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Question: Do Anabolic Steroids Cause "Roid Rage"?
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Hi, I am a college student doing research on anabolic steroids and their effects. I am trying to find information that supports my beliefs that steroids do not cause "Roid-Rage", but they only increase testosterone levels. I was just hoping you could send me a link or two to any studies which either help or hurt my theory.
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Answer #1
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Well, I've taken anabolic steroids and now am taking andro and I have experienced emotional ups and downs on both. The roid rage concept does have some merit. Increasing the testosterone level does have some effect on your ability to control anger. It is almost as if, when provoked, it wants to explode out of you. I would ask others of their experiences.
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Answer #2
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| Hi. I'm a college graduate with a degree in Social Work. I was treated for hives by a physician who very cavalierly administered prednisone and cortisone and then did not ween me off of these substances. Both of these substances are catabolic-tissue-destroying-steroids. They are not anabolic-tissue-building-steroids. The result was "Roid-Rage" as defined under substance abuse parameters in the DSMIV.
I did not experience aggression or anger, but I did experience psychosis. I do not remember much of the the months of September or October and am still taking medication to deal with the effects of this illness. The SIU school of medicine in Springfield, IL is going to use my experience as a case study in teaching doctors how NOT to administer these drugs.
The psychosis was caused by an adrenal crisis -- only 2%-5% of females experience this problem, "they" think, but these drugs are very potent and their use should be monitored very closely by a qualified, informed and conscientious physician. Good Luck!
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Answer #3
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There is a problem with steroids and rage. Overtraining causes all these steroid symptoms like irritation, sleeping problems, sweating, nervousness, and so on. This is found in hard training athletes like marathon runners, water polo players, and cross country skiers who do not use steroids. As we all know, it is a lot harder to overtrain once doing cardio exercises than weight lifting. So, someone takes steroids and starts training way too much and maybe even dieting . It isn't too hard to figure out the effects of such overtraining.
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Answer #4
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I have taken Sostenon 250 and Deca-Durabolin and didn't experience uncontrolled "roid rage" like some would say, but I did notice my moods could change very quickly and I experienced some depression on the Sostenon 250. Another thing I noticed was that I was more irritable, but that was it as far as having a temper.
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Answer #5
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| Look, I've taken steroids for about 5 years off and on about 2 to 3 times a year. The aggression you've heard of is nothing more than an excuse for the act. It's not like your a different person or something. The strength you feel is where the "a--kicking" ten foot tall and bulletproof symptoms come from, nothing more. Although a temper can be triggered while on easier than without it, the person ought to have responsibility and know where it's coming from. I've taken all types:
Test 200
Sustenon 250
Winstrol
Equipose
Deca
Cipionate
All of these have different effects both + and -, but Sustenon 250 seems to be the most awesome for responses. It is my 'personal' choice. That should also be a factor of course. We know that everyone has different chemistry. That's the way it goes
To answer your question again, anger is a state of mind,and a person taking this 'supplement' should have knowledge before jumping off the bridge. I know I did. If they say different THEY are lying. Would you shoot a needle in your ass if you didn't know what would happen?
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Answer #6
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| I have been competing as a bodybuilder for the past 14 years. I have taken numerous amounts of steroids, stacking 3-4 at a time for around 6-8 weeks, on and off. I have gained an incredible amount of solid size. I am 6'1" and weigh around 270 lbs solid with low body fat levels.
Do steroids cause roid rage is the question? My belief is that steroids bring out what is already there just as alcohol does. If you have an aggressive attitude to begin with, the amount of testosterone you inject into your body increases the aggression that is already there. I have found that on certain compounds I am more irritable and get mad quicker than I do on others. This can only be done with your own body chemistry and by experimenting, but it does make you less tolerant of everyday occurrences.
Even though I knew it was in my mind, even though I knew that I had control over my own emotions, I could not help letting that anger out at times of stress. It is similar to women when they have hormonal changes during their period, same concept, I believe. I never believed women or understood them when they told me they get angry during the period until I myself experienced it. This is not just me, this is a lot of my friends who are Universe and Mr. Olympia competitors. We are the pros, I know what I am talking about.
