Unfortunately, I haven't found a good way to conduct a long-term self-experiment in which I observe the effect a supraphysiological weekly dosage of testosterone has on me. However, I think I found a decent alternative.
Firstly, some stats:
21y/o male, sub-saharan descent. 173cm at 61kg of bodyweight. I have used steroids before, in a bodybuilding context but that was quite some time ago. I don't bodybuild as of now.
Experimental preparations are as follows: I have sort-of double blinded myself. I have prefilled one syringes with testosterone enanthate at a concentration of 200mg/ml. 300 mg/ml. Another syringe I prefilled with ordinary bacteriostatic water. I have - 20 minutes ago - injected my left buttcheek with the content (1ml) of one of the two syringes, I don't know which one though. I will wait at least 3 weeks (time it takes for this version of testosterone until it has cleared my body) before stabbing myself with the other syringe. In both cases, I will record any subjective effects here.
I will measure my cognitive abilities every three days using:
- Zetamac (mental math website for processing speed)
- Dual n-back (for working memory)
- No. of uni slides I can work through in an arbitrary hour (for measuring productivity, I study urban planning).
How does that sound? Can you suggest any improvements (preferrably improvements which I can implement without letting others know of my plans)?
Edit: Corrected the concentration (300mg/ml) and added the amount of testosterone I injected (1ml).
Hey Isaac, I appreciate your concerns but, quite frankly, I don't care that much about potential risks.
If you are curious as to what effects can be measurably observed after a single injection, I highly reccomend reading this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330791/ . It's sort of a meta analysis and includes various examples of experiments involving single testosterone shots.
I corrected the concentration and amount. It is 300mg/ml and 1ml of testosterone. I am not too worried about any of the classic side effects (estrogenic/LH/FSH/spermatogenesis related) as I am not intending to take testosterone for any longer then 3 weeks - which should also leave me minimally suppressed.