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Enlarged prostate problem & seeking advice

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Buddhabro, Dec 16, 2017.

  1. Buddhabro

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    I was diagnosed with a enlarged prostate earlier this year. It depressed me further and at first gave me additional motivation to reboot and overcome my addiction to PMO.
    I had no negative symptoms and was hoping that it would go away if I abstained from PMO.
    I did pretty good for 130 days, but relapsed and now see some negative side effects from my renewed PMO behaviors.
    I’m once again motivated by fear to stop PMO for good and wondering what others have done to address this issue.
     
  2. Beachcomber

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    Hi, I hope I can help. Your profile doesn’t state your age, so the important question is how old are you? It’s common for men who reach age 50+ to have an enlarged prostate. Mine has been enlarged for 10 years, and I take medication to shrink it; you should be on a med for that too. The risk of not treating this condition is prostate cancer and you don’t want that. The condition is not serious, but it needs to be closely monitored. There’s a blood test, called a PSA test, and you need to be having those done regularly. If you’re younger than 50, you need to work with a urologist, the only specialist qualified to deal with this - a primary physician or any other who is not in this specialty isn’t trained in this area.

    Educate yourself: go to Wikipedia and read about the prostate, the article is here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate You must take responsibility for your own healthcare and not leave it up to your doctor. We all need to be our own quarterback, our own CEO of our lives and health, never trust anyone with this job, it’s YOUR life.

    I can tell you from years of experience and a good amount of knowledge of porn and sex addiction, that abstaining from porn, masturbation, orgasm or any combination of these will have no effect on your prostate. You can ask a urologist, but if he/she is not highly familiar with the effects of porn and sex addiction, they will not be able to help you. This is a relatively new field of study and all the researchers, doctors and scientists are still learning.

    As far as your education in leaning about porn addiction, it’s very important to learn all you can about our common enemy. This disease will never give up trying to lure you to porn for that quick fix. No one can learn how to defeat an enemy until you learn all you can about him, what he does, how he thinks, and where his weakness is. Never underestimate him. Gary Wilson has several YouTube videos about porn addiction, the best one is “Your Brain on Porn: How internet porn affects the brain” -


    Let me know how it goes.
    All the best -
    - Beachcomber
     
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  3. Saw palmetto, pygeum, stinging nettle root? I thought I had enlarged prostates as well so I took the last two daily, I ended up pissing way to often, a sign that your prostates are way too small I believe. Also, try icing that area and don’t hold your piss for too long. Good luck brother
     
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  4. Buddhabro

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    I’m 56 years old and appreciate the advice. I will ask about medication. I had a urologist do an examination and he wanted to operate, but my primary care physician said that because I was not having any negative symptoms that I should stay away from surgery and try taking saw palmetto and natural supplements instead. Now after relapsing, I feel like I’m having some of the problems associated with an enlarged prostate.
    I’m hoping to see another doctor about this soon and take a PSA test as you have recommended.
    Thanks for the advice.
    I’ve watch Gary Wilson videos before, but seeing that I have regressed a little, it might be time to watch them again.
     
    Last edited: Dec 16, 2017
  5. Buddhabro

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    [QUOT
    ="theMorningSword, post: 1187231, member: 80998"]Saw palmetto, pygeum, stinging nettle root? I thought I had enlarged prostates as well so I took the last two daily, I ended up pissing way to often, a sign that your prostates are way too small I believe. Also, try icing that area and don’t hold your piss for too long. Good luck brother[/QUOTE]
    I’ve heard of saw palmetto, but where do I find the pygeum and stinging nettle root?
    Are they in pill/capsule form or are they herbs or teas.
    It sounds like you had good results and I think I want to try them out ASAP.
    Thanks for the quick response. This has become a great worry for me. I hope I can get this under control and avoid more problems and surgery too.
     
  6. What I used is Swanson premium brand stinging nettle root, backside says 1 capsule is stinging nettle (urtica dioica) (root) 500 mg

    Other one is Swanson superior herbs, pygeum, backside says pygeum (bark) 400 mg, pygeum extract (6.5% phytosterols) (bark) 100mg

    I got both off amazon, good luck brother hope it helped, i took both supplements following the directions of each supplement
     

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