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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16220 on: 25/04/2012 22:02:58 »
greengrass, welcome to the POIS thread of The Naked Science Forum!  We believe that 2012 is POIS' Breakthrough Year! We hope to launch serious POIS Medical Research! A great time to be here!



**(If you have any technical questions, please feel free to PM (private message) Daveman or me -- or another forum member - - go towards the end of this welcome message (after the 5 available research articles are described) for instuctions on how to send PM. We'll be happy to explain!)***


If you haven't already done so, but would like to like to join the new forum,  send "daveman" a PM here at the Naked Science Forum.


Here are some POIS resources which may be helpful to you:

Click here to see Mat780's excellent YouTube POIS Channel!   Mat's YouTube videos include (1) our great new April 12 POIS TV Documentary! A must-see. And (2) The Learning Channel documentary, featuring our forum member "Animus"!

Click here to see The POIS reddit post!  Outsiders (non-POISers) spontaneously gifted NORD's POIS Research Grant $1,000+ from this reddit post. Thanks to "mellivora" and "CCconfucius"!!!

Our POIS chatroom (realtime chat). Invite or visit another member(s) there, ANY TIME. We can all get to know each other better:
Just click here first, and then look for "CHAT" button towards top of page, 4th button to your right!

Our alternate POIS Forum - architectural genius: "daveman" - for detailed subject-by-subject discussion!
http://www.POISCenter.com/forums/index.php
Our 5-year-old POIS thread here at Naked Science Forum will also always remain open for newcomers, for general unstructured discussion, and historical research of the 10,000+ postings here since 2007.

Our POIS Information Website, built by "mat780", is here:
http://sites.google.com/site/POISwebsite/

The POIS Information Website is home to the POIS Forum Compendium, written by "Pyropeach", and contains theories already discussed here and treatments that have both worked and failed.

Please see "B_Jim"'s POIS Summary of All Cases, here as well as others on the Web. This includes remedies that we have tested, and results.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=6576.msg149009#msg149009

"Girlwind" has created an excellent POIS Video:


Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome "POIS": Case report

Authors:
Abdalla M Attia*, Magda H Al-Ziny, Hossam A Yasien
*Corresponding author: Andrology Unit, Minoufiya University, Shibin El Kom, Eygpt

For more info, check out emi_b's  SMF POIS thread:
http://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=191.0;topicseen


POIS Research Studies available Upon Request:

1. and 2. POIS Research Studies, 2011

These 2 papers reveal Dr. Waldinger's POIS autoimmune hypothesis and suggest one possible avenue of treatment.

3. First POIS Research Study, 2002

We have a copy of the first formal medical investigation on POIS by Prof. dr. Marcel D. Waldinger,MD,PhD, and Dr. Dave Schweitzer, MD.

   
4. Recent POIS Research Study, 2010

CASE REPORT
Postorgasm Illness Syndrome - A Spectrum of Illnesses
Jane Ashby, MRCP, and David Goldmeier, MRCP
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=6576.msg316781#msg316781


5. British Medical Journal Case Report, 2010

Case study by Dr. Selwyn Dexter of a patient with a headache-featured POIS symptom treated with progesterone/norethisterone.
http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.10.2009.2359.short?rss=1


How to get any or all of the above 5 studies: send me or "daveman" a Private Message (PM) with your regular email address (use "AT" instead of "@" ) and we'll send you back the PDF(s).

To send a Private Message, click on "My Messages" at the top of this page. Then click "Send Message". From that point on, it works just like posting a message here, except that it only goes to the person(s) you designate.


New York Times article,

January 20, 2009
Mind
Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind
By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/health/views/20mind.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=friedman%20sexual%20January%2020&st=cse

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In addition to serving our own informational interests, the resources listed above can be useful for you to show our credibility to the medical world - which often shows little understanding and is sometimes skeptical of our condition: POIS has scientific underpinnings and POIS is not "just another psychological problem" related to sex - to be treated by the psychiatric/psychotherapeutic community. All of this information can greatly help you to fight the immediate reaction of some doctors: so just tell them, "IT'S NOT 'ALL IN YOUR HEAD'! "





It can be very  helpful to you when dealing with medical professionals to point out the
POIS' official listing, as recognized by the
National Institutes for Health (NIH), Office of Rare Diseases Research
:


And in Europe: Orphanet now lists POIS on their website! - Click here!

