Your welcome, if you have an addiction to porn and masturbation, or sex in general, it would be best to get that managed too, either from a sex anonymous group meeting, a therapist or other mental health professional, or have a recipient or sponsor to help you.
If you find something that suppresses your POIS symptoms, I think it would be best to still manage how many times you ejaculate. Less ejaculations would be ideal.
Always reach out if you need any help!
How do you define when sexuality is "addictive"? Most people engage in sexuality when their libido grows and there is zero link between the frequency of it and POIS - healthy people naturally regain libido within hours or a day since last orgasm (POIS can prolong the regain of sexual sensitivity/libido) and many have sex or masturbate daily and never had POIS
I will post 7 months later, if you don't need my reply anymore, that is fine, I will still post anyways.
I believe that when somebody has POIS and pornography addiction, they can worsen their symptoms. It is even possible that their pornography addiction caused their POIS. This would be the most consistent with the withdrawal hypothesis of POIS. For sex/porn addicts, they do their unwanted behavior or "acting out" repeatedly despite negative consequences: harm to themselves, to their loved ones, etc. They may want to stop and do their absolute best to do so, but cannot despite consequences. It has nothing to do with normal libido. On top of that, you have the normal libido to also deal with. In my opinion, someone without a masturbation/porn/sex addiction would have an easier time preventing ejaculation to prevent POIS.
I am getting my info from my Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) help book.
The reason why I would like to tell POISers with masturbation/porn/sex addiction to get it managed is to 1. have less POIS attacks, 2. you don't have to worry or worry less about whether your addiction is making your well-being worse because you are being "sober" from acting out or managing your addiction. 3. It is good to manage addiction anyways for your health and well-being and I am sure it can help to contribute to your recovery.
Do not fear talking to your family members, a professional therapist, or a trusted sex addicts anonymous member to talk about your POIS and masturbation/sex/porn addiction. Managing it would be very helpful in recovery. If it is very personal, it has to be someone you really trust, so a professional therapist or a trusted family member or a trusted SAA member. EDIT: 07/25/22 I also think a psychiatrist would be good because, you let them know what you are going through and that can help a patient discover what POIS is and find an appropriate treatment.
For me, I still have POIS despite management of addiction, but I am getting some relief from lifestyle changes, therapy, management of addiction etc. I am still giving it time to see if I have any more improvements. If I ever do find substantial relief, I will be sure to mention it on the forum.
Thanks for being very patient with me. I will do the very best I can to get to more replys
