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masturbation and increase in anxiety/stress/panic

I have been a HEAVY masturbator since i was 13. In my early to late teen years I was masturbating up to 30 times a day, YES 30! no lie.  when i reached my 20s it went down to about 10 times a day. I am now 27 and about 4 months ago I had a terrible panic attack and have been having anxiety and high levels of stress on  a daily basis since then. The symptoms have stopped me from maturbating so much, but I still do it maybe 2 times a day. I found something interesting though. 2 days ago I masturbated like 8 times in the span of 3-4 hours. Since then I have has ELEVATED anxiety/panic and stress symptoms.

I have a feeling that the chronic masturbation has caused an imbalance of some kind of chemical or hormone in my brain. I have had a simple testosterone level check and they found my T to be in normal range but DHEA to be very high.

Is the masturbation causing me the anxiety/panic episodes? if so, why  and what can i do (other than quitting sex/masturbation) to stop it?
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you masturbate because that is the only way you can relax and relieve your anxiety I know I used to do the same thing I am 62 now but I used to buy sex toys or just manually do it my self cause I was so depressed and had so much anxiety that was my only way to relax my self no shame in my book
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that is due to blood pressure sudden increase.
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Im 13, do girls masturbate?
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Most do, some don't.  Most guys do, some don't.  It depends on the level of a person't sex drive, and that differs a lot by the person.  
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I Google this question to see what I got I am a female with the same problem although I didn't start masturbating until I was in my early twenties. I just has an anxiety attack yesterday right after and wondered if they were related I thought since I only masturbating with water that perhaps I would decrease my chances of anything physically being wrong with me. Now that I see that there are a plethora of people with this problem I think I have to stop now. This is a sad day.
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Same problem I had. Good idea for me was to stop once and for all. I had a different life where I was beginning to be a psychic (masturbation likely related). Life was awesome. I continued to masturbate and all of a sudden felt torment and emotionally depressed one day. It was a long "I could have become someone by now" road. Lots of missed opportunities. I felt defeated, and you try to think of a positive attitude but unfortunately I was negative every day. Your mojo (what drives you) is locked up. To anyone reading this, its not worth it. Think of your future and all the blessings you could receive from the moment you stop. You will see a change in your life.

MUST READ SYMPTOMS:
1. You feel nerves all around. Everywhere you go, you try not to get hit or bump into something. Being more careful but worrisome.

2. Regret and in denial settles in. You dont care what others think but of only yourself. I should have done this or that circulating around your mind.

3. Lack of motivation. Tired. Clumsy. You want to feel happy but pretend to be because of your anxiety levels. There's an imbalance with the chemicals in your body.

4. Medical Problems. Cyst, Hypersalivation, Anxiety attacks, cerebral palsy.

Quit now
Be in paradise.
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Did your symptoms disappear after stopping?
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Thank you I like your comment i smoke a cigarette once a year and masturbate once a month/week and drink vodka once a 3 months and energy drinks once a week and i watch porn 3/5 times a week that's it and i never took drugs/weed/cocaine/heroin or etc
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Yes. Take it from me if anyone. A year ago i had 2-4 a day and found it hard to talk about anything meaningful to anyone and it was only until september pf last year i felt the full effects of the anxiety caused by masturbating. In this case it lead to a temporary form of depersonalization (when a person feels disconected from the world and doesn't feel as if what's happening around them is real) after 1 month of this torture i decided to try the only thing i hadn't yet and that was tone down the masturbating. Now my life is great. I love chatting meaningfully, my wit is far quicker, confidence is up and i and great friends with girls and have the confidence to go out and pull at weekends. If you want to turn your life around and get confidence and sharpness back tone masturbating down to once every two days at least. I swear you'll love the person you are. All masturbating excessively is doing is covering up your confidence and personality. Please take this advice. It'll be the best thing you've ever done with your life. Hope this helps bud. Head up and resist temptation.
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Dude wow crazy story ! I went through the same scenario, except for the prrescription pills, I was a heavy pot smoker and one night I was so anxious to smoke some pot I got me some good grade A weed, after smoking it, I was feeling very strange and very weird, everything was looking strange to me, I couldn't comprehend my surroundings, luckily I was with my sober best friend, I passed out on the couch, I couldn't feel my legs, they were shaking like crazy, so he called an ambulance, I arrived to the hospital all they gave me was an IV and hour later I felt normal. Another day I smoke again and the same thing Happend.. Again to the hospital, so by the fith time they said I needed to stay at a physco room, first night they gave me these pills, I don't recall the names.. I went bananas.. I started weeping and calling for god in a dark room with nothing but walls.. It was a horrible feeling.. So after 2 weeks I got better they suggested I take some therapy, I skipped the therapy, and i quit pot for good! Then i got into depression/panic attacks.. I started working and met a female and din't get the panic attacks ever again .. Just little depression... 8 years later i quit my job female left me n now I'm suffering from anxiety/panic/depression.. Oh and yes I remember a lot of times during sex I use to get these crazy panic attacks , and I believe it was from feeling guilt.. Anyways, so this preset day I'm going through some harsh times with anxiety, panic attacks, I been going through this for 10 yrs now !! It ***** .. I don't wish this for no one in this planet !! :/
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I would follow up on the Zinc suggestion as well as add in magnesium (crushed form and with milk or water as to avoid affecting your bowels). Magnesium allows your body to create seratonin which you could be low on. Magnesium is used when you are under a lot of stress/ors. As well you may want to add in vitamin B complex 100 2x a day.

