wish I had that shit. Anyways..

She mentioned she hasn't had her period in a while. Which we kind of figured the Anavar would effect it. She last had her period on April 16th. She started her first Anavar cycle on April 6. So it's basically been like 7 weeks since she had a period.

My question to the females is, is this relatively normal? Shes been off for almost 4 weeks now. My only concern is having her start up again in a few weeks because I feel like that would delay it more possibly. Isn't this kind of the same concept as birth control in the way it delays the period? I could be way off with that one, idk.

Is it safe for her to not have her period for this long?
Does the Var effect ya'lls periods?
How long after cessation of AAS does it take for the period to return?
If she doesn't get her period in the next few weeks is it still safe to start her on the next 6 week run?

She handled the gear like a champ. She felt amazing, had like zero side effects. we went up to 20mg's on the week of the meet, but stayed at 10,10,15 for the previous weeks. That's all she plans on doing for the next meet. Basically staying roughly 10mg's ED, and boost up a little higher for the last week or two of the meet.

Shout out to PCT SHOP because their Anavar is fantastic!
Any advanced experienced females could give us would be great, my girl will be following this thread.
 
Bro when it comes to females taking anything there are no rules to follow. Stress at work can stop there period. I wouldn't follow advice online or what to take. I would start super low MG's with short Half life gear and take it day by day. Remember any sides a female gets could stay with her for ever.
 
Sorry brother but did yah read the whole post?

i wasnt asking for a rule to follow or what to take.

For a female taking steroid advice (which is essentially the same as learning, the way most of us did it and the most efficient way, online is pretty much the way to go). in conjuction with basically trial and error and what works for us.

As i stated we already have a protocol we're following with very, very positive results.

Shes not preggo, the anavar caused her to miss her period. This we know. What we'd like to find out is how other females menstrations were effected by aas, specifically Anavar. This gives us a better idea of what is considered more normal, as well as what to look out for.

Lastly as i mentioned shes a high level competitor, shes well aware or the risks associated with AAS. I mean no disrespect, i understand you're just trying to look out brother.
 
trekrider215 said:
My girlfriend recently did her first anavar cycle leading up to her meet. It ended up being five weeks long. Reason we cut it short is because right after we decided on another powerlifting meet that was 12 weeks out. This is an important meet for her, where shes hoping to set some serious records. When it comes to this stuff she's all in.

We decided to end the first cycle when we did because obviously she couldn't stay on var straight through to the second meet. So we figured we would get her right into a break for 6 weeks, so she could start the var again for the 6 weeks leading up to the next meet.

Sorry if I confused you, it went 5 weeks on, 6 weeks off, and then another 6 weeks on. Then a long break after. Right now shes in the middle of that and so far currently 4 weeks off. So in 2 weeks she'll start up again.

We were talking about this today, and she's feeling great. She gained a tremendous amount of strength from the Var, VERY fast, and honestly four weeks later she's barely lost any of it. Which is seriously awesome. Gear or not, shes a genetic beast. I wish I had that shit. Anyways..

She mentioned she hasn't had her period in a while. Which we kind of figured the Anavar would effect it. She last had her period on April 16th. She started her first Anavar cycle on April 6. So it's basically been like 7 weeks since she had a period.

My question to the females is, is this relatively normal? Shes been off for almost 4 weeks now. My only concern is having her start up again in a few weeks because I feel like that would delay it more possibly. Isn't this kind of the same concept as birth control in the way it delays the period? I could be way off with that one, idk.

Is it safe for her to not have her period for this long?
Does the Var effect ya'lls periods?
How long after cessation of AAS does it take for the period to return?
If she doesn't get her period in the next few weeks is it still safe to start her on the next 6 week run?

She handled the gear like a champ. She felt amazing, had like zero side effects. we went up to 20mg's on the week of the meet, but stayed at 10,10,15 for the previous weeks. That's all she plans on doing for the next meet. Basically staying roughly 10mg's ED, and boost up a little higher for the last week or two of the meet.

Shout out to PCT SHOP because their Anavar is fantastic!
Any advanced experienced females could give us would be great, my girl will be following this thread.
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Thanks man we produce a high quality Anavar that's the real deal we will never put our customers at risk by saleing bunk gear if the label says Anavar it's Anavar if it says primo then it primo u have my word
on that
 
Maybe never, that is an honest answer. The female HPTA axis is way different than a males and much more delicate to disruption.
 
