Withdrawal Symptoms for 1 Year

It will ultimately just make you unfunctional in the end. Everything about a conversation goes over you, cant process anything, memory recall is absolutely shit, speech becomes monotone, coordination is off balance, slurring words ad many more.

 

3 years?

Holy shit, i'm getting back to pmo

 

What is moonshine? Isn't that like a drug that rock artists smoke? Lmao.

 

It’s liquor...

 

oh ok gotcha. lol.

 

Same symptoms as you man. It's your brain rebooting from all those pmo years.

 

Bringing this thread back to life because, holy crap I can relate! I want to talk to you all. Worst time of my life since I have tried quitting PMO the last year or so. Also have been to different doctors, ER, and blood work, xrays, can’t find anything wrong.

I can’t even talk about the symptoms because I know I will forget some, but mainly extreme fatigue, inability to concentrate a lot, I feel dumb, very lonely, depressed, thoughts of suicide, very emotional, can cry randomly for no reason, excess thirst, frequent urination, pain in penis, loss of libido, PE, headaches and pressure, light headed and dizzy, loss of appetite, sugar cravings, soreness in jaw and teeth, chest paints, palpitations, feeling very cold, feeling very warm, burning skin, sometimes I have felt like I’m not even sure what’s going on currently like an outer body experience, flu like symptoms, sinus problems, shortness of breath very tense muscles, muscle twitches and can’t keep my legs still. And probably one of the worst that hasn’t gone away is ANXIETY. I have never had a issue with this much before. I used to be so calm and collected. I am very anxious and can’t sit still a lot, I bite down on my teeth and move my jaw a lot, which I think leads to headaches and sore jaw.... I’ll bet I forgot some.

These haven’t all been at the same times, but come and go in stages, like a rollercoaster. I have had some days that were amazing though! Yesterday was actually one of them! I was feeling so good, so positive, I had energy, I felt GOOD, I was horny for my wife just thinking of her and felt life down in my pants. Then randomly in the evening time, I started to get very very tired, lightheaded and dizzy feeling, and very anxious. I did used to PMO late at night and sometimes first thing in the morning. Mornings are the worst right now. I wake up feeling like crap and very tired. I never wake up refreshed. I have been sleeping better than I used to, but wake up so tired. This, sucks, so, bad. If I could go back and tell myself about all this I would have RAN away!

 

Jesus Christ! I can relate to all of described symptoms. Thank God to know it's not just me. It's hard to read all success stories of people getting self proclaimed "superpowers" during the hardmode. All I get is pain. Granted, I'm way more active than before nofap, but I have to actively force myself to be. Nofap definitely improved my willpower to workout, go out, improve my higiene, eating habits etc. but I'm so bloody tired and all of the above. Why is that? Anyone have any idea?

 

I have visual snow too. It started after an insanely stressful time in my life. Had it for 17 months now. I never thought it could anything to do with PMO, interesting.

 

Thank God I thought I was suffering from clinical depression or some other mental health problems, but as it turned out all the above mentioned symptoms I am experiencing are the direct result of quitting PMOing. I somehow decided to stop PMOing on my own before even knowing about the NoFap thingy and because of this I never knew what was happening to me; at some point, I was gonna masturbate to alleviate the suffering, which is a self-defeating mechanism I have developed over the years to deal with stressful events. Thankfully, I refrained because I had no libido whatsoever. I thought I had clinical depression and went to the doctor's; he then prescribed some SSRI's; I took them for 15 days and felt like I was hypnotised and a walking zombie bereft of feelings; I dropped them cold turkey. I thought I was going insane as I knew nothing about what is causing this vicious cycle of horrific symptoms. I stumbled upon a YT vid that explorers what causes depression in general; the moment I saw that masturbation could have played a role, I looked the matter on YT and found the NoFap. I then got a bit of relief after learning that PAWS cause pretty much the same symptoms.
My symptoms were: insomnia ( I hardly slept an hour a night for 15 days), tiredness, irritability, suicidal thoughts, weight and appetite loss, hopelessness, worthlessness, anxiety & panic attacks, memory issues, difficulty concentrating, flu like symptoms, loss of libido & morning wood, cold feet & hands, crying for no reason, no feelings whatsoever (apathy, love, etc.) and loss of interest in things that I love.
I am literally fighting each day and the frightening thing is that after reading some fellas' comments on this thread I learned that even after prolonged abstinence from PMO those symptoms won't simply go away.
I am 23 years old and I have never been that HEAVY porn consumer, but I binged on PMOing to weird and extreme P; I was ejaculating 5 to 10 times a night for at least 45 days. And this is the only time in my whole life where I PMOed this excessively. Before that, I would only fap once of twice a week to less extreme P.

 

Hang in there buddy. I know how you feel. It’s terrible. It’s so hard. Yesterday I felt so good. Today, terrible!!

 

I need to read this thread everyday. I can afford to relapse anymore. This streak has been the absolute hardest on me. My head feels like a bloody block of cement

 

I had every single one of the symptoms you listed along with a few more: tinnitus and panic attacks. I know where you are coming from and its dam tough. Each day is a grind. I often found myself coming onto the forums to see if my symptoms lined up with others when they were at their worst. I knew it was PAWS but kept needing to remind myself that things will get better. I still suffer with these symptoms now, though its a rollercoaster for me too. HANG IN THERE. ive been dealing with these symptoms for a long time now, well before nofap so i know the best ways to deal with them.