POIS also appears in credible medical sources such as the Journal of Sexual Medicine (Dr. Waldinger's study), British Medical Journal and wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postorgasmic_illness_syndrome

For over 5 years, our POIS forum has attracted over 200 POIS sufferers worldwide who have posted here, research on an additional 200 sufferers elsewhere on the internet, plus our pages have been read nearly 2,000,000 times! Not bad for a rare malady!

Show some of this to your doctor - with pride! Chances are, YOU know FAR more about POIS than s/he does! Don't be intimidated by fancy diplomas. It's almost impossible for ANY one doctor to know much about POIS before you walk into his/her office. Unfortunately, it's up to YOU to educate THEM! And if you happen to find yourself with a disagreeable "student"-doctor (you're the teacher!), find another doctor. Quickly!

SEARCH THE FORUM WITH GOOGLE

We have an overwhelming amount of data: more than 5 years' worth of posts (over  10,000 posts!) from 200+ Forum members, and an additional 200 POIS sufferers found elsewhere on the Internet by Member B_Jim.

In the Google search box, type
whatever-it-is-you're-interested-in-finding-out[space]POIS[space]site:http://thenakedscientists.com/

for example, I tried
nocturnal emission POIS site:http://thenakedscientists.com/

and 740 results came up for "nocturnal emission" within the Forum.

be careful with spaces (you can use them before the word "site") and no-spaces (everything after the word "site")

Google even provides you results with the Message# for each result. But Message #'s do change, so be patient and look for the approximate Message#.




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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16221 on: 25/04/2012 22:04:33 »
Quote from: B_Daniel on 25/04/2012 08:25:20

POIS symptoms overlap with those of thousands of disorders and syndromes out there, [such as] swamp butt...humabugga, and shmuggbug just to name a few. 


You're right, B_Daniel! I tried all the internet forums for swamp butt, humabugga, and shmuggbug and they just weren't nearly as helpful as this one!
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16222 on: 26/04/2012 00:19:21 »
Quote from: GoingCrazy on 25/04/2012 17:31:50

Ok, thanks for your reply.  How does your sleep during the days when you take it compare to those days that you don't take it?

Very similar, i donīt believe i have slept so much differently, i havenīt noticed any diference.
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16223 on: 26/04/2012 00:24:49 »
B_Daniel posted:

POIS symptoms overlap with those of thousands of disorders and syndromes out there.  Candida, Lyme Disease, Lupus, swamp butt, snotty nose, humabugga, and shmuggbug just to name a few.  And I'm not saying let's not check every one of those for ideas.  But they're not POIS and we shouldn't treat them as such.

Secondly, with regard to my request above - We need to have a 2 week rule or something before we post about supplements that help.  POIS fluctuates daily and is affected by tons of different factors.  It's only natural that under these conditions you're going to discover a bunch of FALSE positives.  That's normal.   But when you have a group of 200, and everyone is sending out these FALSE positives, we'd create an environment where people like Victor.Kons tells us all about Niacin for the first time, and we ignore him because we think it's just another person crying wolf. 

So, wouldn't it be better to hold your Stallion at the gate for an extra 2 weeks, then let it out early when there's a chance it's a weak horse and 50 people will just waste money, time, and hope on the idea?  For all of our benefit, just wait 2 weeks please GoingCrazy, 2 weeks.


B_Daniel,

What a great post in ALL respects!! The two-week rule is such a sound recommendation!!!

I imagine that it might be very difficult to have to wait two whole weeks to tell each other about a treatment that seems to be bringing sudden, complete relief.