Hardcore Bodybuilder
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Answer #7
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I'm gonna have to go with answer #6. Except I think the increased testosterone levels are different for everyone. When I was on Test. 200 (100 cc/week for 2 1/2 months, I never experienced what some called a 'roid rage'. I know that a lot of people take much more than that, but I didn't wanna screw anything up! Anywayz, I had a temper before I cycled. I had slight mood swings. Every once in a great while I would all of the sudden be in a bad mood, feel my temper waiting for something to happen so it could explode. When this happened I couldn't hang out with friends because I was in too bad of a mood. I don't know I many people who get like this, but I did even before cycling.
Getting to the cycle, when I was on (test. 200, and deca) 100 cc/week each I only remember getting pissed once. Yeah I could get irritated easier, but besides that I was in a good mood about 90% of the time.
I started getting the zits the last week of my cycle until a few weeks later. I got them on my forehead, shoulders and back.
Steroids aren't the CAUSE of rages, they will just let what is there come out a little easier. But as long as you keep the doses low (100 cc. or so) you'll be OK. Plus it's safer.
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Answer #8
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Ok here goes... if you are already hot tempered the juice makes you worse. If little things piss you off, smaller things will put you into a rage on the s---. Some roids are worse than others though, more notorious for causing angry outbursts. Personally, I'm no good on the s--- (and that's why I don't do it) so believe me when I say I know. Three days of simple 4 androdiol at 100mgs made an animal out of me. To control this you would want to take some type of tranx like zanax. While I'm one of those rare birds, with most guys, it's in their head! They think with the stuff they're pumping in, they need to act that way... thinking the roids are doing it all.
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Answer #9
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I have used sustanon 250 and d-bol off and on over a period of 2.5 years. Although I have noticed no roid rage, my girlfriend tells me she sees it a lo. It eventually became a problem in our relationship and we broke up. As for side effects, shrunken balls and massive pimples. As for gains the gains I received, they have been unrea. Arms grew a solid inch, bench went up 50 pounds, back and delts blew up. Now I'm experiencing bad gyno bitch tits and think I am going to get them removed.
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Answer #10
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I have been taking steroids on and off for 2 years. I have taken test, sustanon 250, equipoise, anadrol 50, and dianabol. I did notice a significant increase in aggression on the sust and d-bol. but experienced minimal on the other. I have to disagree that roid rages are a side-effect though. I consider them a benefit of steroids. The aggression really intensifies every workout. When I can't get that last rep I want, it pisses me off...roid rage!!!! Up goes the weight. More weight, more reps, more gains in size and strength. And isn't that the whole reason for taking steroids. And as far as taking aggression out on family or anyone else, I think it's just a matter of self control. If you can hold yourself back from punching a hole in the wall when you're not on juice, you can control yourself when you are on.
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Answer #11
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I have some experience with steroids: Sustanon 250 is my all-time favorite. Within the first couple hours of shooting up for the first time, I experienced a complete mood change for the worse. I was in a pissed-off mood no matter what was going on. After a while though, the affect is easier to deal with. I just learned not to "rage" and to control it. If anyone is thinking about using steroids, take my personal advice, DON'T! You will either hurt someone or yourself, or even kill yourself because of the depression and anger it brings out.
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Answer #12
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NO...I'm sick and tired of you hippies thinking that if you take roids you can get big, its genetics and nothing else. I'm 6'5 and 264 and SOLID. I haven't noticed any aggression like you little girls are talking about. If I have to throw a beating then that's another story altogether. That goes into family tradition and values.
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Answer #13
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| Wow, actually some really intelligent responses on this site. I've been a powerlifter for sixteen years. I have taken everything in the book off and on for fifteen years. In the 80's we used to get oral-test cheap and that could make you feel mean. Anadrol-50 can make you irritable when you exceed more than a few a day.
