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Hi everyone,I found this thread after realizing I had POIS. It was getting worse for me over time and now that I have a girlfriend my symptoms were really showing up.I would feel tired/achy/grumpy for a day or two after sleeping with her, and the more we slept together the worse it got. It felt like a hangover from a really bad night of drinking.I tried taking more vitamins, changing my sleep/exercise routines/, not watching porn anymore, etc., which all helped but never solved the problem.Finally what worked for me was getting off of gluten. My POIS that I've had for many years vanished!I just wanted to log in and share my experience in case it helps anybody searching for an answer. I know I got to the point where I was willing to try anything that might have helped, so here's another thing to try.Good luck to everyone.Sincerely,Seth
I am starting TRT .Dosage- 250mg Sustanone once a week. anastrazole 1mg daily,and tablet Finasteride 1 mg daily.Any expert advice or suggestion guys ?
[Former Moderator visiting periodically]I recommend to anyone contemplating TRT for your POIS: discuss infertility risks carefully with your doctor!!!!
Quote from: MrVat7 on 08/04/2014 12:05:00I am starting TRT .Dosage- 250mg Sustanone once a week. anastrazole 1mg daily,and tablet Finasteride 1 mg daily.Any expert advice or suggestion guys ? Quote from: demografx on 07/04/2014 05:15:40[Former Moderator visiting periodically]I recommend to anyone contemplating TRT for your POIS: discuss infertility risks carefully with your doctor!!!!
hi guys,Although I do not have POIS, I think that I may be able to throw some light on where to focus or investigate to track down the source of the problem.Actually, I have the symptoms of POIS all the time, and always have had, which is why I found this forum.But my symptoms are caused by life-long bilateral tumours of my adrenal glands, also known as pheochromocytoma (PCC), usually benign, but which release large quantities of adrenaline (epinephrine) into the bloodstream, either continuously or intermittently.This is all very new to me too, and not fully-confirmed because I am still working through the full suite of tests and imaging studies for PCC. Initial imaging studies show a tumour within each adrenal gland and I have all the classic symptoms of PCC.Its a pretty rare condition and one autopsy study found that 75% of patients die without being diagnosed - usually having been labelled "crazy".It seems quite plausible to me that sexual arousal, activity and orgasm is triggering the release of a large adrenaline hit and causing POIS in susceptible men.Do any of you guys have secreting adrenal tumours? Probably not, but I would suggest that the adrenal glands are at the pathophysiological centre of POIS whatever the actual pathological mechanism.I read that some of you guys have had lots of standard blood tests, including hormonal ones too, like testosterone. But, unless you specifically have an endocrinologist, who actually suspects PCC, it is highly unlikely that you have had the blood and urine tests which will link POIS to the adrenal glands. Very often, even in PCC patients, the blood testing does not pick it up for various reasons, so the blood tests are backed up with 24 hour adrenaline in urine testing. Anyone on here done the latter?Excessive adrenaline release really messes around with your blood pressure and heart rate for quite a long time afterwards so these physical correlates could offer some objective evidence for POIS. It messes with your brain too, as you know from experience, but that is more subjective.Has anyone with POIS been regularly using a personal blood pressure and heart rate monitor? I would highly advise every POIS patient to buy an automatic one (battery-operated) not a manual one. They are available very cheaply everywhere. I use a wrist-mounted one rather than upper arm which are a lot smaller and less cumbersome to use. Most have a memory for around 60 to 100 readings. Just remember that when you take a reading with a wrist monitor your wrist must be on the same level as your heart. All the information that you need on this post will be found in the monitor instruction manual.I would start by taking blood pressure readings when you are feeling well ie. after a week or two without sexual activity. Take two readings at rest - one after you have been lying horizontal for 5 minutes or more and then stand up and immediately take another reading and repeat this through the day. If you are well, then both your readings should be in normal range as advised on the monitor. When you stand up, you should get a similar blood pressure or maybe a lower one to the horizontal, but definitely not a higher one (ie. orthostatic hypertension).Then, after orgasm, start taking regular readings when horizontal and immediately after standing up. Remember to keep your wrist at heart level when reading standing up.Does your blood pressure remain in normal range after orgasm? Only when horizontal? Only when vertical? Or both? If your blood pressure increases after standing up then that is a red flag for excess adrenaline release.Keep an eye on your heart rate during the readings too - is the monitor alerting any heart rate increases above normal?Make a note of any headaches against the readings - rate the severity of the headaches. You might even have a continuous low-level headache during the days after orgasm?Write down the dates and times of the blood pressure/heart readings from the monitor memory on to a calendar - is there a pattern over the days after orgasm? Anything noteworthy?Ultimately, is there a similar pattern found in all POIS patients?Well, I really hope you guys find this post useful. I am as interested in POIS as you are.I will stay on the forum and reply to any responses - or any private emails.It would be really fascinating to generate some medical data on POIS with this approach.regardsgpg