Although I have only been on B100 and Magnesium for about a month my anxiety levels have reduced considerably. Read about how to relax as well as cognitive based therapy CTB to help you notice but not react to your anxiety symptoms as if you react you always have the strong possability to make it worse and spiral into a full blown panic attack.

When you masterbate are you sweating a lot?  You could be losing mag and sodium and your ejaculate will have mag loss too.

Other good readings I would suggest are What Doctors don't tell you about anxiety... And the magnesium miracle or magnesium factor. 3 good books that have helped me tremendously with my anxiety that popped up out of nowhere a year ago. I wasn't a serial masterbator, but I was on a diuretic and I work out a lot , run a lot and sweat a lot during sex and as we'll during aggressive masterbation.

I started with Zoloft and it helped a lot. I now know how to control my anxiety to stay at the small symptom levels instead of a full blown panic attack and am now off if that and just taking vitamins with mag 2x a day and 5-HTP which helps out a ton as well. I also release stress through running reading and other relaxing things. I don't use stimulants except for ginseng and only use pot once a month to relax not for a full blown high.

Best of luck and please report your progress
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@ Everyone  I came across this Asian Doctor many years ago and just recently saw his website again. He speliazes in what we've been talking about. He records his case notes online. He doesn't have statistacial data, but it is really interesting. He covers EVERYTHING relating to orgasms from Acne-Yeast Infections. He does sell some herbal products to help heal or assist with problems people experience. Its all interestng reading

http://www.actionlove.com/
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This is a really interesting thread. I don't have Anxiety as most of you have, have never done any drugs, cigarettes, alcohol or anything. I have masterbated alot in my life since age 13 or so, tho not nearly as much as many have mentioned her. At the most once or twice in a day. Though not consistantly. Spent hours looking at porn wasting time. I have epilepsy and it was completely controlled by medication for much of my life except every once in a while I wouldhave a partial complex seizure (I black out and end up crawling around the house.) I've come to find that their is definently a connection to the activity of the masturbation/ejaculation/orgasm though it feels so good and it causing me to have a partial seizure. I've gone for periods of time where I didn't masturbate, and didn't have a partial seizure. I never connected the two till sometime in the last 5 years. I began to notice when I went without a partial seizure, that when I did have one that I had spent ime masturbating for a couple of days. In someone with epilepsy seizures usually stem from a from a cell somewhere that is damaged, kind of like a peice of wire that has had a peice of insulation removed. If you'v ever touched a peice of electrical wire and peen shocked a bit like a sting, There are electrical pulses that go throughout the brain and when they trigger through the dammaged cell the misfire to wrong places. When there is alot of misfireing there can be a buildup of the electrical impulses which have no where to go and so the spiral out across the outside of the brain and cause the seizures. Takl about fatigued afterwards I ma have tosleep for a day sometimes to recuperate. I'm 46 and recently married. My wife has bipolar disorder depression and anxiety. She says she has never had an orgasm. I have been trying to get her to let me give her one and we have tried a couple of times. After we stop she goes into a sever panic attack. It's made me think about the difference between men and women in their sex organs. A womans clitoris has more nerves packed densly than a mans penis. More women struggle with anxiety and depression than men do. Could it be that maybe a woman is stimulated by her clitoris without sexual contact but from walking and when she is laying down on her side her clitoris is under pressure from her legs. It may not cause an orgasm but they without knowing it may be enough stimulation to cause the cronic fatigue many of them have. My first girlfriend and I had a year where once I learned how to stimulate her to an orgasm, we were having sex every day. I wish we would have gotten married. But as I look at porn where I see some of these young women constantly hving orgasms, I am beginning to wonder and maybe feel sorry for them because of the consequences they may pay later in life if they keep it up as a career. Not that all of them are really orgasming. many are faking for the camera I think. I recently read that 58% of women admitted to faking orgasms and having sex to get their hubbys to do extra work around the house.  
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30 times a day? Its a wonder you didnt drain yourself and the damn thing didnt fall off (Portnoy's Complaint).

