I doubt you'll have issues. It's just so little. But you'll find out.
There are different levels of shut down. You only did a "cycle"
and it was low dose. The longer you're on the harder the suppression. Most steroids will probably shut you down completely over time. Some steroids seem to be harder to recover from, like the nandrolones. Some steroids do not shut you down completely over the short term.
I don't know exactly what would be the least amount to benefit from. With Dbol just 10mg is definitely enough to benefit from if you are an exogenous androgen naive person.
Age also plays into it, young people are more sensitive. So Anadrol might be effective in that same range? Of course you stall quickly but initially it can help you put on a few pounds of lbm. I saw in others, and felt myself, how it worked. It was like 10lbs from 20 5mg tablets in a couple of 15 year olds I saw (yeah I know, not a good idea). Mostly water of course but it was like your gains, it's not simply any old water retention.
Most steroids lower sperm count. There are some theories where in some circumstances they may increase it or not lower it as much. Palumbo has this idea that if you take a very high dose of test some of this test will increase intratesticular test - intratesticular test is essential for sperm production and is usually lowered by test or steroids. I don't know if there is any validity to this but this is his explanation why some Mr O competitors fathered children. Another thing, if you want to remain fertile during steroid use you can do so by by taking a couple of weekly 500iu HCG shots during your cycle. It does this by keeping the testes cranking through the fake signal from the HCG. I would always used HCG for a few reasons but I've been too cheap or lazy to get it. Not all people go sterile from steroids, that's why test never was used as a birt control method. Proviron/mesterolone might be an exeption. I wrote about it above. Ithink it has been used to actuall increase sperm count. Unfortunately there is litte anabolism to be had with it. You might try it after you've been off for a while. See if it improves mood and if there are any positive physical effects, might be some strength gain at least. There aren't many downsides to trying it. If I'm not mistaken it's even OTC in Greece, whereas everything else is stricktly regulated.
Thanks Van!
So I will tell the person who asked me that he could enjoy some success on a cycle of 10mg daily Dbol, or 10mg daily Anadrol [which would be about 3x 25mg tablets per week]. Or maybe Anavar. He wants to make improvements without necessarily, increasing his body mass, but increase his overall fitness level / ability to recover after his daily jogs. He is 50, and has never used steroids of any kind, but has been fit his entire life.
Regarding my sperm count, will it make a full recovery again? I suppose if I lose my sperm count during cycle [I don't know if that happened], that would be fine, as long as it goes back to as high as it's ever been before.
Is there any evidence that steroids will reduce a person's fertility even after the cycle is over? Robert C. Guns was saying that steroids may reduce a person's max T level after the fact [which I interpreted as meaning that your natural T crashes on a cycle, and recovers after, but may not go back to your previous max because your cycle sort of eroded your body's capacity for the.
So my question is - given sufficient time, should my fertility go back to normal after the fact, assuming it [my fertility/ sperm count] dropped slightly during cycle [which, personally, I don't know if it did], or is one possibility that I will have a slightly lower fertility rate forever?
I'm asking because I would have more kids with the right woman, if that came up. So I don't want it risk my sperm count, and one of my massive friends who has cycled everything for decades was unable to have kids, and needed a sperm donor, and now has a baby who is not his biological child.
Is there any reason to think that my fertility would be permanently lowered from steroids - be it my light cycle, or any others?
I'd personally rather not lose my natural hormones, but if fully recovering them is possible, I wouldn't worry about it either.