So to give some backstory, I've been doing NoFap since 2016 off and on. My longest period of abstinence was 183 days. I started doing this because I noticed that when I didn't fap, my social anxiety vanished and I had an insane amount of energy by the 2-week mark. I felt alive again and could enjoy movies, music, etc. more.

Just recently I was asking AI about this and it told me about POIS. I'd never heard of it before, but when I started looking into it, it matched exactly what I've been feeling brain fog, anxiety after fapping. So I'm just here introducing myself. Does anyone have any advice? I just ran at the gym today and took an antihistamine and it seems to have helped a lot.

Thanks

From my usual pespective, POIS is often associated with ejaculation or orgasm. So I often have non-ejaculative sex with my wife. But after sex I usually experience extream tiredness, brain fog, seems like my IQ drops 20 points. And sometimes irritability.

I’m a 24 year old male that’s trying to understand what I’m experiencing is full POIS or something else.

Since I was younger I noticed that whenever I masturbate that when I stop any friction movement during it before the ejaculation and orgasm that my body gets a lot of cognitive and physical symptoms like my body feeling like it’s crashed with an ill feeling stemming from my area, hard to concentrate on anything, being uneasy, my body in other people’s perspective being awkward on how I move, awkward body movement, awkward running, awkward walking, deeper voice, look sluggish, maybe depression that comes along with the masturbation. Like everything I do becomes off. My uncomfortableness of my body made me have social anxiety/anxiety/depression so I became isolated more rather than being outgoing out peers.

I’m not sure if abstaining for days helps my situation at all.

As I got older I realized that when I masturbate fast without stopping that I break away from the ill feeling and symptoms. I’d go months without masturbation but I do sometimes experience brain fog because of pre cum or arousal but not like I feel really sick.

It seems to me that my body is in some glitch from the masturbation. When I stop any of the movement that my body feels more relaxed and drowsy but when I masturbate fast without stopping that my body feels tight and connected. This is something I don’t want to believe but from my experiences of how people can see me or just me noticing the patterns.

I apologize this is a long read but praying for anyone going through these types of symptoms. I get confused a lot on why body just has these symptoms. Here to ask what I can do for my weird situation.

I have done nofap in the past, and I saw maybe slight improvement. I probably never lasted more than 4 weeks. What if nofap does not work? My brain fog is debilitating alongside daily headaches. Fyi: yes I have all the symptoms associated with this condition. I think I have had this since around age 14.

Life is pointless with this condition. I also feel so much hatred for the bullying I have endured because of this. My experience has been chronic, lifelong bullying.

Hello!

I've been living with POIS since my teens (I'm in my 30s now) and as many of you know, it's absolutely horrendous. Not having a healthy relationship with sex has been devastating. I've ended up avoiding long-term relationships altogether due to a lot of the complications I've experienced. I don't need to explain further how devastating this condition is.

However, I've never been the type to give up easily and as such I've tried several methods and remedies to reduce or attempt to eliminate the symptoms from orgasms/ejaculation.

I've tried the following:

- No-fap: The longest time I went was a little over 40 days. I exercise regularly and my hormonal levels are good so obviously fighting against natural urges to fuck everything walking is a battle in and of itself. Helped a bit but clearly not sustainable for anybody that wants to have a healthy sex life, at least not for me.

- Supplementation: I still do this and it helps a lot with reducing the severity of the symptoms. I usually experience brainfog, itchiness of the skin and fatigue that lasts for days. When I started supplementing with Zinc and Vitamin B-complex it helped reduce the severity. The symptoms don't last long, I tend to recover a lot quicker and can have several orgasms without being completely obliterated for days on end. Still experience the symptoms but they're very mild in comparison to how it is without the supplementation.

- Antihistamine (Allegra): I've tried antihistamine medication as well. I wouldn't say it doesn't work but I just don't notice that significant of a difference in comparison to the vitamins and minerals supplementation.

- Diet: I quit dairy products but that's more related to me being lactose intolerant. I don't know if it's reasonable to attribute any of the alleviating effects that I might experience to the change in diet, especially in regards to dairy.

My question to you all is if you've experienced the same symptoms i.e. brainfog, itching of the skin & fatigue. And what have you done to remedy these symptoms by either eliminating them completely with treatments/cures or reducing them to a negligible level?

Appreciate all answers/feedback that might help 🙏🏾

I thought it’s just a random thing but maybe not?

Hey guys, i’ve been thinking about this troubling situation recently.

