Epistane Solo - Friend's Report + Analysis

In this post, I shared a friend's report, who completed a solo cycle of epistane for six weeks (translated to English). If you're unfamiliar with this AAS, you can read more about it in this article: https://www.patreon.com/posts/epistane-what-to-25369126. Throughout the report, I also provided some commentary to clarify your potential wondering and explain what's happening to his organism.

Before we get to the report, I need you to know that running an epistane solo cycle is irresponsible. All oral AAS leads to significant testosterone suppression and a ton of correlated adverse effects. Therefore, using them with testosterone as a base agent is essential to prevent low testosterone symptoms. As for prohormones, their safety profile is far lower than popular AAS, especially due to the lack of studies on them. Therefore, I discourage using prohormones, as despite their high availability on the market, it's a game in Russian roulette regarding their actual content and side effects. Most are designer-drug-like underresearched compounds, and the temporal gains are not worth this health hazard.

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Epistane - Serious Sports Nutrition

Cycle length 6 weeks

Dosage (in mg): 20/30/30/40/40/40

Supplements taken during cycle: soy lecithin, astragalus root, garlic extract, omega 3, vitamin C, hydrolyzed collagen, ZMA, ashwagandha, beta-alanine

PCT: Clomadex (based on armistane), Tamoxifen

Diet: high protein diet with 200-300 kcal beyond total metabolism

Main objectives: lean muscle mass

Day 1-2: The first thing that I've noticed is that I feel really thirsty 30 minutes after I take a pill—That's why I started to drink much more water than I used to.

Day 3: The first training on epistane (full body workout). I wasn't expecting anything. It is just the third day on. My blood pressure has raised a bit, and I've had a minor headache, so I didn't use any pre-workout. What's very interesting muscle pumps were incredibly strong. I couldn't scratch my nose after finishing exercising.

[epistane is known to raise blood pressure, making it important for users to take a supplement that helps to control the process such as garlic extract and preferably another one improving nitric oxide synthesis, e.g., L-arginine/Cialis microdose. It's a good match that he increased his water intake, which is also one of the first-hand methods of prophylaxis. Individuals who suffer from hypertension should avoid using prohormones in general, as all of them are known of their harsh influence on blood pressure and hematocrit]

Day 4-5: During chest training, my strength has increased a bit, but accordingly to the training plan. Nothing special. My joints started to crackle a bit more often than usual. Maybe my libido is also a bit better.

[yet another side effect occurred pretty fast - estrogen suppression. Epistane has affinity to estrogen receptors, similar to Masteron, thus suppressing estrogenic activity considerably. This resulted in joint soreness]

Day 8: Body mass + 0.8kg. Reduced water retention, muscles are better defined. Whats is very interesting I also started to sleep much better! I wake up after 6h while feeling refreshed and ready to go. My libido is increasing every day.

[benefits of androgenic activity while still having endogenous testosterone at normal level]

Day 13: Blood pressure started to become quite lower. Headaches have disappeared. Training is going really well. Muscle pumps are still great.

Day 17: Body mass +2.4kg! My joints started to crackle more often, but I didn't feel any kind of pain. My bench press improved.

Day 24: Body mass +3.8kg! It really looks like a good quality lean muscle mass. Vascularity seems to be improved as well as strength +7.5kg in the bench press, +10kg in a squat and 12.5kg in deadlift! The only problem that has appeared is that while I'm running my cardio, my feet start to almost burn and become overtensed.

Day 32: Body mass +4.5kg. First, back pumps appeared and so problems with falling asleep. Another problem is also repeatable heartburns. My urine is darker? I try to drink a lot of water.

[it is likely that the heartburns are caused by an improper diet with too much fat and insufficient protection for the stomach and liver. Epistane is known for causing back and feet pumps, but it's uncertain if the pills also contain another prohormone like m-drol, which is known for darkening urine. This is what I suppose following the rapid weight gain, which by a slight caloric intake shouldn't occur this fast, using a non-aromatizable agent of a moderate potency that epistane is]

Day 38: I am still progressing in strength. Anyway, I wanted to stop the cycle at the beginning of the week because of a horrible frame of mind. I've been feeling like shit for one week. It is hard to go out of home and begin training. Back pumps are also terrible. I have problems falling asleep because it hurts to lie down and feel very uncomfortable in every position I lay.

Day 40: The end of the cycle. I am feeling too bad to continue it several days more.

[and there we go - the first symptoms of testosterone suppression, followed by neurotransmission disturbances - typical side effects for prohormone solo cycles]

Begin of pct. 3 pills of clomadex every day and tamoxifen.

SUMMARY

Body mass: 87kg - 92.2kg

chest circuit: 115cm - 118cm

pectoral glide: 128.5cm - 131.5cm

biceps: 40.4 - 41.4cm

middle: 94cm - 93cm

thigh: 65cm - 66cm

calf: 39 - 40cm

Blood test results:

Before cycle:

Testosterone: 7,640 ng/ml (2,8 - 8,0)

Estradiol: 22.91 pg/ml (11,30 - 43,20)

Right after cycle:

Testosterone: 1,89 ng/ml (2,8 - 8,0)

Estradiol 33,82 pg/ml (11,30 - 43,20)

Prolactin 13,40 ng/ml (4,04 - 15,20)

FSH 1,74 mlU/ml (1,50 - 12,40)

LH 5,46 (1,70 - 8,60)

[The major mistake is that he hasn't done a full liver panel after the cycle, as both his stomach and liver definitely suffered throughout this cycle. This would enable him to reconsider the doses of liver protectors he's been using or introduce a more advanced treatment for the symptoms he experienced. His epistane was likely mixed with another prohormone, and following the side effects described and rapid gains, it seems to be m-drol, which significantly charges kidneys (unprotected) and raises hematocrit. Although his pituitary gland's functions weren't firmly disturbed, considerable testosterone suppression occurred already. This contributed to the poor frame of mind he experienced by the end of the cycle. Yet another mistake is that he hasn't done complete blood tests before the cycle, focusing on morphology and creatinase once he took the last pill. For this reason, it's difficult to comprehensively estimate his organism condition and the harm this agent has done to his body. Experiencing elevated blood pressure and darkened urine for quite a long time should be the red flag. Furthermore, it's pretty apparent that he hasn't protected his liver and kidneys adequately, and finally - that he has run this agent of an unknown origin solo. As he told me later, his frame of mind started to become terrible at the end of the cycle, and for the first time in his whole life, he felt how it's like to be truly depressed. His organism should have returned to relative homeostasis after a month, while he should have sustained about half of the gains.]

Keep in mind that this report is based solely on subjective feedback and people may react differently to the same substance.

If you are interested in seeing more reports like this one covering various cycles, please let me know in the comments which substances you are interested in learning about.