Roid Rage? I don't believe in it. I saw my 260 ripped friend jump out of his car during a traffic altercation, beat the terrified driver's hood and roof in, bend the antenna, bend the windshield wipers while screaming at the guy to get out...roid rage? No. Asshole that overtrained, was precontest and living on low carb and water levels, full of Lasex (diuretics).
Powermonkey
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Answer #14
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I have been juicin' for about 5 years now. I have taken everything from sust, deca, d-ball, winstrol, anadrol, primo, dura test, to clenbuteral. The only thing I notice different on the juice is the bigger and stronger I get, the bigger and stronger I feel. It feels as if I am superman and I act like it. If you call that roid rage then yes, juice gives me that. Either way, roid rage or not, I love that feeling and will continue trying to achieve the so called "roid rage"!
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Answer #15
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| It is possible but very unlikely to happen. If it were to cause rage, there has to be some that's already there. I have come to this decision after reading everything I could find on roids from cover to cover, talking with numerous doctors and some bodybuilders at my gym including a 99' Olympia contender. I don't know who gave answer # 12 but he didn't answer anything. Yes genetics has a lot more to do with your body than anything else, but steroids are the ONLY supplement that can push you WAAAAY above your genetic barrier at the rate muscle grows.
Not everybody has the genetics to be 6"5, 264, but If you lost in the genetic pull steroids will more than make up for it. You can give steroids to any 6'5 180lb soft bodied weakling. However, give him a moderate and virtually safe 10 week cycle of deca and primobolon or equipoise and he'll make you look like a soft bodied weakling in spite of losing in the genetic pull. I know many people who have used them for a very long time and have done a cycle myself consisting of deca and winstrol. It didn't give me any rage and it actually made me much more tolerant of traffic and everyday stress.
Joe
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Answer #16
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#6 said it all, roid rage is an excuse, have control over yourself, before you experiment with anything.
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Answer #17
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I have been taking Sustanon 250 and Deca-Durabolin for about 7 weeks now. I have experienced an amazing increase in strength and endurance. The increase in strength has given me the feeling of "Superman" and that I can "Conquer anything." By nature, I am a non-aggressive guy. The feelings that I have on steroids are more of realizing that I can do anything that I set my mind on doing. Perhaps if I were a man raised with aggression and anger, my thoughts may turn toward the negative rather than the positive. It is my belief that steroids provide an increase in intensity. The decision on what form the intensity takes; however, is determined by you.
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Answer #18
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I have taken steroids and it has been the best thing that has happened to me. I worked out intensely for 3 years, but did not gain any big results. I used weight gainer, ripped-fuel and creatine and still gained no big results. I decided to try steroids and gained huge results. Steroids do make you a little angrier but who cares. The results you get are worth the anger and the "roid rage." It's always good to have a little temper anyways. It gets people to shut up. Steroids were a great help for me and I would recommend them to anyone.
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Answer #19
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Roid rage...not for me. I'm just getting off my steroids (thank god). It's been 6 weeks, 20mg three times a day. Hell is the word I think of when you say steroids. Depression, shakes, weight gain, zits, you're lucky if you get 3 or 4 hours of sleep a day, hyper, jitters a cut that just wouldn't heal. Roid rage...not really. I don't fly of the handle too fast anyway and I don't think the steroids made a difference there. I do think they can affect some people in that way. Why not? We don't all act the same way when we take these drugs.
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Answer #20
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I have taken the steroid called Deca. Never once in four months did I experience a "Roid Rage." That is made up. I did though have a lot more energy that made me do more in my weight training. I was always kind of "Pumped Up" but never was I angry. That is all in your head. Even my friend who has a short fuse, never once lost his cool, while taking test 200 and stacking it with winstrol. Good luck on your research.
