Oh.. and this is to 'jennifer's'. If they should crack down on the athletes, crack down on the hollywood stars too. Because you hear of them drunk driving or taking drugs all the time. I'm sure they're role models too.

To be honest, taking steroids is nowhere near as bad as what people make them out to be. The fact is, things will go wrong when things aren't done properly.

When I first took the juice I didn't do it properly and I wasn't in the healthy state of mind to be doing them either. Since then, I've used them properly and I have been fine. You could actually relate roids to alcohol:

1. When you take too much it sets you off in horrible moods.

2. Having an empty stomach makes the 'rage affect' worse.

3. Chances of damage to the liver and arteries. 4. When you're drunk, people look more appealing until your sober/ When on roids, you look more appealing, until you come off them.

My opinion is, if you're going to hit the juice then know your limits (just like booze). But at least steroids are for a constructive reason.

My now former partner was a steroid user. He claimed to be a body builder and was huge. After a 10-week break from his steroids he decided to punch me in the face 12 times and is now facing a charge for ABH.

I believe that steroids are too easy to get hold of, and the people who take them don't know enough about the side effects, or how to take them safely.

And as to wanting to look like a real man: real men don't hit women, steroid abuse or not!

I'm on steroids and have been getting into fights all the time and yes, roid rage is true.

i was a really quiet boy. Now i just get aggression and want to break people's heads for no reason. I have stabbed people as well for no reason.

Man This is pretty cool. i like this website because it is true about the roid rage and i think that people who do roids are weird.

While on superdrol, no changes in mood, no rage, etc. but a week after stopping while on ATD for post cycle therapy to bring hormone levels back up, I've noticed it's much easier to push my buttons though it's still controllable so, is it possible the roid rage occurs when people are coming off the testosterone?

Whats funny is when some roid raging jerk picks a fight and gets beat up! Boy do they get mad! LOL! They just snap, but it does no good against a trained fighter, who blacks and shuts their eye with one punch! What's worse, is that the reason for the steroids, being so vein, they have to have them to look "good" really kills them inside.

"Oh, I got sucker punched after I charged the guy." No, that's not what they say, they press charges, after picking a fight in a beauty salon! That their girlfriend started! That's what they deserve!

My life is being extremely affected by steroids right now. I believe my husband's already bad temper is greatly enhanced by them. The love of my life has been violent to me in front of our toddler, holding me by my neck on the wall so my feet couldn't touch the ground, pulled my ponytail so bad my scalp throbbed for about 24 hours, called me every name in the book, spit on me, held me to the floor screaming at me to move my hands from my face so he could punch me so hard my brains would be all over the floor, told me to pack all my belongings and the ones I leave behind he will throw out, kicked me out of the house with no shoes and threatening i will never see out kids again. This is a short list.

I am scared how easily steroids can be bought and how many people actually take them. I don't want to call the cops on him but he needs a wake up call that I can't give him.

My daughter's fiance went off on her last night, in front of her 10 year old and their 18 month old baby. He called her every curse word he could think of and then threw her out of the house along with the kids. They were arguing about how much he thought the oldest should be punished, with him thinking the boy should be "hit with a belt". She admitted to me she saw hypo needle packs in the trash, after thinking he had stopped using steroids like he said he had. I hope and pray she stays away from him until he gets into recovery. Or dies of liver death or whatever kills these people.

Dear Jennifers, What you say is so, so true! The people here ranting and raving on how good and how safe and what nonsense roid rage is are fools! I am in a situation that affects me and my *entire* family because one idiot believes injecting himself and his teenage kids is the best way to "achive" miracles in the swimming pool and sports fields! To those people out there, I beg you to think and re-think again *before* taking steroids. They are banned for good reasons not because someone is jealous you will end up bigger than them one day!-- John Thomas

I turned out to be fine. Thsi article is a load of crap.

"Hopefully steroid use will decline as fitness concepts move away from the "Conan" look to the "Tour de France" look."

Sounds like more crap to me. Men still want to look like real men.

A couple of things to consider:

Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS), are just that, androgens. It is without a single doubt that these hormones *will* cause a mood change in a person, as aggression and dominance is in fact an animalistic instinct that we have learned to control, which is elevated by increased testosterone and/or other synthetic androgens which activate the androgen receptors.

A person who does not know how to control their behavior will most likely react badly to these hormones. This is just a fact, as they already have problems and anabolics will simply aggravate the issue.

Since Anabolic Steroids impart their user with profound muscular strength and size, this also contributes to the aggression as the person feels more powerful, and subconsciously believes more in using force to solve their problems than before.

This is all "on paper knowledge", however. In reality, the majority of anabolic steroid users don't go around on rampages. There is no conclusive evidence showing that just because a person decides to use anabolic steroids as an ergogenic aid, that they will act any differently than normal. The dangers of steroids and their effects on our mood has been overstretched drastically, which is the same story for the majority of drugs that are illegal.

In conclusion, I believe this: A person on anabolic steroids is no more dangerous than any other person who could very easily obtain weapons and commit crimes for any reason or in reaction to emotions. Federal regulation is an utter failure when it comes to our drug policy, it's effectiveness is simply masking the problem, not removing it.

is this true though? because currently i'm aware of no scientific evidence supporting "roid rage" and steroids aren't as harmful as other drugs in my opinion. i mean orals damage your liver, but so does alcohol abuse as long as you don't abuse steroids they aren't as bad, but can still be dangerous (high cholesterol ,enlarged left ventricle etc) i mean personally i think steroids should be legal because then you can moderate what is on sale instead of all the black market and counterfeits.

i mean people are going to take them no matter what, so best make it legal so people can take the best ones and be well educated in what they're doing to they're bodies.

What are the proper treatments for treating roid rage? What steps do I do?

anon15492, the "tour de france" look already has plenty of roids and doping...most sports do these days.

Hopefully steroid use will decline as fitness concepts move away from the "Conan" look to the "Tour de France" look. One scary place for steroids would be the Mixed Martial Arts craze.

It is truly terrifying to be around someone who is using steroids and has unpredictable, violent behavior. Especially if it's someone you know and love. When kids start thinking about how they can be better at sports, I think that people who have used steroids in the past and suffered (and had their family and friends suffer) should spread the word; so much easier to not start than to stop once you've started.

I also think that governments - specifically the US government - should really crack down on professional athletes who use steroids. The kids are just trying to be like their idols and if their idols actually got in trouble for doing stupid things like this, maybe the kids wouldn't be quite so quick to emulate them.