Hello guys, I'm new here! My name is Ricardo, I am from Brazil, I am 23 years old, first wanted to say that I am very happy to find out that I am not alone, I had searched many times on the internet if it was normal to feel extreme tiredness days after ejaculation, I saw that there is a loss of energy but always thought that in my case was very exaggerated, out of the ordinary, today I decided to relate my research with some disease or syndrome and ended up discovering what I have, fortunately found a name for what I feel, surely that is because I identified with the main symptoms.
I do not have sex often and avoid masturbating as much as possible, but whenever I masturbate the symptoms appear and last about 5 days, the ones that bother me and disturb my life, are:
- extreme fatigue, as they end up being useless the days after ejaculation, I can't do anything productive
- difficulty concentrating, can't study or focus on anything, it's horrible;
- even a low-intensity headache ends up disrupting the previous symptoms even more;
- confusion, coming from extreme fatigue and difficulty concentrating, I have a little difficulty organizing my thoughts and speaking what I think, it is as if my body was too lazy to think, in those moments just the desire to sleep;
- Muscle weakness, this was the first symptom I noticed, because whenever I ejaculated I felt very weak when playing sports or doing any kind of physical exercise, it was at these times that I related muscle weakness to masturbation, but I thought it was normal.
If I masturbate more than once in a short time, the symptoms are much more aggressive and I get sick with a sore throat, cough, fever, full-body muscle pain and runny nose. Therefore, I avoid masturbating as much as possible, and doing so more than once in a short period of time, with no chance, the risk of getting sick is very high, it has happened several times. When all the symptoms come together, the only desire I have is to lie down, rest or sleep, any other activity is distressing and tiring, it disturbs my life a lot and I am sure that it disturbs any relationship I have.
I do not understand much on the subject yet personal, I do not know how to alleviate the symptoms, if you have treatment, what are the causes, nothing! so if you can tell me something to read, thank you.
I found out what I got, but now what? what do I do?
(08/08/20) update 1:
- Garlic improves my brain fog by 70%! when I have symptoms of POIS, I cut a clove of garlic into very small pieces and drink it with water, the taste is not very pleasant, but it is worth it and the improvement is instantaneous.
- I started a 100% gluten free diet
(12/15/20) update 2:
- I spent 4 months on a super healthy gluten-free and lactose-free diet, I realized that I must eat well and at the right times, my energy increased too much in that period. I kept abstinence for 3 months and then I ejaculated 2 times as a test and almost had no symptoms of POIS, a few days later I ejaculated again and had the classic symptoms of POIS, I think I misplaced my luck, this cannot be something frequent for me.
- In the past few days, I ended up uncontrolling my food and not eating right, again I felt extremely weak and without any energy, I had 2 ejaculations in that period and I had horrible symptoms of POIS.
- I intend to: organize my food again; sleep early and wake up early; and i'm also thinking of looking for a doctor to help me, because i think my body doesn't absorb nutrients from food properly so i get so weak when i delay a meal.
(12/09/21) update 3
In 2021 I just tried to go into abstinence, I realized that I have to choose between ejaculation or personal development, the two just can't. In the long term development makes me happier so my choice is to stay abstinent as long as I can, with that I feel I can achieve more things in life that obviously wouldn't be possible with POIS periods. I'm always trying to maintain healthy sleep, eating and exercise habits, but unfortunately I never succeed for very long. that's it.
(06/02/25) update 4
I recently had some tests done and discovered that my testosterone level is 1,137 ng/dL, which may be why I have always had problems with acne; I also discovered that I am deficient in vitamins B12 (301 pg/mL) and D (27.2 ng/mL). I have been taking these vitamins for about a month now and I have the impression that my POIS symptoms have decreased after taking the vitamins. It is still too early to say that there has been a decrease, but I want to leave this on record here. It is worth noting that my POIS symptoms have remained practically the same since the last updates.