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Answer #21
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| I really have to agree with #17. Just about anything we consume or take goes to our head. If I have a headache and take some aspirin I almost start to feel better right away. I have expectations for medicine and what it can do for me, just as if some knuckle head wants to juice up and wants to be MR. TOUGH GUY just because he thought he would be big and bad on it. Personally, I have never cycled before but have thought about it. When I do, I think about what I want to get out of it. I'm not sure if #17 knew what his results where going to be, but I believe it just multiplies all of your emotions just as it did to him. He was a better man all around. We should all know our personality before we use it.
LOUIS
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Answer #22
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I've taken steroids for the past couple of years to increase my overall size and strength. I am 5'8 and before I started I weighed around the neighborhood of 165 pounds. I took whatever I could get my hands on. This included Winstrol, clenbuterol, and the infamous dianobol. I currently weigh 195 pounds and am looking awesome (if I do say so myself). As far as "roid rage" is concerned, I have never lost control of my actions and done anything that I would regret. The only changes I ever felt when juicing were increases in my strength.
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Answer #23
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| I honestly have to say I do not believe in roid rage. I stacked Tribulus, DHEA, Androstenedione, Creatine, HMB, weight gainer and all kinds of other stuff all at the same time and I kept this streak up for about a year straight, regardless of all the warnings about what the side effects could be. I didn't listen to anybody, and honestly the only thing I raged about were the little things that had been bothering me for a long time like people spreading B.S. rumors of anabolic steroid abuse. Honestly it makes a person just a tad bit more likely to go off, but it's not like you can't control what you say, think and do.
On average I was popping 400mg of andro, 600mg of DHEA, 2-300mg of tribulus, taking 4 times the amount of creatine recommended. People said I was crazy, but the people that were doing all the bitching weren't gaining a hundred pounds on their bench every month and a half and working out like a dog every day. I worked out 2 hours a day during the weekdays and at least 4 hours twice a day on the weekend. The andro made my recovery so fast that I could work out on bench every day and tear my self down to nothing every single day and not be the slightest bit sore the next day.
Roid rage is simply an overstatement. It's more like roid irritability, nothing more. It doesn't make you seem like a cocky prick. You do it all by yourself. You think because you work out that you're bigger and badder than anyone else. That's when people explode for nothing. You don't wanna kill everybody because you're on andro or whatever, you just get sick and tired of people giving you crap and you decide to get buff and fight back. Roids and such do give you ups and downs, some make you feel better about yourself "invincible" but it's because you feel good about yourself for working out and getting ripped. I've experienced it all.
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Answer #24
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Well, I began weight training a year ago to "get big." Now I am on my 3rd week of Equipoise and fixin to stack a little dianabol on it. Gains are picking up. I've already gained an inch on my arms and energy levels are sky high. I notice a sense of rage the days I inject eq. but it seems to die off as the week goes by. An increase of testosterone in any human's system will increase their aggression, however control of that is an individual thing. You have to understand what you are doing and why you feel that way--rationalize with the concepts and facts. CONTROL yourself. The increased energy is there and it is up to you to direct it to wherever you want. If you think a bunch of sh-- you'll get a bunch of it. Just shut up and get BIG DAMMIT. LIVE!!
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Answer #25
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I have used plenty of steroids myself. To comment on the question about roid rage, I personally think there is only one steroid that can really increase it. It is the steroid called "Halotestin." It is very toxic and causes very strong mood swings!!
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Answer #26
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My son's steroid use has ruined my life. He has become violent, flies into rages, and doesn't care who he hurts in his obsession to get bigger and stronger. He is frightening. A very caring and sweet young man has turned into a monster--think about what your usage of this stuff does to the other people around you. This is a drug like any of the others--just because you look more fit does not mean you are healthy. After my son threw a suitcase at my head, I realized that even a broken heart doesn't matter as long as he stays pumped up. He has ruined our family life and causes me to live in constant fear that he will hurt me, his sister, someone else, and himself.
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Answer #27
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No roid rage. Just a lot of pimples and got huge. Started out taking 3 cc d-bol, 1 cc growth, 3 cc every 3 days of equipoise. Went from 147 to 185 in 5 weeks. Yeah baby, blow up!!!
