Hey guys I'm glad to have found the forum. I just turned 42 and I started to get POIS in my 20's. Looking back as a teen I had sex with no symptoms other than I wanted more sex. I did however use porn heavy at the same time and was an addict to porn use. I think my significant porn use and over ejaculation in conjunction with genes that make me more prone to an autoimmune condition to trigger POIS. I also think stress and some other factors didn't help.
When I O I don't get symptoms until day 2 ( I wonder if anyone also has this?), I do feel a little tired day one but day 2 like clockwork when I wake up BAM! like a truck hit me and could be 3-5 days before I start to feel normal. I feel so tired, uninterested in anything, I want to eat junk food and/or more unhealthy (I suspect dopamine and the body wanting to spike it by any means), brain fog, depression, social isolation and just feel like the flu or shitty.
I've tried it all and the only thing that helps me is not have an O, I honestly just ended a relationship with a women I've had for 2yrs because as much as I tried I could not not have sex. While extreme I'm going to try and abstain, live really healthy and allow the body to heal (it's a hope). Plant based diet, Max Gerson (coffee enemas), Wim Hoff methods and exercise/rest and all going to be employed. I have tried stacks, ginger, niacin and CBD among other things and none of it worked for me personally. I am not saying to anyone don't try these things but they just didn't work for me so I'm going to shut it down sexually and try to heal the body.
I don't know about others but I feel like I've been able to achieve 50% of what I could have based on symptoms and at 42 I am more aware of my limited time here on earth and so I'm going to focus on anything I want to achieve in conjunction with trying to heal with the thought that I feel decent and productive when I don't O and with a Mike Tyson swing that I could heal the body in the process. I've had this for over 20yrs and really feel for the young bucks out there in the teens and 20's (guys sexual prime), it's like a cruel joke. I didn't pinpoint that it was POIS until 2 years ago when I got a divorce and was banging two women at once and I woke up after spending a couple days with each and I felt like I was going to die, so tired and flu like. As dumb as it sounds I thought I suffered from depression and porn made the depression worse. Little did I know it was the O's not the porn per say (I don't think porn helps btw). Anyway while I feel like I didn't accomplish as much as I could have to date due to POIS I'm an optimistic person by nature so I'm still going after it in life with new goals and insight.
We only get one chance at this life so keep fighting guys! I respect you all and know the pain and suffering of laying bed while others go swimming and live life while you just want to sleep and eat Twinkies. Don't give up hope no matter the road you take and know that there are others out there that go through the same thing. Thank you for this forum and I think you help a lot of people that just come in as a guest ( I have for two years). God Bless.
