24-05-2012, 11:50 AM
Karen,
You are of course exactly right with all that you say and no I don't have the track record that you have to work on. However, simplifying what is obviously a very complicated bio-chemical system, my thoughts are running this way:
1) My typical PM dose is an average of 2000mg a day.
2) I have reason to believe that at 1000mg and certainly at only 500mg, I noticeably lose volume within about 2 weeks.
3) At 3000mg I get headaches, although I'm a lot less sensitive at that than I was to begin with.
4) After a year at average 2000mg I have seen no further growth. Now it could be that I have already stalled, but other than lack of growth, I've never understood how you define being in a stall. If I still have all the pains, itches, tenderness and soreness can I really be stalled? -plus, at 1000mg the pains etc do noticeably diminish in only a couple of days.
Conclusion from all this is that 2000mg has been 'my' dose (that's what I was taking when I did grow), and 1000 -1500mg is probably my maintenance dose ( if I was as large as I wanted to be!). 3000mg is 'too much' ( or maybe it isn't but it is certainly a lot higher than most people think is wise, although I've never seen anyone actually say why it is unwise!)) and therefore presumably is also either enough to actually induce a stall, or just possibly I do need that extra to take me further if I can deal with the headaches. Now on that basis, the headaches are generally thought to be estrogen dominance symptoms and Isabelle believes that these can be dealt with by taking FG.
So, whether I induce a stall and then go beyond, or simply take 3000mg a day for long enough to kick-start, it seems that I am talking myself into upping my PM dose!!
Please feel free to tell me if I'm talking nonsense, I may be to close to it to see the blindingly obvious!
You are of course exactly right with all that you say and no I don't have the track record that you have to work on. However, simplifying what is obviously a very complicated bio-chemical system, my thoughts are running this way:
1) My typical PM dose is an average of 2000mg a day.
2) I have reason to believe that at 1000mg and certainly at only 500mg, I noticeably lose volume within about 2 weeks.
3) At 3000mg I get headaches, although I'm a lot less sensitive at that than I was to begin with.
4) After a year at average 2000mg I have seen no further growth. Now it could be that I have already stalled, but other than lack of growth, I've never understood how you define being in a stall. If I still have all the pains, itches, tenderness and soreness can I really be stalled? -plus, at 1000mg the pains etc do noticeably diminish in only a couple of days.
Conclusion from all this is that 2000mg has been 'my' dose (that's what I was taking when I did grow), and 1000 -1500mg is probably my maintenance dose ( if I was as large as I wanted to be!). 3000mg is 'too much' ( or maybe it isn't but it is certainly a lot higher than most people think is wise, although I've never seen anyone actually say why it is unwise!)) and therefore presumably is also either enough to actually induce a stall, or just possibly I do need that extra to take me further if I can deal with the headaches. Now on that basis, the headaches are generally thought to be estrogen dominance symptoms and Isabelle believes that these can be dealt with by taking FG.
So, whether I induce a stall and then go beyond, or simply take 3000mg a day for long enough to kick-start, it seems that I am talking myself into upping my PM dose!!
Please feel free to tell me if I'm talking nonsense, I may be to close to it to see the blindingly obvious!