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Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Dagger323, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. Dagger323

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    Went for an hour walk tonight even though I didn’t feel like it. When I first started out I had a very strange tingling sensation up each side of the back of my neck. This lasted for about 10 or 15 minutes. About halfway through I began experiencing more chest pressure again for a little while until it seemed to let up considerably after about 10 minutes or so. After I got back I was much more tired than I’ve been in the past. Didn’t feel dizzy on the walk but felt dizzy after I got home.
     
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  2. I would talk to a doctor. you try yoga/meditation. maybe you are eating food that doesn't agree with you as well. i would research into panic attacks.
     
  3. mindright

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    The only withdrawal symptom I had so far, I am in hard mode also and on my 11th day, is last night I had a dream about watching porn. It felt like forever I woke up hard and then the urges came but I fought them off like Jet Li. I looked for discharge and found nothing even on my nightwear nothing.
     
  4. Dagger323

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    That’s an old post dude. I’m not dealing with the stomach issues nearly as much as other things now. I’ve been to multiple doctors since then and no one found anything. I know withdrawal causes anxiety for me, but aside from just waiting it out and weathering the storm there’s really not much that helps me. Ive been meditating for months and it helps as long as withdrawal hasn’t set in yet. Once it has the meditation becomes more or less ineffective for me. Exercising helps but I’ve been unable to do that much lately due to dizziness.
     
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  5. No joke that has been my life for years. Funny you mention the shit colour as well, I had that. Our gut and brain are linked and I definitely believe that we cause it serious damage by excessive pmoing. Your symptoms are tee total with mine. I believe I hit withdrawal earlier at the age of 19 but kept fapping because I didn’t know it was withdrawal thought it was anxiety. And I ended up with all your symptoms.
     
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  6. And I have had that fucking head tension for over 340 days it kicked in at day 35 for me, behind the eyes, forehead, temples centre of head. On and off mind you but still here. I do feel I’m becoming a bit better at functioning though guys.
     
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  7. Yea I had multiple no PMO streaks and the withdrawals had a lot of overlap, but somehow each streak/withdrawal had a different feel to it. I have this weird feeling in the right side of my lower abdomen. It feels like there is some kind of parasite eating away my bowel. It stings and sometimes gives a really sharp pain, like a knife being stabbed into it. Almost always during the night. My shit had like a greyish color and weird slimy texture. This shit is insane. No pun intended.
     
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    I definitely can relate to this. Exactly how each new streak feels for me. Last time the stomach issues were so intense I relapsed just to get relief. This time the dizziness and chest pressure are affecting me possibly even worse than the stomach issues last time. I literally feel like I'm dying...
     
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  9. Yes its pure hell on earth. Hang in there man. Time is the true healer.
     
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    I can completely relate bro. I've been to multiple doctors and am now 100% convinced that everything that we're experiencing is post acute withdrawal. I also get a good release from exercise but am unable to most of the time because of headaches/migraines. This shit is rough bro but I can attest to it getting better over time. You just gotta buckle up and go along for the ride right now as hard as it is. Things will get better for you I can promise you that
     
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    Thanks. I know I’m suffering from PAWS. I might possibly be one of the most extreme cases. Withdrawal is completely debilitating for me when it hits. I literally find myself unable to function. I’ve read the multiple posts from others that are suffering from extreme cases as well and have been suffering longer than me. I don’t know how long my symptoms last because I never am able to ride out my streak long enough to find out. The urges don’t get me, I simply relapse to get relief from the withdrawals. Admittedly I took about a week off from exercising this time around and that’s when things seemed to get worse. I realize the mistake I made of not sticking to my schedule and being firm with it. I was honestly doing alright until I broke my routine and shortly thereafter all these debilitating symptoms hit like a meteor shower...
     
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    Funny how similar my situation was. I must’ve hit withdrawal around age 16. My mental symptoms became so bad that I had to be home-schooled for the remainder of my high school years. Being at home meant I had more time and more opportunities to fap, so I of course did. The last roughly five or six years is when my addiction became extreme. Literally fapping five or six times daily, occasionally more. I think I’m literally experiencing “burnout”, as I saw mentioned in another thread. I’m probably so mentally and physically exhausted from PMO that my nervous system has gone completely haywire.
     
  14. Burnout has been the exact same thing with me as well. My nervous system has been screwed over so bad by this. I know this because my coordination playing guitar has improved so much over the months, my balance when walking, my posture is so much better now as well, I used to hunch over quite a bit.
     
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    I’ve literally noticed the exact same things. I’ve been trying to walk consistently for an hour a night for the last few months to lose weight. When I first began walking until the first few days of my current streak I felt my balance was awful. I was slouched and felt like my legs and hips were extremely weak. That has improved drastically in the last month or so since abstinence. I’m also a guitar player and it’s one of my biggest hobbies. I noticed before my hand strength was somewhat lacking even though I’ve been able to bend and do vibrato for a few years now. Whenever I go on a streak my hands seem far less fatigued and I’m able to pull off some pretty prolonged bends and wild Paul Kossoff-like vibrato. There’s many other things that have deteriorated as far as my coordination and aptitude that I’m sure will be drastically improved if not cured by a long enough recovery.
     
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  16. @Big Lebowski : have you ever had good days during your long streak? Days were you feel the dopamine flowing. Were you are happy. Were energy is skyhigh. Were conversations are nice and easy to hold. Were girls look good. Were you have motivation and creativity. Or is it bad day after bad day with a lot of symptoms with no end in sight?
     
  17. Yea I have had brief moments in these 6 years on streaks where I feel happy etc. They are very rare, it’s almost like a slight bit of mania if that makes any sense. Mostly though it’s been constant shit days, a lot of withdrawal symptoms have disappeared though. As you get further into it though I have felt calmer and a bit more content. It has been very slow for me. My memory made a noticeable comeback at around 9 - 11 months. I had the worst brain fog imaginable, I couldn’t read anything, nothing would sink in, I would zone out of conversations (I still do to some extent).
     
  18. Damn thats really fucked up man. Sounds like pure hell. I hope healing comes soon for you. I also have been living a hellish life full of brainfog, depression, social anxiety and horrible insomnia. I got addicted to benzos because it helped with porn withdrawal anxiety, depression and insomnia. Porn ruined my life so far. I have to fight hard to get my life back. I have had some days were I was full manic. A lot of unclean energy like I took a adderal or something. Then the next day I crash hard with a dark deep flatline.
     
  19. ClimberF

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    Keep going!! to win this war!
     
  20. It really is one of the worst things a human being can go through being a porn addict with withdrawals. Moulded myself into someone I didn’t recognise. The last 11 years have been wasted I don’t recognise that person now, I’m a new man trying to find out who I am at the age of 25, and it will only get better I feel. I’ve always a had a deep desire to achieve and do well but could never muster up anything being an addict so that will all change now I’m recovering.

    I’m really sorry to hear about the benzos mate I know that is not fun either.
     

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