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Answer #28
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I would have to agree with everyone who said that "roid rage" is all mental. I have done several "cycles" myself; making huge gains in strength and size. Currently using test 200 along side of good ol' winny-v. No real side effects with the exception of the constant arousal of my "manhood," but this is usually no problem because my physique usually ensures that some lovely female will take care of that for me. I will say that the increased strength, size, testosterone and frequency of which I get laid have made me far more cocky and even somewhat arrogant, but who ever said self-confidence was a negative side effect. But as far as rage goes, I never had a problem with it and I have always had anger management related problems in the past. Keep working out--do what you think you need to to get as big as you want.
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Answer #29
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I think "roid rage" is a load of bulldust. I have been taking the stuff for a few weeks now. I will break anyone's neck who says this is true. Just go and do your own thing and leave us alone. We are pumped and invincible. So look out or I will knock your block off you skinny little twerps.
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Answer #30
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I really do think that you can't put a stamp (so to speak) on steroids. I mean a lot of people try to tell others how they are going to feel because they've been there and done that, but every body is different. Therefore, everybody responds differently, as simple as that. Roid rage from some, others none at all!!!
Cpt. Beautiful
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Answer #31
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I have taken sustanon, test 200, and some other stuff in the past and haven't experienced any type of rage. I think most of all, it has to do with the person that's taking the steroids more then anything. Like, if you give steroids to a sick, aggressive nut job, it's only going to make him crazier.
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Answer #32
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Roid rage depends on the person taking the stuff. I have taken test, winstrol, and deca and have made huge gains. My friend takes it also and he has a short fuse, but I feel the same as always, except for my massive size.
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Answer #33
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I myself have never taken steroids, but my friend has, and I have never seen someone on such a short fuse in my life. My friend has turned into an animal. And to back this up, how many people do you know that, because someone cut you off, get out and punch his passenger window out and have glass embedded in your knuckles?
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Answer #34
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I never really experienced the rage. The only time I really got out of control was when someone would push my buttons, whish became easier when I was juicing. This was what I called the steroid mentality though. I was taking steroids to be the biggest, baddest dude out there. So I subconsciously made it easier to piss me off to prove to myself and others around that I was that bad dude, and shouldn't be fuc--d with.
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Answer #35
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I tried Deca for two 8 week cycles during a period of one year. Good gains and all, but just not worth it. Little things made me angry. Sometimes so angry that when I bottled it all up I would vomit from it. Weird huh?? I was even practicing mild dosages. I won't go into details, but I quit after shooting my own dog for getting into the trash and later assaulting an officer post being thrown out of a bar. Luckily, I was able to flee the scene quickly and did not get caught THANK GOD!! It was just no good for me. I still think about what I did to my own beloved dog every day. Can't erase it from my mind. Be careful. Be smart.
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Answer #36
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I myself have taken a cycle of sustanon 250 for 9 weeks with 50mg. of deca also. Roid rage is your head. If you're mentally strong you can control it. But if you want to turn into the incredible hulk, you can when you get upset enough. If you want to have a rage, you can. But the results I got: 22 lbs of muscle in 10 weeks are worth the zits on your back and shrunken testicles!
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Answer #37
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| Most of roid rage is in the mind. Take a friend of mine who had just started his first cycle (of equipoise). Now, anyone who knows anything about juice can tell you equipoise is not strong enough to make you raise your voice, let alone your fists, yet he was convinced after only two injections that he could feel his temper getting out of control. It was all in his mind. I think he just wanted to think it was working on him like that.
Now, most experts will tell you (and if you do proper homework) "halotestin" is probably the most famous for roid rage, and also very toxic. Halotestin has been known to have aggravated aggression in those who have taken it. So, definitely stay away from that one. Deca, sus, eq, and win v. are all too mild to cause any aggression. They can make you a little less tolerable to live with, but I wouldn't expect you to go out and try to kick someone's ass. I would wiegh the health risk more than the aggression factor.
