Testosterone Taper

[Steve123]

Had some interesting talks here about Tapering so I do some searching. There is one school of thought that advocates a "stasis Taper". What are the thoughts about this on PM?

Basically, it looks something like this:
Cycle, weeks 1-12 (by week 12 you are off all anabolics and Any HCG- you just keep the Test.)

Stasis (4 weeks for shorter esters; 6 for longer. Lets say 5 for Ethanate)
week 13-17: Test E, 100mg

Taper:
Test E: 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 20

If you were going to use a SERM, you would use it during the taper at a low dose. Some say it's not even needed.

 

[oldfella]

Had some interesting talks here about Tapering so I do some searching. There is one school of thought that advocates a "stasis Taper". What are the thoughts about this on PM?

Basically, it looks something like this:
Cycle, weeks 1-12 (by week 12 you are off all anabolics and Any HCG- you just keep the Test.)

Stasis (4 weeks for shorter esters; 6 for longer. Lets say 5 for Ethanate)
week 13-17: Test E, 100mg

Taper:
Test E: 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 20

If you were going to use a SERM, you would use it during the taper at a low dose. Some say it's not even needed.

My thoughts are you are overthinking this. Just work out the dose you want to use, start with that and finish with that. This is not that complicated as many make it out to be. You plan a cycle for xx weeks. Work out what dose you will use xxx mg/wk and stick with that unless you run into problems.

 

[Huge_C2]

Espcially with Test E, it stays in your blood for so long it eventually tapers itself in a way. ITs not like it just one day decides to be gone.. It will work its way down to that.. ITs up to you to take care of the maint. But thats just my 2cents, listen to OF after all he is the old fella..

 

[AN3M4L]

Tapering would only be useful if it could allow you to produce natural test but if on test no matter what dose it will suppress your own test at least to a degree where you can't produce natural test. Therefore being useless.

 

[alecaf]

I think what you are doing is unnecessary, the taper i do is this:
Cycle 1-12: 500mg/wk weeks
12-15: 150mg/wk
HCG 500iu 2xwk starting week 6 or whenever my balls shrink lo.

 

[Chim Chim]

OldFella has lots more experience than me all around, and I would usually never contradict him. However, I have used this statis taper. It worked great for me.

 

[Steve123]

Thanks guys.

If I do a cycle it's for cutting and will be my first ever and it will be a low dose. I'm sure I will respond well to a low dose given that I've never done the stuff, I'm 40 years old and I have "low normal" test. But with a low dose maybe it will also be easier to come back but either way I'm cool. I'm done having kids at this point, I'm 40 and with low levels any way, the worst case - TRT- probably isn't a bad alternative anyway.

 

[notsobig32]

DAD posted some great information in another post. The very nature ot the half-life of the longer acting testosterone esters themselves allow for the taper. i believe Dad stated it takes 6 half-lifes for the drug to reach the level where it is inactive in the human body. What i get from this is that you take your last 500mg(or whatever) shot and then in somewhere around 6-7 weeks the drug has completely tapered down in your system.

DAD, please chime in here, i think i got this right but i am sure you can explain further.