BUT WAITING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!!
 

The most brilliant scientists (not only medical scientists!) wait much longer than that -- testing and re-testing their experiments to check for disparities.  I recently read that it took Einstein 17 years to prove his theory of relativity!

I hope that two-week rule can be put into effect on the forum.







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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16224 on: 26/04/2012 01:09:36 »
Quote from: nordnurse on 26/04/2012 00:24:49
B_Daniel posted:

POIS symptoms overlap with those of thousands of disorders and syndromes out there.  Candida, Lyme Disease, Lupus, swamp butt, snotty nose, humabugga, and shmuggbug just to name a few.  And I'm not saying let's not check every one of those for ideas.  But they're not POIS and we shouldn't treat them as such.

Secondly, with regard to my request above - We need to have a 2 week rule or something before we post about supplements that help.  POIS fluctuates daily and is affected by tons of different factors.  It's only natural that under these conditions you're going to discover a bunch of FALSE positives.  That's normal.   But when you have a group of 200, and everyone is sending out these FALSE positives, we'd create an environment where people like Victor.Kons tells us all about Niacin for the first time, and we ignore him because we think it's just another person crying wolf. 

So, wouldn't it be better to hold your Stallion at the gate for an extra 2 weeks, then let it out early when there's a chance it's a weak horse and 50 people will just waste money, time, and hope on the idea?  For all of our benefit, just wait 2 weeks please GoingCrazy, 2 weeks.


B_Daniel,

What a great post in ALL respects!! The two-week rule is such a sound recommendation!!!

I imagine that it might be very difficult to have to wait two whole weeks to tell each other about a treatment that seems to be bringing sudden, complete relief.

BUT WAITING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!!
 

The most brilliant scientists (not only medical scientists!) wait much longer than that -- testing and re-testing their experiments to check for disparities.  I recently read that it took Einstein 17 years to prove his theory of relativity!

I hope that two-week rule can be put into effect on the forum.

Makes sense to me, I apologise for any times I have been over-exuberant and posted too quickly.
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16225 on: 26/04/2012 01:48:08 »
Hey all, serious question.  I know for sure I get POIS symptoms when I masturbate and I thought it was ONLY that. As I mentioned before I'm 19 and most of my time spent when I was a younger was on masturbating and video games, I barely went out at all. Now It wasn't easy but I stopped masturbating all together and the positive changes on how I think and feel are amazing, I felt good. But just recently I visited my moms for the weekend and I got my symptoms back after 3 days of getting sucked into the beta for the upcoming game Diablo 3. Somewhere in all that time playing I felt a numbing sensation come over my head and it all came back, I'm fatigued, I can't think clearly no matter what, and I can't be socially active. I mean, last week at school I was the complete opposite, I was feeling confident with clear thoughts and I had a response to everything, made people laugh and even flirted. Now, all I could do the last 2 days was stay quiet, yawn, put my head down, and to talk as little as possible because my mind is off, the same feelings after I masturbate days before. This pisses me off because I'm avoiding masturbation for this sole reason and now I find out gaming gives it to me as well, I'm not sure what to do or how to explain this to people, If I tell a doctor she might misdiagnose me thinking its something else, I feel I brought this upon myself after abusing my mind and body so much from the late nights but will this be permanent? What can I do to stop this?
But my real question is, do any of you get symptoms that are similar to POIS symptoms from anything else other than orgasms or masturbating?
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16226 on: 26/04/2012 01:52:29 »
I don't. This is an interesting point you raise, leo17.

POIS symptoms - for me - are extremely "unusual". Even the fatigue doesn't feel like normal fatigue, from say, exercise.
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16227 on: 26/04/2012 01:56:48 »
Quote from: nordnurse on 26/04/2012 00:24:49

B_Daniel posted:

POIS symptoms overlap with those of thousands of disorders and syndromes out there.  Candida, Lyme Disease, Lupus, swamp butt, snotty nose, humabugga, and shmuggbug just to name a few.  And I'm not saying let's not check every one of those for ideas.  But they're not POIS and we shouldn't treat them as such.

