the reason we are crazy

[pudgy]

TweetSteroid Use May Cause Mental Disorders


NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Long-term users of male anabolic steroids, including the hormone testosterone, run the risk of developing something more than bigger muscles. According to researchers from South Africa, "paranoid," "schizophrenic," "antisocial," and "histrionic" personalities were diagnosed more frequently in 12 male bodybuilders who used steroids for up to 18 months compared to a group that did not.

The authors, from the University of Cape Town, say these personality traits were not present prior to steroid use. Information supplied by friends and relatives indicated that before starting steroids, the users' behavior patterns had been similar to those of nonusers of steroids.

"This study suggests that androgenic anabolic steroid (AAS) use significantly increases the frequency and severity of symptoms of personality disorder... and adds to the growing evidence of the dangers of their use," write the authors. Their report appears in the September issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The study's main results came from the inside, as it were -- the lead study author, Craig J. Cooper, "infiltrated" a group of bodybuilders who used steroids.

"This study allowed the personality traits to be observed uniquely first hand in subjects using high doses and multiple combinations of AAS," Cooper says.

In addition to his direct observation, and with the bodybuilders' consent, Cooper also conducted "informal" interviews aimed at tapping diagnostic criteria as set forth in the bible of psychiatric disorders -- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

The authors state that their study supports a growing number of reports that chronic steroid use leads to serious personality changes. They also note that use of the drugs now extends well beyond the realm of competitive sports "to include recreational and non-competitive athletes and school children, who now make up the large majority of AAS users."

SOURCE: British Journal of Sports Medicine (1996;30:246-250)

[still2skinny]

Tweethhmmmmmmm.....

[jack hust]

Tweetwell i allready knew i was crazy steroids just make me insane

[still2skinny]

Tweetmy wife believes that I now have several different personalities, and of course, this may or may not be true. What I DO know is that I have begun to struggle with depression the last year or so. Again, this could have come about due to anything......

[hummerluv]

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Originally posted by saturn
I'm not paranoid....This is just more propaganda for them to use they are out to get us....All of us so watch your backs. Putting aluminum foil over your windows is a good idea to it keeps their brain waves from getting to you.

lol

[hummerluv]

Tweetall my exes thought i was crazy by taking xenadrine and andro....they thought it made me too agressive. lol good thing i never told them about my future cycles. besides we all know who they come back to when they get horny

[prolangtum]

TweetMy gf thinks eating healthy, and eating 400g of protein a day is obsessive, as is using steroids. Those muscle are fake she says. Hmm, and she wants to get a boob job. Ironic?

[Speedracer59]

TweetI have always been a lunatic. Long before I ever lifted a wieght .

[voodoochild]

TweetI pity the fool that wrote that article...I will kill his dumb ass if I ever find him.....j/k.

[NASDAQ]

TweetNice article...

[still2skinny]

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Originally posted by voodoochild
I pity the fool that wrote that article...I will kill his dumb ass if I ever find him.....j/k.

MR. T, is that you posting again????

:-)

[njjuicer]

Tweetschool children? liek in grammer school? wtf is that sum kid in fifht grade with 20 inch guns and benches more than you haha

[THE JUICE]

TweetIm just plain PARANOID.

[O2BESOHUGE]

TweetJUICE DOESNT MAKE ME CRAZY......IT JUST MAKES ME VERY VERY VERY IMPATIENT WITH THE FU(KIN PEOPLE ON THE ROADS DRIVING TO WORK EVERYDAY!!!! ALSO MAKES ME VERY VERY MUSCULAR, VASCULAR, COCKY, BIG HEADED, HORNY, A HUGE MO-FO (IN MY HEAD AT LEAST) AND VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY HANDSOME!!!

......BUT NOT CRAZY!!
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[O2BESOHUGE]

Tweet......CRAZY PEOPLE BUMP THREADS JUST TO GET A RESPONSE.

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