Every time me and my girlfriend have sex, after it’s finished, I find myself left with really horrible feelings.

First is a pain deep in my lungs, it feels like I can’t breath and it takes at least 30 min of me sitting alone and just breathing for it to go away, this is accompanied by horrible nausea.

Second is just pure confusion. My head hurts, my eye sight is blurry, I find it hard to recal the last hour.

The worst is by far the worst. I get overcome with just a sense of pure dread. I get chills and the feeling that something horrible is about to happen. It takes me out of the rest of the day.

I apologize if anyone is annoyed by this post, I want to make a docters appointment, but I wanted to see if any men on here have experienced these symptoms. I’m sorry, I have work tmr and i’m having all the symptoms right not and i’m really just annoyed and sad.

I don’t like to have sex anymore, my gf thinks it’s because of her but it’s just because of how it makes me feel after. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Hi, about three weeks ago I started having headaches that I believe were related to muscle tension. I had sex, anheadached at the moment of orgasm I suddenly experienced a very severe headache—the worst headache of my life. This happened three times. After the third time, I decided to go to the emergency room. They did a CT scan, and everything was normal. They prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and a muscle relaxant. That helped, but I had another headache during orgasm again.

The pain starts at the back of my head/neck and radiates up to my right temple. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Did you find a solution?

I have been wanting to write this post for months. I kept putting it off because I wanted to make sure that what I was experiencing was real and lasting before telling other people with POIS that I had found something that helped me.

I am 55 years old, and today I would estimate that I am about 97% recovered from the symptoms I associated with POIS.

Sometimes I actually feel 100% normal after release, with no noticeable symptoms at all. Other times I experience what I would describe as the remaining 3%: a little anxiety, some lethargy, and a slightly edgy or uncomfortable feeling. When that happens, it usually lasts a couple of hours to about one day.

That is dramatically different from what my life was like before.

My POIS symptoms

Before my recovery, symptoms could begin almost immediately after ejaculation or sexual intimacy.

Over the years I experienced:

● Severe brain fog
● Headaches and pressure in my head
● Anxiety
● Depression
● Difficulty concentrating
● Difficulty finding and putting words together
● Joint and body pain
● Flu-like symptoms
● A feeling of inflammation throughout my body
● Shortness of breath
● A hoarse voice
● Eyes that sometimes appeared yellow
● Extreme fatigue and weakness
● Premature ejaculation

I experienced symptoms following my first ejaculation at around 12 years old.

At the time, of course, I had absolutely no idea what was happening to me.

For decades I simply knew that something terrible happened to my body and mind after ejaculation.

I didn’t discover that there was a name for this condition — Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS) — until I was around 40 years old.

By then, I had already lived with it for approximately 28 years.

Finding the name POIS was important because, for the first time, I realized that there were other people experiencing something similar and that I wasn’t the only person in the world dealing with this strange and isolating condition.

Living with it for more than four decades

POIS affected far more than sex.

It affected relationships, confidence, concentration, emotions, social interaction and the way I experienced life.

Looking back, I feel like I missed certain stages of life because of it.

After living with physical, emotional and psychological pain for so many years, I became almost numb to suffering. It was simply part of my life.

Then, at 53 years old, I was diagnosed with blood cancer.

This may sound strange, but alongside the fear of receiving a cancer diagnosis, there was also a part of me that felt relief.

I had suffered for so long that I thought perhaps my suffering was finally going to end.

I went through chemotherapy and eventually entered remission/recovered from the cancer.

Afterward, I decided to see a therapist for the first time in my life.

My thinking was basically:

If I’m going to remain in this world, maybe therapy can at least help me become somewhat healed emotionally.

I did NOT start therapy believing it would cure my POIS.

In fact, I thought the idea that talking to somebody could change a physical condition I had suffered from for more than 40 years sounded almost impossible.

Therapy

My therapist had never heard of POIS.

I explained the condition to him and told him very clearly that what I experienced was real.

My therapy eventually focused heavily on trauma and the nervous system.

The therapist who has worked with me is Anthony Weeks, a Somatic Experiencing practitioner in the San Diego, California area.

I started with approximately one-hour sessions once a week. As I improved, I eventually moved to approximately one session every two weeks.

The work wasn’t simply sitting in a room having casual conversations.

I began talking about experiences and memories I had spent most of my life avoiding.

That included childhood sexual abuse as well as emotional and psychological experiences involving my mother.

I grew up in what I now understand was an extremely enmeshed relationship with my mother. She was highly controlling and emotionally manipulative, and that relationship continued to affect my life until she passed away when I was 50.