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Answer #38
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I've been playing around with roids for about 1 1/2 years. I started with d-bol and finaplix. It seemed as though every time I went out and started to drink, I developed a nasty attitude to everyone including friends. Once I stopped and started on deca and enthanate. I just started to have mood swings, but controllable. One of my friends started a cycle 6 weeks ago and is about to finish (deca, sust) and has exploded on people 3 times so far, the last being me last night for absolutely no reason. At this point, I think it's safe to say that the roids have cost a friendship, and that it is really sad that it came to that. Any input is helpful.
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Answer #39
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All the responses who were pro-pharmaceutical, ask yourself this...Are these muscles I love so much really a result of hard work or did I effectively buy them just like buying a car or motor bike? Go ahead, cheat, but I say to you, both men and women, don't think you're talented or whatever. You just don't listen to your body and have to realize that all you are doing is burning the candle at both ends.
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Answer #40
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| I have taken steroids for about 4 years, usually one 2 month cycle per year, just to pack on good muscle before summer. I would add that most of my friends at the gym take steroids, and I have never seen or experienced roid rage, not to say it doesn't exist. I believe with any drug, especially testosterone-based roids, you must use responsibly.
Roids will provide you with a certain amount of aggression. That is what the weight training is for when using roids. You must train hard to release any aggression you may have inside. My take is that most of the roid ragers are SOB's to begin with, and use this added strength as an excuse to flex their muscles at little people. The most common problem is losing the aggression all of the sudden. Guys who don't wean off experience this and can also become problems. Unfortunately, in the steroid gym community, most people don't do research first or get the proper info. Basic information is a must in any use of drugs.
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Answer #41
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I am currently taking Sustanon 250. The first day, about 6 days ago, I took 4 amps of Sustanon 250 (1,000mg), and now I am starting to get pissed off about some of the littlest sh––. I do believe steroids cause "roid rage" at high doses such as mine!
My first cycle, I took Trenbolone acetate, and its ardrogenic properties far exceed testosterone propinate by 3x as much, and that is a fact. That sh–– really made me very aggressive, and I felt like ripping someone's head off!
I believe any type of steroids causes "roid rage" at high doses. Hormones such as testosterone make you very aggressive, and all steroids are derived from testosterone.
Right before I would fu–– someone up, I would catch my self before I actually did. I can always feel the anger creep up on me, then it goes away for a while. I am usually very mellow about everything, so that proves right there that steroids do cause some degree of "roid rage."
Hope this helps bro.
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Answer #42
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| I'm 17, 6'1", and 210lbs. I was taking a 3 month stacking cycle of Norarden 50 (generic Deca-Durabolin) and Clenbuterol. I experienced gains, yet very little cons! My sophomore year I could only work out with 120lbs, but now near the end of my junior year I'm working out with 230lbs, and my max is 300lbs. I lost 15 lbs. of muscle and gained it back with muscle.
The only side effects I got was my body hair grew faster on my face and legs, some acne on my back, yet very little on my face (only my chin), a VERY bad temper towards family, friends, and it even caused my girlfriend and I to split up. But now, I'm off the Norarden 50, and only injecting Clenbuterol in my buttocks. "Roid Rage?" Nah. I think it's a thing you know is there regardless whether you take steroids or not. But once you're on steroids, you let it come out because you take them.
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Answer #43
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| I want to tell you all that it is a matter of mental approach. If you're one of these guys that just wants to be big for the wrong reasons, to intimidate others, to show off in front of women, to kick people's asses, then I sincerely wish the worst for you! Get out of the goddamn sport!! It's assholes like you that are ruining the integrity of the sport.
If you truly love bodybuilding and you're way into the bodybuilding culture, how can anything bad happen? I've seen men and women use steroids over the years (including myself) in numerous applications, and I swear as testimony that those who use it and keep a good attitude have never had adverse side effects. I personally am an extremely high strung, hyper-sensitive individual. If my mind is all cluttered with stress and I am not taking days off from the gym then I'm a wreck. I get circles under my eyes, I shake, and am emotional to all extremes. But I keep doing cycles because I like the gains. What can I say? I'm a roider.
