You come off and you have to catch up what you've lost, then your back where you started..
Dint get me wrong, I have 6 month brakes each year or longer sometimes, but its got nowt to do wit receptor downgrade..
If you blasting so much gear, eating as much as you can stomach and your still not gaining maybe you've reached your limit and the level of abuse to get past it probly isn't worth it..
Why don't you post a few pics, we've all had pics up on here, its not like the open board