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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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@ 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
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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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