Why Do Teenagers Use Steroids?

Steroids have been a major component of teenage life these days. From Athletes to school going kids everybody is engaged in steroids. Why is this? This is because Steroids give you an extra boost to make your body look good and to give extra strength, stamina, etc. Then why do teenagers need it? Or high school going kids need it?

This is because of our society; there is so much peer pressure for example
There is a skinny boy at school and is bullied by strong and tall people at school so to counter that he would take steroids and buff up to stand up against them because he can’t take the pressure so thus it’s not his fault to take steroids but it is also the society’s fault for creating such circumstances as everyone can’t resist to the
This is even more harmful than taking steroids in directly as adulterated steroids contain steroids along with various other harmful substances. Various Ayurvedic medicines also contain steroids and people unknowingly take in steroids due to the adulteration of medicines. As these steroids are illegal and available on in the black market for steroids so ergo, there is no organization to maintain a check on the quality and adulteration of these products.

Keeping aside the negative effects of steroids there are various positive effects of steroids too. Steroids are used to treat a lot of medical conditions like cancer or testes removal surgery.

• Steroids act as great Anti-depressant as it increases the amount of Cortisol which is an hormone that is released to handle stress in one’s body, it also helps in recovering from various injuries much faster than the normal rate.

• Steroids increase the nitrogen content in our body which effects the muscle growth in our body. The increase in the nitrogen content of our body helps increase production of protein in our body which leads to multiplying the size of the muscles by at least five times much faster than the conventional way of making
Steroids don’t go well with the toxins that tobacco and alcohol introduce in the body. Steroids affect the body slower than tobacco or alcohol.

• Washing out of steroids: Washing out of steroids is technique in which all the steroids in your body are removed and further cause no harm. Washing out of steroids should be done in great supervision because if washing out of steroids is not carried out properly the body can lead to further harm or even death. Thus, It is necessary to get the steroids washed out from an experienced doctor.

Psychological effects of Steroids: The use of steroids leads to impotency which further leads to various psychological, This can lead to long term effects on not only body but on the mind. It can spoil relationships with friends and family. Greater number of complaints of depression, anxiety, and hostility during cycles of steroid use is observed. However, no effect on the amount of major mental disorders was found. It is concluded that the organic affective changes associated with anabolic steroid abuse usually present as a subsyndromal depressive disorder of insufficient severity to be classified as a psychiatric