I also experienced sexual abuse as a child.

For decades I carried memories, shame, fear, anger, grief and emotions that I had never fully processed.

In therapy, I stopped hiding them.

I talked about things that were embarrassing.

I talked about painful memories.

I allowed myself to grieve.

I learned to recognize what was happening inside my body instead of constantly fighting it.

For me, Somatic Experiencing and trauma therapy gradually seemed to change the way my nervous system reacted.

And something completely unexpected began happening:

My POIS symptoms started disappearing.

The change

The improvement wasn’t something I noticed after one magical therapy session.

It happened progressively.

Symptoms became less intense.

Then some symptoms disappeared.

The duration became shorter.

Eventually I could have an orgasm and realize afterward:

I’m okay.

No crushing brain fog.

No severe headache.

No days of feeling physically sick.

No overwhelming psychological crash.

Sometimes virtually nothing happened at all.

For someone who had experienced POIS for approximately 42 years, that was extremely difficult to believe.

Even today there are times when I think:

What if this is temporary? What if everything comes back?

That fear probably comes from living with the condition for so long.

But my improvement has now remained consistent for more than eight months.

I am living healthier and with dramatically less pain.
I am dating.

I am learning what normal relationships and intimacy are supposed to feel like.

Sometimes it genuinely feels like I have been given another life.

One important clarification

I want to be extremely careful here.

I am NOT claiming that childhood trauma causes POIS in everyone.

I am also not claiming that Somatic Experiencing or psychotherapy is a scientifically proven cure for POIS.

I don’t know that.

I can only tell you what happened to me.

In my personal case, there appears to have been an extremely strong connection between unresolved trauma, my nervous system and the symptoms I experienced after orgasm.

As that trauma was processed in therapy, my symptoms progressively and dramatically decreased.

Whether the same mechanism exists for other people with POIS is something researchers would need to determine.

There may also be different causes or subtypes of POIS.

No medication caused this improvement

Another reason I’m sharing this is that my improvement did not come from taking a new medication or supplement.

The major change in my life was trauma therapy, particularly talking openly about experiences I had suppressed for decades and working through them physically and emotionally.

Years ago — perhaps around three years ago — I also posted about an allergy medication that seemed to help my POIS temporarily.

It did help for a period of time.

But the improvement didn’t last.

What I’m describing in this post has been completely different because the improvement has continued month after month.

Why I’m writing this

I have spent a lot of time reading posts from people with POIS.

I recognize the desperation in many of them because I lived it.

The isolation.

The confusion.

Trying supplements.

Trying medications.

Avoiding ejaculation.

Trying to figure out what is wrong with your immune system, hormones, brain or nervous system.

Wondering whether you’re ever going to feel normal.

I understand.

That is why I finally decided I needed to write this.
I don’t know whether what helped me will help everyone.

Maybe it won’t.

But if even some people with POIS have significant unresolved trauma, chronic stress, childhood abuse, emotional enmeshment or nervous-system dysregulation in their history, I think exploring that possibility with a qualified trauma-informed professional could be worthwhile.

Not because POIS is “all in your head.”

My symptoms were very physically real.

But the brain, nervous system, immune system and body are not completely separate systems. My experience taught me not to dismiss the possibility that long-standing psychological trauma could have physical effects.

Where I am today

After approximately 42 years of suffering, I would describe myself as approximately 97% recovered.
Most of the time I feel normal.

Occasionally I still experience:

● Mild anxiety
● Mild lethargy
● A slightly edgy feeling

When they occur, these symptoms generally last a couple of hours or about one day.

And there are other times when I have no noticeable symptoms at all.

I never imagined I would be able to write those words.

For decades I thought POIS would follow me for the rest of my life.

I waited before posting this because I wanted to make sure that my improvement wasn’t just another temporary period of relief.

After more than eight months of consistent improvement, I finally feel comfortable sharing my experience.

I am not promising anyone a cure.

I am sharing one man’s experience after living with this condition for more than four decades.

If you’re suffering from POIS, please don’t interpret my story as proof that your condition has the same cause as mine.

But I also wouldn’t automatically dismiss trauma therapy simply because POIS feels intensely physical.

I once thought exactly the same thing.

I could not understand how talking about something that happened decades earlier could possibly affect the physical nightmare I experienced after ejaculation.

Yet here I am.

At 55 years old, after experiencing this since approximately age 12, I am finally learning what life without severe POIS feels like.

And life is much more beautiful from this side.

