Yeah thats another problem.. I still train like im on steroids but my joints and tendons are going to shxt, sprained my ankle running 8 miles a day, pulled my calf the next week trying to do cardio with one leg..
Know how it is brother. I havent run alot of cycles yet , and never anything too high, and now Im mainly just on HRT which keeps my test levels in a good range all the time. So I dont have the highs and lows anymore like before. I find I make consistant progress this way. Of course its still a much longer process then running heavy gear, but there are no down periods either. My strength gains have been weekly, sometimes multiple records a week, since I came back from the 10 month break I took. For about a year straight. There was a few times where I took a few weeks off.
Size gains are always much slower than strength gains for me, but Ive been adding alot in back/chest measurement yearly. Arms have been stubborn as fuck and havent broken 19 1/2 cold since 2012. My straight arm relaxed measurement went up an inch but not the flexed. Ive tried 100 sets to failure of arms split into two sessions. Thats another issue though.
Overall the HRT has really kept shit steady. You can always add to it as well and then go off the extra shit and just stay on the HRT dose rather than going off of everything. You dont really need PCT that way either. Not that I ever used it anyway. Never did a shitload of cycles though.
Cycles where you gain alot of strength can be the most decieving. With the superdrol, before the ban, I got massive strength increases. When I went off my joints hurt like hell and everything felt heavier than before I was on it. I gained some permanent muscle and strength I think, but it wasnt noticable when I went off at first.
You may want to consider incorporating HRT if you can get it prescribed. Or you can just get some test and run it like you would HRT. 200 mg a week or so, all the time. You may want to take some breaks off of everything sometimes, but for the most part you can stay on if bloodwork is coming back clean. With black market its hard to know what the fuck you are getting though.
KILL THAT SHIT