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Used responsibly, testosterone supplementation has multiple upsides with relatively little downside, even for men who do not have naturally low T.

Unfortunately it looks like a few tik-tok kids are going to ruin it for everyone. Same as most good things in life I guess.

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Health impacts on the individual users of trt are just one aspect, it impacts other people. I live in an area where use is common and I'm tired of running into obviously roiding men who act much more aggressive than normal people in public. My experiences are retail and and driving. I've assumed that the tacit approval for steroid usage among law enforcement in the US has at least partially responsible police brutality incidents.

Testosterone supplementation is very unlikely to be causative for what you're running into. Test is incredibly mild in psychological effect (unless you're deficient). This kind of stereotype comes from trenbolone, but I think you shouldn't under-estimate the intersection of steroid users and cocaine users. It's bigger than you might intuitively guess.

Aggression certainly isn't limited to tren, high testosterone & DHT levels in general increase it. This is well understood.

Using TRT for its prescribed effect (baseline "normal" range) likely won't have any impact on this but taking it to go above normal levels certainly could.

Are you even confident in your ability to spot someone who is "roiding" brother? TRT is a pretty standard hormonal therapy that helps men with low testosterone levels, it is not comparable to dbol or other literal anabolic steroids. In most men it will improve attitude and mood, not cause "roid rage".

> Unfortunately it looks like a few tik-tok kids are going to ruin it for everyone. Same as most good things in life I guess.

What an unhinged comment

Does it tank your natural T production? I've heard people claim that once you start you're sort of stuck with it permanently.

I have never tried it but know a lot of bodybuilders who use various steroids. The responsible ones have it that a person shouldn't take them until they've hit their natural limits, then do a limited course (6 weeks) while doing before/after bloodwork, the idea being to push through limits and blow up a bit while on the steroid and then lock in those gains with maintenance exercise, repeating maybe every 6 months or a year if still trying to grow larger. Abusive dosing (larger quantities or longer cycles or doubling up with other drugs like SARMS) are well known to mess up your natural cycle, shrink your junk etc.

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