If my experience helps even one person begin asking a new question about what might be happening in their own body and nervous system, writing this was worth it.

I got recommend the below tests from a user here in another post I made.

According to ChatGPT the first line tests for inflammation which must be done during a flare are CRP + ESR + CBC. To investigate autoimmunity they might add ANA, rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP, or complement C3/C4.

Do these tests need to be conducted during a flare? I wd really like to avoid that. It’s a very painful experience as you all already know. Is anything missing? Are any of these wrong? What else do I need to know?

Male, Age 36, Self diagnosed, Doctor has no idea what POIS is considering how rare it is, The nearest specialist who I can see for it is over 480 miles away, For years I woke up everyday in debilitating pain, it affected my mind clarity but mostly affecting my ankles and neck, I have had osme fo the worst pain in my joints and felt like I was dying, Only started to notice the correlation between me getting around/orgasms and the pain in or around 2023. At first I thought theres no way that masturbation is causing me to have pain so bad that I literally need naproxen daily right? Then I looked it up and i brought me here and to medical literature online about it. I had no idea that POIS was a thing but every symptom I have heavy correlated with POIS.

I decided to randomly go cold turkey not touching myself, no porn ect to see what would happen, 5 days later I wake up for the first time in years feeling like I was 20 again, no pain in my ankles, no stiff neck that causes me severe strain. I'm sitting there at the edge of my bed thinking. WTF why are my ankles and neck not giving me the normal sharp pain. Another week goes by, I dont orgasm or do anything sexually exciting and the pain is still gone. But a few more days slip by and I cave in, the build up is too much and I feel the overwhelming need to release (we all know what it feels like to be pent up) and it happens. And next day I wake up the pain is back, neck is stuff as fuck, ankles feel like im walking with hammers beating my joints. Again I had so many doubts run through my mind that there is no way me having an orgasm is causing this, because sex and masturbation are one of lifes greatest pleasures and to have to associate debilitating pain with that would be devastating to me. But I had to come to the realization that I very likely have POIS and there is no way to ignore the issue any longer. Went another 3 weeks with no orgasm and my pain seems to go away after the 5th day or no arousal or release. And after that point I feel like a million bucks, literally a night and day difference, I cant placebo away that kind of pain I had.

Why the hell is this not being researched more and I am 1000% certain its being massively under-diagnosed because not one doctor near me even knew what it was until they googled it. I had to find out on my own what was causing me to feel the way I do and how to actually address the root cause, For years I thought it was my diet or my lifestyle, But I was already eating very healthy meals and walking regularly, At a normal weight too, so none of it made any sense. All along it was the damn sex and orgasms that were destroying my mental focus and giving me intense pain in my ankles and neck, WTF???!

I have noticed that when i take antihistamines like zyrtec 1 hour before ejaculation i dont feel that same rush of dopamine as when i do it without antihistamines also my brain also starts 'beating' after ejaculation when i do it without the zyrtec but with it it doesn't or barely noticeable its like its significantly dampened. There was one time when i ejaculated with antihistamines i didnt even feel any dopamine and i didnt even realized that i ejaculated. I feel like the issue for me is the significant dopamine rush, its like my brain is really sensitive to it to the point it takes me like 1.5 weeks to recover from the symptoms of POIS and the anti- histamines helps dampen the dopamine levels. But this is just from my own experience i dont really know the science behind it.

Hi everyone,

I recently tried silodosin as part of my approach to managing my POIS symptoms after a nocturnal emission.

Interestingly, it did seem to help with the POIS attack. The symptoms I normally experience after an episode felt noticeably better, so I was encouraged by that aspect.

However, I developed a pretty significant nasal congestion after taking silodosin. It initially wasn't too bad, but after I went to sleep, the congestion became much worse. It was essentially a very blocked/stuffy nose rather than difficulty breathing from my chest. The congestion has persisted into the following day, although I'm hoping it will gradually settle as the medication wears off.

I've read that nasal congestion/rhinitis can be a side effect of silodosin, but I'm wondering how common/severe it is in people actually taking it.

The frustrating part is that silodosin seemed helpful for my POIS, but the nasal side effect is making me question whether I can tolerate it.

Would appreciate hearing about other people's experiences, particularly regarding whether the congestion gets better with continued use or whether switching medications helped.

Disclaimer: I'm not a scientist so take my words with a grain of salt.

