Anyone see an issue with anabolic steroids here?

[Anonymous]

Hear me out. My girlfriend is a nurse and I started taking anabolic steroids under her care.. She does the injections and keeps my blood levels in check. I take a small dosage of testerone enthate. I'm a competitive bodybuilder.. I'm on my second cycle right now and I just don't understand why I should stop. I take adderal also. Between those two drugs I'm accomplishing so much in my life right now. The year I started both my life has literally changed for the better. My school work is better.. I compete at a higher level.. I look better.. I feel like superman. The only problem is that I'm 22 and have lost a lot of my hair but I just shave my head and tan. I know in the long run this can't be healthy though. Could anyone convince me why I should stop?

Stay on. You are achieving so much.

Get off. Can't be healthy.

[Kiwedin]

Regardless of whether it's healthy or not (and it really fucking isn't), I feel like that says a lot about your confidence level and your perception of body image. I think in our society there is a lot of emphasis on women and their self-esteem, but we forget that men can be insecure as well. I mean, just like women looked up to Barbie, you guys looked up to super ripped superheroes and action figures like He-Man or some shit. I really think you should get off the steroids and focus on your health, rather than the way you look. If your goal was to be healthy, you wouldn't be a competitive bodybuilder and you wouldn't be taking steroids. The whole vibe I get from people who take steroids is just extreme insecurity. You're literally killing yourself to look "better", at least in your opinion anyway, and that's fucked up. It's no better than a girl who gets plastic surgery, starves herself, or purges everything she eats. It's unhealthy and I'm not just talking about physically unhealthy, I'm saying it's mentally unhealthy. You need help.

[Asker]

Well it does make me look great and I do feel like superman. But I genuinely do love the sport of bodybuilding and at this point I'm so big that girls don't find it attractive. I'm not doing it to impress women or look like a sexy object. I do understand what you are saying because I see a lot of steroid users who are not even competing and do it for purely cosmetic reasons.

I don't know.. I'm having the time of my life right now. I feel like a walking superman. I've created so much success in my life. I feel amazing. Hard to explain.

[GirlScout]

So you can have more of a sense of achievement about your accomplishments? If you stood next to someone at the same level as you but who had worked that bit harder and not used drugs, would you feel as accomplished and happy? I wouldn't. It's like standing next to a marathon winner who ran the full 26 miles, while you got a cab for the first few.

[Asker]

Well the thing about bodybuilding and getting on the competition level is that everyone uses. It's not cheating at all. Obviously for legal purposes they can't announce that but yes everyone is using it. You couldn't compete at a higher level naturally. Impossible.

[GirlScout]

That's why they should have clear separations: people who want to achieve something naturally and those who want help.

From a personal perspective, I would have a million times more respect for the smaller guy who did it on his own.

[Asker]

Anabolic steroids are a tool. You can't just inject and look amazing. You have to know what you are doing and work for it. I can't take steroids and put on a Barry Bonds uniform and hit 100s of homeruns in a season. It just doesn't work that way.

[GirlScout]

I'm fully aware of that, they aren't magical injections which turn you into the hulk, but if the didn't give you an advantage or make things easier then you wouldn't use them would you?

[PiuBelloAmante]

Bro if you want to compete at a high level of bodybuilding and really pursue a career as a bodybuilder... You probably shouldn't stop

But if you just like making a ton of gains for no reason and taking adderol cause you are a lazy fuck who can't just study on his own... I suggest you stop

You have a loving girlfriend, made gains, and are probably almost done getting your degree at 22...
Once you get your degree, stop taking adderol, and seriously think about where you want to go with your life. If you think you want to bodybuild and compete at the highest level for the next 15+ years, I suggest you find a cycle that works for you.

Of course it's not healthy bro

[THE_Godfather]

There's a lot of BS about steroids. Look at pro wrestlers. Do you think their 100% natural? HELL NO. I don't see any news reports about them dieing or their health problems. Even the retired ones are about 1/2 their size & appear to be healthy.