I am sure this has to have some impact on your system chemistry and the rest of your plumbing equipment.

I read a long time ago that body zinc levels lower as you ejaculate. Try a zinc supplement then go to town brother.
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i was the same way then i got tested for add. As soon as i started taking my pills which are called concerta i found my anxiety left me. I started noticing things that would normally make me panic and waste my whole day just bounced off of me. maybe cause they raise your hart rate and you get used to it again. Even now when stressed i can actually talk myself out of it which before was impossible. and for the masterbation part i think its cause of the loss of zinc
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I know the cure to your problems. Do some pilates exercises because it helps relax your body from tightness and gives you a good feeling but, it doesn't happen overnight. You have to do them the same amount of months or years as you have masturbated.

Here's the website that's filled with pilates exercises:
http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/pilates.asp?pilate=free_pilates_samples
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Stay completely away from any prescription medicines.I was on xanax as well as zoloft and paxil.The anxiety I suffered from withdrawl of xanax was almost unbearable and lasted at least a year.The paxil,however,stayed with me for years and I could literally taste it in my mouth.Try taking 4000 iu of vitamin D3 as well as staying away from all stimulants ie...caffeine..Alcohol can also trigger panic when you withdrawl.Pot or "weed" definitely  has some co-relation as well since   my first panic attack happened soon after I started smoking it.Stay positive rid yourself of negative people and emotions and I would suggest to stop masturbation and get yourself a girlfriend.Masturbation definitely contributes by lowering your self esteem and causing a guilt complex as we are all taught that masturbation is wrong.I definitely did improve when I stopped all of the aforementioned.Oh and may I suggest that you switch to a non-flouridated toothpaste as well.Check to see if your water is flouridated as this is a poison and must have some affective properties as well....Good luck...
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Go outside and have a walking meditation, every time u want to do it.
There is no way of reducing from 6 to 1 time a day.
U quit doing it or u continue doing it.
Early life stress has set ur body on fire and masturbation seems to function
releasing method but at the end it makes it even worse.
Compare it with other addictions like alcohol, at the end u nead more to have the
same results.
Do somthing to release your stress but refuse the attraction of masturbation.



  

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oh sorry just read above and someone already said about adrenals.. yes she's right.  sorry :)
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hi I've been reading up on possibilities of masturbation and anxiety being related for some time, basically because I was getting very nasty physical 'funny turns'  like my head went fuzzy, dizzy, thumping heartbeat and massive pressure in my head.  couple of times I genuinely thought I was going to keel over or something would pop in my head.  not fun.  Docs did tests and all normal.  I did masturbate probably 2 or 3 times a day every day.  But sometimes it would be marathons.. masturbation while watching skin flicks etc or chatting online.. for 5.. 6 hours etc.    but the time I finished I was a nervous wreck.  sat on the edge of climax for 5 hours..  adrenals overused.