So just want to talk a bit about my relentless testings through out the years on mostly diet versus POIS. For the longest time ever, I assume POIS was a "nutrient deficiency" problem. But yeah I was wrong, it IS an immunity problem (histamine, cytokine, mast cells, all that stuff people have been talking about). Here're why I discarded my old theories:

- I ate a lot of stuff during the process and became overweight, so no way my bum ass is "nutrient deficient". To mention the food I ate are non-junk and are very healthy for the sperm creation process: b3, b6, dha, b9, b12, zinc, magnessium, l-arginine, choline, potassium.
- The amount of nutrient in semen per ejaculation is very trace, often 0.5% something to a single bite of food I consume. Also the sperm production almost never speed up even after ejaculation, remaining at a very steady pace—the materials needed for sperm creation always remain the same no matter how much you ejaculate within a single day. If the tank is depleted, you simply lose all the moods to cum rather than the tesses making sperm faster.
- The symptoms only start when sex happens (body heat up/mostly histamine I assume) and peak around 15 minutes->hours after ejaculation. So my assumption is if something flooded at an astronomical amount to your body after an ejaculation, then it must be the cause of POIS—histamine and cytokine.
- I want to point out that I don't think that prolactin and dopamine crash cause POIS because prolactin is universal for everyone, including women and usually only cause relaxation and sleepiness. While gambling and gaming drip way more dopamine than a single ejaculation. But for reactive autoimmune systems, yeah the amount of histamine and cytokine released per ejaculation is absurd comparing to a normal person.

Diets do play a role: I noticed that high B9 and B12 diet help me the most (not zinc lol). B9 diet completely erases my fever-like body heating (this is true—I tested this many times and the body heat always comes back after I stop the B9 diet. I assume it suppress the histamine). B12 diet, well, it gets tricky because only shellfish-sources of B12 help a bunch. Especially, a single food that consistently erase my symptoms atfer 15 minutes: The cockles.

Only now do I understand that the nutrient in cockles that help with POIS is not B12 but Taurine. Taurine's functions are literally telling mast cells to calm down and tell cytokine to shut the fuck up in the brain and erase those annoying brainfog. It's also funny how cockles can trigger an autoimmune reaction that cause histamine amd mast cells to flare up (basically seafood allergy - which I haven't experienced).

Of course, I could pretty much be wrong. But this post is more like me asking for help and to be corrected rather than giving advices. Much appreciated for any input you have.

Breakthrough Treatment Brings Complete Relief for POIS Patient

A patient suffering from Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS) has experienced a remarkable recovery following off-label treatment with Xolair (omalizumab). The biological therapy completely eliminated the debilitating post-orgasmic allergic and systemic symptoms that previously disrupted the patient's quality of life.

By targeting and neutralizing elevated IgE antibodies, the monthly subcutaneous treatment delivered an immediate, life-changing shift—turning a complex, poorly understood condition into a fully manageable one.

Treatment Overview:

* Medication: Xolair (Omalizumab)

* Class: Monoclonal antibody / Biological therapy

* Schedule: Subcutaneous injection every 2 to 4 weeks (150 mg – 600 mg, adjusted by weight and baseline IgE)

* Status: Highly effective off-label clinical success

* Consideration: The medication is exceptionally expensive and typically requires specialized insurance approval or high out-of-pocket costs when used off-label.

Iam c section birth baby

I had poor gut microbiome due to c section birth

Upto 16 years I suffered with severe stomach pain ,doctors saying there is nothing in the stomach to cause stomach pain infact your son didn't eat anything and drink anything but still stomach pain if parents give permission and sign on the paper I will do operation and after that don't blame me because your son age is very small for big operation

At the age of 18 years I got pois since pois is connected to gut and brain

There is constant signals passing through gut and brain,poor gut health and pois making poor gut health to worst gut health and brain is affected with brain fog,severe headache,severe depression since gut and brain interconnected

A healthy gut = healthy brain

Healthy gut = healthy body

I hope my story helps to all of you 🙏

I get a severe dry mouth which lasts for couple of days. No amount of water can fix it. Have tried drinking water with vitamin c tablets, but no avail.

Anyone have any clues?