1) Time. Yep that's right it sucks but this is the most important. This is the main thing that will make you feel better, as long as you don't relapse. A relapse in PAWS is very bad.

2) Reducing your stress levels as much as possible. This is the only thing in my opinion that controls how severe the symptoms will be. Don't change your diet radically, this causes stress on the body. Try to cut out sugar where you can and caffeine if possible. EXERCISE every day, you cannot afford to miss even one day. I run 30 minutes on the treadmill every day at my own pace. If i feel good then i run a little faster but you can adjust to how you are feeling on the day. Lastly is cutting out almost all screen time and replace with relaxing activities like reading, stretching, cooking massages, it all helps.

3) Rest. Your body and mind is going through a hell of a lot, you need to give it the rest it needs to recover. For me that means naps where i can and doing my best to get to sleep at a decent time. Again, you cannot afford to be getting less than 8 hours a night.

Hope these helps with the symptoms!

 

I still have a minor amount of symptoms too guys. Although I will say in general I have improved significantly in stages throughout my recovery.

If I could compare myself now to when I started this run of recovery symptom wise it’s staggering. I had bad fight or flight mode anxiety back then and that has for the most part vanished, I don’t have a stutter anymore and nine times out of ten can talk clear and precise. Even my thoughts are more clear and the way I write is much better. I still have a little bit of brain fog but memory and cognitive has improved too but at a slow rate. I don’t have no porn flashbacks at all no more, porn dreams have subsided for now mostly they’re broken vivid strange dreams. Porn doesn’t for the most part other than coming on nofap forums cross my mind and this is coming from someone who used that shit in my day to numb every emotion.

Most of the changes have happened slowly. This is a slow process, painfully slow. You’ll doubt many times this is working amongst other things but you can only go forward.

Morning woods are getting more frequent now the only thing I’m struggling with is getting eight hours sleep. It’s broken as fuck at the moment probably due to a bit of stress/worrying other than that I think I’m getting there.

 

Good to hear that things are getting better for you! I don't get porn flashbacks or porn dreams any more either, though i do get extremely vivid dreams also. I feel like i dont really sleep very well i think due to the high stress my body is still experiencing. Fortunately for me too i have no problem with sexual urges and i can trust myself to be alone for however long.

I cant wait for the day when my mind starts to clear up, im hoping this year.

Good to see your morning woods are returning, that must be a good motivator that things are getting better with your brain.

Im wondering, did you have any relapses, resets or slip ups in your past 500 days? or have you been mainly clean

 

Glad to hear you're doing so well. Can you please describe your +500 reboot? Was it hard mode, with sex/no sex, any slips in your reboot period or just sheer excellence without slips or relapses?

 

Thanks man. No it’s not been 500 days complete hardmode nor would I have wanted that either. What I mean is if the opportunity for sex presented itself 9 times out of ten I would of taken it to measure progress.

I have had sex a few times since, it’s not been magical because most times I’ve been drunk unfortunately. I also had say about 4 MO relapses spread out over 500 days which I also don’t believe in my own case has been detrimental.

MO’ing to sensation or a real sexual fantasy that happened has not set me back. Some would say that it had but for me I was always going to be a severe case going from my track record of recovery since 2013 and more than most I know my own body. Again for some people who went way overboard with this without even really noticing or underestimating pmo’ing it can take a lot of hard work and time getting you out of this pit.

I can honestly say in my own right that porn is the thing what causes the damage.

Absolutely no urge whatsoever to watch porn at all as well as I know how much of an anchor it has been and not a healthy way to face reality. I was/am at the stage where I had to make a decision which was choose ‘life’ or a ‘miserable existence’ on either hand. It’s been a hard year or so but I sincerely believe I’m only scratching the surface of this all and I’m nowhere near my potential, yet.

The next few years are going to be exciting. I’m going to really grind and make up for lost time and keep my head focussed.

 

Glad to see your having progress man!

 

Crazy crazy things. I just seen this girl at my work, I wish they weren’t allowed to dress this way. She’s low twenties I’m sure and had on skin tight spandex, she has a very nice body. You can tell she works out, and does squats. I actually did good and didn’t stare, but I noticed. Which is good, I’m sure I will always notice. Lots of guys at work talk about her, pretty dirty things, at first I felt bad for her, but look how she dresses? She’s begging for attention, In the wrong way. She should dress like that at home, not in public, I mean those pants are SKIN tight.

Anyways, when I seen I felt this rush through my body and head. It’s insane. My brain was begging me to stare and to even follow her to keep looking. My anxiety and stress is up suddenly. I made it mad! I want to just check out my wife only tonight for v-day

 

I am very happy for you and that things are getting better. I’m still very fresh not even five months but the fight or flight symptoms are horrible although subsiding a little bit better now. I still have PIED symptoms and I am looking to at least five months before some real results happen.

I don’t know about you but did you have PIED symptoms as well for the first few years of NoFap..?? I truly just want to get over that as soon as possible. Some say that it might take a year but I guess that depends on the addiction level.

My sleep is starting to slowly get better too. There is firm time to time bought me of anxiety waking up and then that makes me start the thoughts about everything else. Usually meditating music by me does the trick or I can fall back to sleep. The morning wood is there but psychologically need more time to perform when intimate I think.

I would like to at least MO to sensation or visual of a girl I like but was afraid it would stall my progress as well. I see it has helped you at least get a bit out of flatline I’m sure.