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New Theories / Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« on: 07/08/2015 22:26:15 »
Is this POIS? What do you think? I'm a 40 year old male. The post-ejaculation symptoms started about 10 years ago.
* Immediately after I ejaculate, I get pain / tightness on the left side of my chest, left shoulder, left arm, left part of my neck, and left leg. I avoid physical activity because I feel like it worsens the symptoms. I do not have any other symptoms. This is why I am asking the question. My symptoms look a little different than most people with POIS.
* I have lifelong premature ejaculation.
* These obviously sound like cardiac symptoms. I recently went to a doctor. He listened to my heart, gave me an EKG, and said that I was fine.
* Immediately after I ejaculate, I feel a need to eat. I need to feed. I am not sure, but I think high protein foods lower symptom intensity. Or it could just be calorie-dense "unhealthy" fatty or sugary foods. Not sure.
* The intensity varies.
* Rarely, I get no symptoms.
* Usually, I get medium intensity symptoms. I just take it easy and pretend it's not happening. In a way, I am used to it, and there is nothing I can do.
* There are times when it's really bad. Terrible. Recently, I thought that I could get a heart attack or a stroke any minute. I didn't know what to do.
* Symptoms last about 30 hours. After that, I'm back to about "95% normal".
* 10 years ago, when it all started. I was having sex every single day. Sometimes a couple of times per day. The symptoms would get worse with more frequent sex. When I would decrease the frequency, the intensity would decrease.
* It's never really gone away, but I've learned to live with it. Past few weeks have been bad though, even though my sex frequency is on the low side, about once a week.
* Subjectively, I feel like when I ejaculate, I am "drained" of something. And then I need to build it back up again.
* I think the intensity of the symptoms is related to the intensity of the orgasm. More intense or "deep" orgasm = more intense symptoms. I am not sure.
* I don't masturbate often. When I do masturbate, I don't think I have these symptoms. Subjectively, when I masturbate, my ejaculation is not "deep".
* Immediately after I ejaculate, I get pain / tightness on the left side of my chest, left shoulder, left arm, left part of my neck, and left leg. I avoid physical activity because I feel like it worsens the symptoms. I do not have any other symptoms. This is why I am asking the question. My symptoms look a little different than most people with POIS.
* I have lifelong premature ejaculation.
* These obviously sound like cardiac symptoms. I recently went to a doctor. He listened to my heart, gave me an EKG, and said that I was fine.
* Immediately after I ejaculate, I feel a need to eat. I need to feed. I am not sure, but I think high protein foods lower symptom intensity. Or it could just be calorie-dense "unhealthy" fatty or sugary foods. Not sure.
* The intensity varies.
* Rarely, I get no symptoms.
* Usually, I get medium intensity symptoms. I just take it easy and pretend it's not happening. In a way, I am used to it, and there is nothing I can do.
* There are times when it's really bad. Terrible. Recently, I thought that I could get a heart attack or a stroke any minute. I didn't know what to do.
* Symptoms last about 30 hours. After that, I'm back to about "95% normal".
* 10 years ago, when it all started. I was having sex every single day. Sometimes a couple of times per day. The symptoms would get worse with more frequent sex. When I would decrease the frequency, the intensity would decrease.
* It's never really gone away, but I've learned to live with it. Past few weeks have been bad though, even though my sex frequency is on the low side, about once a week.
* Subjectively, I feel like when I ejaculate, I am "drained" of something. And then I need to build it back up again.
* I think the intensity of the symptoms is related to the intensity of the orgasm. More intense or "deep" orgasm = more intense symptoms. I am not sure.
* I don't masturbate often. When I do masturbate, I don't think I have these symptoms. Subjectively, when I masturbate, my ejaculation is not "deep".