Secondly, with regard to my request above - We need to have a 2 week rule or something before we post about supplements that help.  POIS fluctuates daily and is affected by tons of different factors.  It's only natural that under these conditions you're going to discover a bunch of FALSE positives.  That's normal.   But when you have a group of 200, and everyone is sending out these FALSE positives, we'd create an environment where people like Victor.Kons tells us all about Niacin for the first time, and we ignore him because we think it's just another person crying wolf. 

So, wouldn't it be better to hold your Stallion at the gate for an extra 2 weeks, then let it out early when there's a chance it's a weak horse and 50 people will just waste money, time, and hope on the idea?  For all of our benefit, just wait 2 weeks please GoingCrazy, 2 weeks.


B_Daniel,

What a great post in ALL respects!! The two-week rule is such a sound recommendation!!!

I imagine that it might be very difficult to have to wait two whole weeks to tell each other about a treatment that seems to be bringing sudden, complete relief.

BUT WAITING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!!
 

The most brilliant scientists (not only medical scientists!) wait much longer than that -- testing and re-testing their experiments to check for disparities.  I recently read that it took Einstein 17 years to prove his theory of relativity!

I hope that two-week rule can be put into effect on the forum.










Thanks, Stef, we need to definitely implement the TWO WEEK RULE!
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« Reply #16228 on: 26/04/2012 02:05:57 »
Thanks, demo.
I work out avidly and study on exercise and dieting and I love it. It makes me feel amazing but this fatigue and cognitive disruption has always been something that wore off in days, I never could get rid of it instantly. Sometimes I feel I shorten the duration with proper sleep and exercise but It still last for 2-5 days depending on what I've done.   
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16229 on: 26/04/2012 02:16:42 »
You're welcome, leo17!

You just described very well my 30+ year POIS history.

A permanently recurring 4 day "jail sentence".

I don't know how I survived it all!
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16230 on: 26/04/2012 04:42:13 »
Quote from: kurtosis on 24/04/2012 08:43:34
Quote from: B_Jim on 24/04/2012 07:00:41

There are more and more sites, blogs and forums talking about Pois. ;)


Great news.


Yes!
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16231 on: 26/04/2012 05:36:09 »
Quote from: leo17 on 26/04/2012 01:48:08
Hey all, serious question.  I know for sure I get POIS symptoms when I masturbate and I thought it was ONLY that. As I mentioned before I'm 19 and most of my time spent when I was a younger was on masturbating and video games, I barely went out at all. Now It wasn't easy but I stopped masturbating all together and the positive changes on how I think and feel are amazing, I felt good. But just recently I visited my moms for the weekend and I got my symptoms back after 3 days of getting sucked into the beta for the upcoming game Diablo 3. Somewhere in all that time playing I felt a numbing sensation come over my head and it all came back, I'm fatigued, I can't think clearly no matter what, and I can't be socially active. I mean, last week at school I was the complete opposite, I was feeling confident with clear thoughts and I had a response to everything, made people laugh and even flirted. Now, all I could do the last 2 days was stay quiet, yawn, put my head down, and to talk as little as possible because my mind is off, the same feelings after I masturbate days before. This pisses me off because I'm avoiding masturbation for this sole reason and now I find out gaming gives it to me as well, I'm not sure what to do or how to explain this to people, If I tell a doctor she might misdiagnose me thinking its something else, I feel I brought this upon myself after abusing my mind and body so much from the late nights but will this be permanent? What can I do to stop this?
But my real question is, do any of you get symptoms that are similar to POIS symptoms from anything else other than orgasms or masturbating?
Anything that give me a massive jolt of adrenaline with probably give me at least some minor pois symptoms
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16232 on: 26/04/2012 05:58:38 »
Interesting, laurac!
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« Reply #16233 on: 26/04/2012 08:54:16 »
Leo17- it sounds like youve developed Constant Pois. I've had it now for about 6 months. Yes, it sucks. I would estimate about 5-10% of our members now fall into this category. For me, it didnt happen overnight, but rather over a 3-6 week period my regular pois deteriorated into it.   Im not sure what caused it, but one hypothesis of mine is that it corresponds with a slightly decreased libido. Im interested to hear if thats the case for u as well.  My recommendation is that u jot down all the details u can remember from that day and the couple days before it.  It might be a good list to look back upon one day.  Hopefully though, you snap back out of it soon. Please keep us posted of any progress.
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16234 on: 26/04/2012 10:52:20 »
I would like to know how is going the "POIS questionnaire" to make difference between categories of POIS?  :)

