Macster,
That was interesting advice. Abstinence is the best medicine for me. I get nocturnal emissions as well, but the effects are not as terrible due to the sleep factor. However; any voluntary ejaculation on my part disrupts my productivity. Repeating it in a short time span only makes it worse. My symptoms after orgasm are exhaustion, weakness, lack of interest to perform anything, brain fog, and body warmth. These symptoms take at least a few days to recover from. I have tried coffee after orgasm, but it only makes me jittery.
I am new to this forum and I was wondering if your symptoms match the ones I listed above. What is the cause of this, because when I told my doctor, he thought it was all psychological?
Hi Erfa, and welcome to the forum
Each POIS sufferer has its specific set of symptoms, but they always revolve around the same themes. Some symptoms are shared by a huge majority of POIS sufferer, like exhaustion, and some kind of cognitive problems, and also some kind of emotional problems. For a recent list of symptoms reported by the forum members, grouped in clusters, see at
http://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=2027.0 . You will notice that your symptoms are all shared by other members here.
Macster already gave you great suggestions about what to try in order to relieve your symptoms. By reading on the forum, you will find many others suggestions. You will have to do some trial and error, with supplements. For example, niacin helps many POIS sufferers, especially with cognitive and flu-like symptoms, but some members have no relief with it. Same thing for fenugreek, antihistamine, or any supplement mentioned on the forum. Personally, I have good result with magnesium, with rosmarinic acid, with green tea extract, with almost any good combination of antioxidants ( like vit C, vit E, polyphenols from berries, from pine bark extract or else, lignam from flax seed oil, ginkgo biloba, milk thistle, and so on), omega-3 from fish oils, ...
Whatever you choose to try, go slowly, use safe dose, and try only one supplement at a time. If you try 3 new things in the same week, you won't know which one makes you feel better, and which one makes you feel worst. So, go slowly and surely.
I would like to add another idea that can be helpful in your experimentations. Many supplements are more efficient if taken approximatively one hour before release than if taken after, or too soon before. If they had time to dissolve in the stomach, and the active principle have been distributed all over the body, these active molecules will be already in place when whatever happens that is causing POIS is happening. At least, taking your supplements as soon as possible after release can lead to better results.
Many POISers, like you, has less symptoms after a NE (noctural emission) than after a waking state O. In a thread about that, many have shared this. But, it is not always the case - some members have the same level of intensity following a NE of a waking state release. Personally, I have about only 30% to 50% of usual symptoms following a NE, but being married and being 50 y/o, I rarely have NE, currently.
