Hi all,
Hope you're all doing ok.
Since I started PMO'ing from a very early age, over time I've found that after ejaculation, within 20 minutes, I feel like my brain is inflamed and just doesn't work as efficiently. I get slurred speech and just want to lie in bed.
It's literally ruined my life, and there have been times when, because I PMO'd earlier that day, I missed out on various social events.
It's a nightmare because it's made me a really boring person; I have to plan everything in advance.
It's like after O'ing, the life gets sucked out of me.
The symptoms seem at their worst when I get semen leakage. For example, I was talking to a girl at work and she turned me on, and I leaked semen (precum) and I could feel my brain starting to shut down, it's horrible.
And how do I explain it to others? It's such an awkward and embarrassing illness.
Over the years I've tried Diclofenac (a strong NSAID), which provided mild relief.
I also tried Niacin, which didn't help.
I tried Testogel testosterone patches, which worked wonders, but they can lead to infertility and testicular cancer.
More recently I've been trying B12 and D3 which helps a little, but some days my brain just feels burnt out, and this is consistently when I've O'd earlier in the day.
Fortunately, if I O and then go to sleep, by the morning I'm back to normal; it's just that sometimes I want to be spontaneous and do something unplanned in the morning. I shouldn't have to bow down to this illness.
I will never give up, but I feel that this illness is holding me back from realising my true potential and I feel like my life is on hold until then.
Recently I went to see an endocrinologist who really listened to me and my situation. He's been brilliant so far.
I had a blood test last year and found the following, while I was taking Testogel:
Testosterone was 17.2 with an LH of 3.7, FSH 3.6.
Sex hormone binding globulin was29.3 and the reference range is 14 - 94, so he was concerned that this is low.
Cortisol at 533. The free T4 is 17.7, TSH 2.5. (I have high cortisol, this illness doesn't help with all the stress it causes me).
So what I'm doing at the minute is waiting for 6 weeks (since I stopped taking the Testogel) and have booked in for blood tests of the following:
O in the morning before:
Week 1: LH, FSH, oestradiol, testosterone, prolactin, vitamin D, vitamin B12, folic acid, ESR, CRP and ferritin.
Then begin diet (see below)
No O before:
Week 2: LH, FSH, oestradiol and testosterone.
No O before:
Week 3: LH, FSH, oestradiol and testosterone.
One hypothesis we came up with was that EVERYONE who O's has a drop in testosterone and other such chemicals, but it's my body's response to this. However part of me does feel that it's an allergic reaction because I rarely sneeze, but do sneeze a little bit after O'ing.
In terms of diet, I've always eaten a high carb, high sugar diet so that isn't likely to help, so the endocrinologist has recommended I try a diet of:
No:
Potato, Bread, Pasta, Water Melon, Pineapple, Grapes, Dates, Mangos, Banana - to see if this improves my symptoms.
Another theory is that my prolactin levels rise after O'ing, so perhaps I could trial medication that reduces prolactin.
I will report back once I have my blood test results in the next couple of weeks. Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
