Also, I mean maybe I did notice a little strength increase from it, but I could never be sure it was the Var (as I was running it solely with Test, which could have accounted for it).
However, I would honestly challenge someone to prove - in this same manner (running it solely with a retaining compound) - that it adds anything worthwhile at all.
A buddy of mine is one of those blokes who swears by it: yet fails to acknowledge that it's the Mast, EQ and Test he's also running that's doing the good stuff, not the Var.
I'm not intimately familiar with the chemical makeup, but if memory serves correct it has some affinity to affect free androgen index, but even so again if it's true, there are so many more compounds that'll do a much better job at that and have other added benefits - not downsides.
I agree totally also Dylan - I just don't "feel" good on it. It's sort of like a physical depressant. Your body just feels "off". The opposite on content. Unsatisfied, perhaps, I would say is a good word to describe the feeling.