HOWEVER, I NEVER allow my child-like temper tantrums to cause problems in my life. Everyone gets angry to the point you could kill. Hell, we're all human. But if you cannot control yourself, you have no business using juice. You simply are not responsible enough to handle it and should train naturally. I know alcoholics who are straight up worse than any roider I've ever known as far "rage." I too am far more "rage" prone drunk and pissed than on juice. But regardless of different doses, body types, etc., you will have much more luck using steroids keeping yourself calm during emotional stress. You must discipline yourself that way, as you do in the gym.
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Answer #44
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| With all due respect to the sport, I think someone has to speak out and explain to those a––holes who takes roids lightly and think of today only, that there is a tomorrow and it will not be pretty in 15-25 years. Of course roid rage exists. You just have to read all of the comments most of the a––holes that are writing here. They are on the juice and are so pumped that it's a joke to read. The truth is that we all become a––holes on the juice and we don't have to be afraid to admit it.
If we have a family to take care of, we have to be responsible and go easy on it. But if you don't have a family that you care about and if you're not afraid of what the future has in store for you, then go for it. Live large, but go all the way, no holding back. Go for the sport. Go for Mr. O. Hey, everyone has a chance in life and since yours wont be that long, you might as well go for it. At least you will have an excuse to take the juice.
Remember, the more you take, the bigger you will become in every way (bigger body, bigger asshole) and you will even have bigger side effects (zits, high blood pressure, rage). Even the landing (I mean the crash landing) will be amazing. It is like gravity. What goes up must come down.
From a used-to-be a––hole that lost everything because of the juice to you!!!
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Answer #45
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Last New Year's Eve, I was skiing when a snowboarder got her board caught under my skis and I flipped backwards, falling directly on my tailbone. I have had x-rays, MRIs, etc., and no evidence of fracture. However, the pain was intolerable. I have had nine operations in my life, and every time I was able to deal with it and get on with life. However, this tailbone pain was constant and was wearing me down. I tried the chiropractor, the bone doctor, etc., to no avail. Finally, someone mentioned this PAIN MANAGEMENT GROUP. I agreed to the procedure, with no guarantees, of course. I was to get a spinal block to help deal with the persistent pain.
Well, a month ago I had my third injection, and although it did help the pain somewhat, I have felt like I've been losing my mind. I have been so angry and so irritable! I've gotten pissed at everything from a dog crossing the road in front of me to a wilted flower to a smile from the grocer...WHAT ARE Y-O-U LOOKING AT, BUSTER???
It has been absolutely hell on earth. The shakes, the jitters, the mood swings, depression, lack of self-worth, but especially the RAGE. I never realized I was getting steroids in my treatments. I even resorted to a psychiatrist...who pissed me off because he didn't know anything about the subject. Why was I paying this guy? Tranquilizers help sometimes; but addiction is a possible consideration.
My advice is don't take a painkiller on top of steroids or you're likely to kill someone for flirting with you! It really sucks, and if I could only predict how long I have to suffer until it wears out of my system, maybe I could deal with it better.
BEWARE OF STEROIDAL RAGE...IT'LL HURT SOMEONE IF NOT YOURSELF!
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| I take testosterone for a medical condition, and when I started on it, I noticed a HUGE difference in my emotions. It's true, if you're already an ass with a problem controlling your temper, this magnifies it. A bunch of guys have posted on this list that "roid rage" is just and "excuse." Well, maybe for behavior, but not for the feelings the hormones cause in you. My anger escalates much more rapidly and I get pissed off at nothing. I don't punch holes in walls, I don't yell at work, but man, do I WANT TO! You have to have a lot of self-discipline not to. And sadly, lots of dudes don't have the maturity to handle the mood swings.
My input: "roid rage" is very real, but it's not the cause of violent behavior, it's the cause of the desire for violent behavior. And everyone is different - some guys don't feel it, but that doesn't mean it is not a real phenomenon.
- Johann
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