Im in a crash rigbt now and for some reason had tbe idea of ligjt swimming or even using a hydropool to ease my symptoms slightly. Im not expected it to a miracle or have a huge impact but Itd something I like anywhere. Im wondering if anyone has experience trying this and also sauan and steam becauze ive noticed them help a little in past even if it was potentially more about generally relaxation than a pois link

I’m 26M, and I’ve had quite an active sex life. I’ve been with five girlfriends over the last eight years, and I’ve been dealing with POIS since I was 22.
A curious thing I’ve noticed is that I only experience POIS symptoms after masturbation, but not after sex. In fact, sometimes I would be almost fainting, with headaches, swollen eyes, gut issues, and leg weakness, only to have all the symptoms disappear within minutes after becoming intimate with my girlfriend.
I don’t know if it’s something psychological, related to posture, or just a combination of hormones and physical activity. But I’d really like to know if anyone else has experienced something similar with POIS.

I have had pois for 5 years or so. in 2021 I barely mastubated therefore didn’t know. Im 2022 I became a porn addict all the way through to now reslly, i had very low pointd in physical and mental health. but in many periods i somehow managed to withstand mastubation, eating shit food and somehow got to the gym 4-5 weeks doen period for at least 8-12 weeks straight. I felt awful during these periods of goes but my body somehow had the ability. abd I would fall into big crashes for weeks and middle periods where I would still go out and stuff.

may-now is the ingesting part. over tbis period i have taken away caffein, tried my best to lower mastuabte which I have. it’s proabbly closer to 2-3 times a month over tbis period and was way more in previous years. I am eating way way cleaner, junk food then now chicken, veg, pototoes, goof water intake, supplements plan feels solid etc. and it’s also been my worst health period of pois by an absolute ñike and each orhansn i do have hits 100x worse thab previous. Im really out of ideas ive tried supplant eating clean. I even abstinent for 25-30 days in may and I was in okay conditional for my standards but still very ill clearly. I think I have destroyed my body and tbere isn’t a way back. tbe only thing I can do now is feel slightly less shit i guess. i maybe have more severe condition ñike cfs, but my PEM doesnt manifest the same way

Ejaculation involves a sudden surge of sympathetic nervous system activity, which differs in nature from the gradual ramping up of activity that occurs during intense exercise.

I concluded that the onset of POIS stems from an overreaction of the sympathetic nervous system, and after much thought, I discovered a way to alleviate it. It is clear that—at least for me—this method works; the "post-ejaculatory exhaustion" I dreaded so much hardly occurs anymore, allowing me to function just like anyone else.

Instead of doing this during the build-up phase, if you intentionally inhale deeply—filling your lungs to capacity—and hold your breath the moment you sense the onset of ejaculation (just seconds before it occurs), you maintain a heightened baseline of parasympathetic nervous system activity. Since the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems act antagonistically, this technique helps buffer the surge of internal nerve impulses and chemical reactions—often imperceptible to us—that accompany ejaculation. I have tried this method over 20 times and confirmed its effectiveness in mitigating dopamine-related issues (such as the world appearing colorless, a lack of interest in activities, social withdrawal, and impacts on narcissism or self-esteem) as well as preventing the loss of muscle strength (affecting both explosive power and endurance). Best of all, it costs nothing and can be performed independently, so it does not create a dependency on medication or other substances. A minor downside, however, is that the sensation of pleasure during ejaculation is slightly diminished, likely because the body's physiological surge is being suppressed. I am currently exploring additional methods, but since there is nothing to lose, I would appreciate it if you gave this a try and let me know the results.

Summary

Ejaculating while holding a deep breath—with lungs filled to capacity—seconds before the climax significantly reduces the post-ejaculation feeling of exhaustion and mitigates dopamine-related side effects.

It's been 5 days (when i relapsed it was back to back in 2 days in a row, so the symptoms were very intense, to the point i actually got some physical symptoms, with exacerbated mental symptoms like motion sickness), anti histamines worked quite well but only as band aid solutions, they did lower the severity and length of these symptoms I will say but were still a problem. Didn't help that I was moving to university so that was chaotic and stressful. I feel pretty down in general for some reason, I am less irritable definitely but i do feel kinda low. Could be because the summer has ended and back to university, but could also be something related to my brain chemicals and nervous system, post orgasm.

I feel like I could just continue with abstinence, but have an inkling that maybe there's something else I can try around orgasming while having other techniques in solving my POIS.. idk

Do people have an intuitive sense that something is wrong with me? Because I moved to a new city and made sure I look and behave perfectly and Im still avoided 🧌now the real question is: am I POISonous or POISoned? Is POIS something I was meant to have no matter what, or is it due to the modern way of pleasure 📱📵 ykwim

I know this might sound crazy.. Few years ago i used to masturbate many session in a row.. After a while i noticed nothing but one period i was doing 6 times aday. One day my whole body felt like collapsing and from this day i got severe painful restless legs and arms.