So i did my own research.. over months I learned a little here and there.. and discarded a little info here and there.  All info from respected sources and science based.  If you have a look at Adrenal Exhaustion and how this can knock on to many many other symptoms... like acute hypo-glycemia and so-on.  not to mention of course much heightened anxiety.  Yes there is a connection with the DHEA balances and how they change from excessive ejaculation.  I'm not a bible-basher.   Also check out about eating a low GI diet as this may reduce the up-down seesaw of your blood sugar..  blood sugar levels and adrenal function are closely linked too (hence me mentioning hypoglycemia earlier).  Main things I'd say to try is learn as much about adrenal exhaustion as you can, and low GI diet(smaller portions, more meals), and moderate sensible exercise that also doesnt send your adrenaline pumping...  gentle stroll for 10 mins for example.


I've just typed the stuff above... not gone over and edited it for smoother reading.. but I hope you get what I'm talking about.  Main thing = Adrenal Exhaustion.
I hope this helps.  Take care.
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@ ALL: THIS THREAD IS AWESOME!

@ stressedoutwanker: Thanks for your wonderful advice. I am in same boat.But also expereince more side effects in my head. whenever i wear glasses the ear top area, the nerves tickle and irrate and bother . I feel like always rubbing it up and down with my fingers, but doesnt help. My head feel so dry and heavy. I feel my as if my nerves in the head are dried up. Wearing glasses always give me problem, due to me having low vision on top of this masturbation case.

Due to this i am not able to socially interact well, communicate or study well.

If you have more advise on this, please help.

Thanks
stressedoutwanker
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lol. i dont seem to be alone with this same story. ive been having a hell of a time these past few days and my feet and my hands have been tingling like they are in hell, ears ringing + plus real edgy and pissed off. its called paresthesia and its caused by applying pressure to nerves for extended periods of time it feels like pins and needles, gaping of t he mouth, and a short temper. this made total sense because i was sitting here on this crappy chair squeezing my johnson running a mouse and elevating my legs. thats probly about ten nerves i was applying pressure to and i can feel the effects.
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I had a bad trip on LSD and sufffered from severe panic attacks and even hallucinations for months. Propanolol Hydrochloride was the solution to my probolem. It isnt so strong but if you keep topping up and be patient it really starts to help. Not only did it solve the short-term anxiety problems, but it also has reversed the post-traumatic stess disorder i was diagnosed with. Benzos destroy you and are completely unnecesary.
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I think you are experiencing adrenal fatigue. Drain all your back up resources, so to speak. When younger you body recuperates faster. Please look up Adrenal fatigue. I also feel you, and anyone dealing with emotional triggers, would benefit greatly from Robert Smith' Faster EFT look him up on youtube Channel HealingMagic.

Best luck too all.

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thanx a lot dear.......... i wish to ask u a question ........if i quit this habbit then everything can be reversal or not? if yes what measures can be taken to recover soon???? should  take anti deperessent tablet ? shoul i go to physcatrist??? or should i leave everything to the nature....that after sometime all symptoms will remove automatically by postive change in life??

whether to quit from sex is the permanent solution of these problems?
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I can undetstand your problem coz am also in the same..

Fact is it doesnt only afect ur social life thro stress ,anxiety,dpression panic etc...but also affects internal health..

During sex/masturbation our sexual organs get the senses and feelings thro neuro transsmitters  secreted from liver..during this time the livers main activity of secreting digetive enzymes to digest food will be kept on hold. or will be less effective..

Slowly this will lead to liver not secreting proper enzymes or other words liver damage..

Symptoms of liver damage :Bloating,Anxiety,Mood swings.too much stress,indigestion,gas etc and usually damaged liver will take a lot of time to show it out unlike other organs which means moment it shows out itll be for  some thing serious.

so obviously ur symptooms of too much anxiety and panic is coz of liver problems .

Plzzz do some thing coz for ur age its too late...u might face a liver damage prombel very sooner


Kindly take efforst to stop it by taking effective measures.
1..Keep ur mind always occupied with something or keep talking to some one over fone  when ur lonely
2.Stop watching porn or divert it by reading something useful on net.
3.Go for regular exercise. or gym to relax from stress or anxiety

I pray to god everyday for people like us..now i pray for u too..dont worry some thing good will happen very shortly.
we should no more be a victim of these sexual thoughts and dirty habits .we have a life in hand.We will live it happy.

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