I totally agree with the "2 weeks rule"! I guess if we had gathered all the money we spent to try something that was actually unsuccessful... we would have reached the NORD amount for a while!
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16235 on: 26/04/2012 14:12:49 »
Thank you for your warm welcome, demografx.

I have just purchased niacin, but I do not know when I should consume the tablets . Can someone please give me advice?
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« Reply #16236 on: 26/04/2012 14:24:00 »
I agree with the two weeks rule, I'm already applying this but I think there are real temporary and not placebo cures.
Do we want to know them to understand POIS? So if you feel you're cured with something just clearly mention this has been tested only one time or something similar. As I said in my first post here my POIS is really improved when I don't eat vegetables/fruits for 2-3 days (perhaps it's because of the low potassium), but if I have an other orgasm on this it will be a lot less effective the second time.
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16237 on: 26/04/2012 14:31:16 »
Quote from: GoingCrazy on 25/04/2012 05:51:12
Quote from: B_Daniel on 24/04/2012 07:34:40
I would like to make a request on this forum: If you advertise that something cures you and then realize that your improvement was unrelated to your 'cure' and that you didnt 'cure' anything, please admit to the group that you were wrong.  This is a scientific forum, and your successes and failures should be equally documented.

Is this directed at someone? or are you just making a statement?  Because I am still feeling no pois on my method, just in case it was directed at me I don't know.  But I did not state that I found a cure (if it was directed at me), I only stated that it has deminished my pois 100% which hasn't happened to me before, so possibly, I may have found something close to a cure but only time will tell for me once I stop it and "O".

Quote from: B_Daniel on 24/04/2012 07:39:44
Quote from: doUhaveLupus on 23/04/2012 22:15:06
Why would you up your salt intake if you are already getting way too much each day from the processed foods you buy in the supermarket ? Its like me saying hey, I've discovered that taking a half a cup of raw sugar gives me relief.
Agreed.

Maybe it is that single large dosage of salt that goes into your bloodstream and is able to do something to POIS, and combined with vitamin C, that may do something.  Maybe just eating normal amounts of salt mixed with different foods makes it less diluted and it doesn't do a good job at all and goes barely noticed in your blood stream.  It's like eating any food with low sugar content, say a semi-healthy cereal like life cereal, and than eating a candy bar.  You will notice the candy bar a lot more.

FIDALGO,  sorry, just the caps to get your attention, I don't know if I believe in the "salt being in your mouth and signal to your brain" idea, but I'm looking forward to hear if it works for you or if it doesn't work for you.  Again, this could have something to do with my body, my genes, my appetite, my health, my results can be completely personal.  It could have even something to do with the claritin 24-hour I had taken beforehand, or the 2 months of  taking that and vitamin C.  But I would like to hear if it helps you, and if does not, I would be glad that you gave it a try.  I haven't felt POIS in quite a while and hope it stays that way.  I love feeling calm and relaxed like I should after an O, my last 4-5 sessions.  I hope it does something for you.

Iīm trying this and it's not working for me. Really, Iīm feeling even worst. I have a little diarreia every morning and I'm with headache.... I have a improve in my sleep because I use salt before sleep and it gives me a better sleep. But, at the first, I'm feeling worst than before the treatment... Oh, I had a problem too... Iīm not using sea salt, but I different kind of one... I will search one sea salt too see if have differences.