Maybe never, that is an honest answer. The female HPTA axis is way different than a males and much more delicate to disruption. That being said it could be anytime it comes back and I would assume ( no research to back this up) it would return when her HPTA axis is FULLY normalized and her environmental conditions are favorable. Some powerlifting females lose their period jut from lifting. I know my sisters have. The only real answers are going to come from research( I don't think there is much) and whatever a Gyno or Endocrinologist has to say. Has she had bloods?
I hope I helped.
 
Thanks brother I appreciate it. I like this forum and wanted to hear what you guys had to say because I know I saw a few females on here who obviously very experienced, can't remember their names but hopefully they'll see this and chime in.

I've been researching on the dozen other forums i'm a member on and apparently it seems as almost EVERY female does lose their period when they use AAS. Out of about the 40 responses I read, I think I saw maybe 1 that says she didn't lose he period.

It was mentioned that most likely the period will start back up when the drug clears the system and like DD above me said, when the hpta normalizes. Most of the responses I've read said this can take at least 3-4 weeks or sometimes when you come off you'll basically skip the next menstration cycle and have to wait for the one after it.

I've read a few females mention that they haven't had their period in almost 2 years and they weren't on any type of Birth control either. The biggest thing I was concerned about was the normality of this and apparently it seems it's extremely common.

Birth control is basically synthetic estrogen, the change in the bodies hormones stop the period the same way the changes in hormones from Var stop the period. Even when coming off BC theres a period in which they have to adjust again to be able to get their period.
 
Birth Control is generally a progestin , or a progestin and synthetic estrogen combined. If you check out the studies I posted earlier in the female forum you will see that BC drives SHBG way up (4x normal range) , and it continues to remain elevated for up to four months. So if a female is taking an ergogenic AAS plus a progestin based BC then logic would ensue that her SHBG levels are at least 4x over normal , if not more. It takes a female much longer to fully recover from AAS use than a male, due to the complexity of their reproduction system.
For any women I really suggest blood tests before , during and after cycles and PCT. One must remember that virilization side effects in a female can be permanent.
 
trekrider215 said:
Birth control is basically synthetic estrogen, the change in the bodies hormones stop the period the same way the changes in hormones from Var stop the period. Even when coming off BC theres a period in which they have to adjust again to be able to get their period.
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If that were true then testosterone would have the same sterilizing effect on us, and while it does to a point it is not effective enough to be considered viable BC(plenty of guys knock their wife up on cycle). This is why they use much more powerful hormones for BC such as progestins.
 
Dean Destructo said:
If that were true then testosterone would have the same sterilizing effect on us, and while it does to a point it is not effective enough to be considered viable BC(plenty of guys knock their wife up on cycle). This is why they use much more powerful hormones for BC such as progestins.
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What I said was true. It had nothing to do with actually controlling birth. Girls I think can technically still get pregnant on anavar even though they're not having their period.
I said it just to make a point how when hormones are introduced to their body that stops their period. Whether its hormones like birth control or hormones like AAS. Wasn't talking about actually controlling birth whatsoever, not sure how you read it as that.
 
And for the record my lady is not on any type of birth control. I don't think its a very good idea at all to be using the two together.
 
Nah what I was saying is that BC probably shuts you down harder than Var and the two combined would probably be disastrous. I am not sure though that is all just conjecture at this point.
 
Dean Destructo said:
Nah what I was saying is that BC probably shuts you down harder than Var and the two combined would probably be disastrous. I am not sure though that is all just conjecture at this point.
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It definitely makes sense. Everywhere else I read people we're saying if you're on BC it's a waste of time to try and run var or aas because they're counterproductive to each other. You would get much less or very little results from the var while running BC. I don't know how true something like that is either but it just sounds like a bad idea having all that craziness of hormones going on in a females body.
 
As mentioned it is very normal. Also it's anyone's guess when she will start again. If she stays lean she may never start again. Silk (my wife) didn't have her period for years. When she was forced to take a long break that little bastard came back. Hormones do play a role, but as someone else mentioned so does stress, body composition, and a slew of other factors. If you are worried about her being able to have children I would say not to worry. At least not on such a small dose of a benign drug even with extended use.
 
Hey The Dude, really appreciate your reply brother. I thought i'd update an mention she did start her period last night. So it was almost exactly 4 weeks since coming off the var. So basically the var set her behind 2 cycles, (because the var cycle was only 5 weeks). I'm sure the length and dosages all play a factor in how long it takes to get back to normal blah blah, just thought ide mention this incase any other female having the same question happens to run across this thread. In another week she will start another var cycle leading up to the next meet. Just a very mild, 10mg's a day for 4 weeks, 15mg's for the 5th week, and 20mg's for 6th (meet week), then a two week taper.

Thanks for everyones responses. I'll let you know when she wins.
 
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