Big A, KillerStack, Phidias, b-boy, et al......THANKS for this great thread.
I have used around or close to or at a gram of test per year in the past, so I can only speak from my experiences. I would also cycle in other compounds from time to time (dbol, deca, eq, etc.).
I got next to NO sides.
Hairloss: None
Acne: It actually improved the longer I was at that dose, my body seemed to adapt to it. Now increasing or decreasing in large increments would sometimes break me out, mainly due to such large blood fluctuations imo. The only other time I would break out was if I ate some crap foods.
Liver: Always in the normal range, even when I used pain meds and drank from time to time with friends. We got extra credit in some classes in college if we went to the health center and got blood screens and liver panel tests, and it was free. Mine always came out normal, and High-normal only after maybe a weekend of drinking and of course daily weight lifting.
Lipids: They were always normal. I think the lowest my HDL came out to was in the high 20's. I do have to be honost though in that I have never gotten blood work IMMEDIATELY after any oral AAS like winny. I'm sure they were probably lower, but by the time I got tested, they were normal, and the one time it came out at like 29.
BP: As long as I had cardio, didn't eat crap foods, and used an anti-E (back in the day), or an AI (most recently >2000), I was fine.
HcT: The highest mine has been was right at 50. I was on 1200mg of prop + 50-100mg/d of Anadrol on that cycle.
Gyno: I never got ANY on cycle when I was using these doses. However, I DID get gyno while I was OFF. From 1998-2001 I was clean, and I started getting itchy nips the last 2 years
Since then, I've had to be more cautious on what I use and to make sure i use an AI or something to help with prolactin while on cycle. LOL....I got mine after being clean for 2-3 years
I had gyno surgery in 2006.
Moods: Well, only if I do something to make my blood pressure go up, or if I am dieting and cranky from being hungry, or from when I am on thermos like Clen and ephedrine.....usuallly with low-carbs
Elevated estrogen makes me sensitive too.
Sterilitity: Well, I have no kids, and I haven't whacked off into a cup yet to check my sperm count, but then again, I haven't really been in the position to want to have kids. I'm close to that stage now though, so i'll have to comment on that later. At 27, and being on exclusively for 2 years, I got my EX-GF pregnant while on Test prop, Tren Ace, Eq, and winny. Was at the end of my summer run, and we got back together and she "forgot to take her pills for a week or two
" without me knowing, and well, she got knocked up. She miscarriaged at 2 months though. That was in 2002. I'm 33 now.
Like Big A, I spend a ton on ancilliries, liver aids (Tyler's Liver Detox, NAC, Liv.52, calcium d-glucarate, etc), Aromatase Inhibitors, Clomid, HcG, I use R-ALA (glucorell) for liver and insulin sensitivity issues. I have always had good luck with saw palmetto + an AI for my prostate, and I take fish oils, CoQ10, multi-Vits, 10,000iu Vit D3, etc.....
One side I do have, and it kind of sucks, is added body hair
I hate hair, so I go through a lot of Gillette Fusion razors
All this being said, I haven't really ran high doses for the better part of the last 2 years now. I agree with b-boy and BigA on 'gradually' increasing doses so that you have room to 'up the dose dose' when the current dose is not working. I have to stay on to not lose size, even when diet and training are on par. I am not against coming off though at all, and I commend guys like b-boy who can accomplish that feit, that is awesome!
DISCLAIMER: As always, everything I say is always dependant on a good diet and kicking ass in the gym with heavy progressive lifting
......and I don't actually use AAS as that would be illegal to do. I joke a lot
I'm just reporting my own experiences in this post, some may not be able to do what others are able to do, just like what Big A stated in his post. IMO, just stick with what works best for you, and be smart and get health exams done.
BMJ