I will try for mere a couple weeks too see if works...

Someone more have tried this treatment? It works?
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« Reply #16238 on: 26/04/2012 15:51:23 »
Quote from: demografx on 26/04/2012 01:52:29
I don't. This is an interesting point you raise, leo17.

POIS symptoms - for me - are extremely "unusual". Even the fatigue doesn't feel like normal fatigue, from say, exercise.

Ya It's like a mental fatigue, like a brain function just shuts off or is on standby until its gone.

Quote from: lauracostis on 26/04/2012 05:36:09

Anything that give me a massive jolt of adrenaline with probably give me at least some minor pois symptoms

True, when I play online competitively and do really well I go nuts with excitement like the giants won the superbowl or something. Now I feel like crap, but even in my hardest workouts when I feel like dropping I never get this feeling. 

Quote from: B_Daniel on 26/04/2012 08:54:16
Leo17- it sounds like youve developed Constant Pois. I've had it now for about 6 months. Yes, it sucks. I would estimate about 5-10% of our members now fall into this category. For me, it didnt happen overnight, but rather over a 3-6 week period my regular pois deteriorated into it.   Im not sure what caused it, but one hypothesis of mine is that it corresponds with a slightly decreased libido. Im interested to hear if thats the case for u as well.  My recommendation is that u jot down all the details u can remember from that day and the couple days before it.  It might be a good list to look back upon one day.  Hopefully though, you snap back out of it soon. Please keep us posted of any progress.


I'm not sure if a blood test can confirm libido levels but my recent blood test came up good, everything was fine. I've been dealing with this since I was 14-15 and I didn't realize the problem until I did snap out of it and went back into it again at 18. I didn't know what was wrong with me and then I started looking for answers and POIS is the closest thing I found related to them. It's weird, the 2 things I pretty much mostly ever did (excessive gaming, masturbating) are the triggers that set these symptoms off.

Now I feel better than I did yesterday, but my thoughts still feel clouded and distant. Also when I"m laying down, or sitting down for about 20-30  minutes or more and I stand up, I get extremely lightheaded, dizzy and even my vision gets blurry for a few seconds. This only happens when I'm in POIS mode, has anyone else went through this?
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Re: Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS)
« Reply #16239 on: 26/04/2012 17:48:08 »
Hey guys,

I hope all is well.  I just got a prescription for Adderall this morning.  I haven't taken it yet as it requires 72 hrs for insurance authorization.  I know demo has found relief with ADHD meds (dextroamphetamine salts) and testosterone therapy.  I'm currently on testosterone therapy, so will see if the Adderall also helps. 

Moreover, I have an appointment in a few weeks with Dr. Jason Rosenberg, Director of the Headache Center at Johns Hopkins.  I've written him a long letter about POIS and he's had me complete a long survey in preparation for the visit.  I recently read an interesting article about research on "brain freeze" and how they've tied it to a sudden change in brain blood flow.  Moreover, they seem to believe this may help in identifying and treating migraines:

"The results suggest that these transient headaches are triggered by a sudden increase in blood flow in the brain's anterior cerebral artery. Brain freeze disappears again when this artery constricts, the study found."

I can feel the intense pressure in my head after an O and with Sumitriptan (Imitrex) having provided some relief, along with the relief many of us find with Niacin (the dilation of the vessels decreases the pressure against the walls of the vessels), I believe that we may find relief with neurological treatment.  The other day I was on a flight and got a bit aroused thinking about a hot chick in my kickboxing class who was giving me the look.  I didn't ejaculate, but did feel a bit of the "pleasure" of an O.  And you guessed, POIS kicked in.  It wasn't severe, but it was POIS.  I checked for any semen, and found none, even inside my urethra.

I also hope to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy for as we can all agree, POIS does change our lives beyond the temporary physical symptoms we experience. 

I will keep you updated and as always, best of luck and keep up the good fight.

Pharaoh

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