i know this is an old topic, but for me refraining from masturbation is the only that regularly helps my overall feeling get better
If i don’t masturbate for two weeks or more, what happens is my penis sometimes turtles up, and I feel like nothing in my nether regions for a few days, but then it fluctuates, a few days like this, a few days a little better. I feel pressure in my prostate area, which i think is a buildup of the extremely clear liquid that is a component of semen.
During this time, I feel like my sleep is better, I feel hornier (but without strong erections), and there are no issues with feeling a dull ache/pain in the prostate/pelvic floor region.
When I finally do masturbate the load is a huge watery mess, sometimes perfectly clear, sometimes dark yellow, and then it like kickstarts a very slight recovery period for me that lasts like a week. Sometimes it starts as soon as i masturbate, sometimes within a day or two. My erections, libido, cloudiness and thickness of sperm increase, how many times a day i can masturbate, etc. all improve during this time, but of course are maybe only half of pre-fin strength. Eventually it comes back down.
What does this mean? There is probably an increase in testosterone during periods of abstinence, and finally jerking it keeps the androgen levels high for awhile? I wonder if this can add any ideas to any of the leading theories we have
I’m in a bad place with this disorder mentally right now, so i’m abstaining. Maybe I can make it a month. Currently at like a week and a half.
Incidentally, at least two of the three times i recovered fully on fin, and during my most recent temporary recovery, it was during periods of no masturbation. The first time I quit fin, three months had gone by without a return to normal. I was freaked out, I went on this summer program that toured around my ancestral homeland. I was so freaked out by the lack of erections, libido, watery sperm, I decided to just not masturbate at all. I remember by the 4th week it became pretty difficult not to, and then finally the last night of the program I just HAD to. Sexual thoughts were coming non stop, and in my imagination I could “feel” every girl I was imagining. Not like now where i can get a picture in my mind but I can’t imagine the actual feeling. I remember once I erupted, I noticed that it was thick semen. I remember right after this, i realized i was completely recovered. Soon my hair started falling out, I felt sexual attraction non stop, morning wood was back. Too bad i didn’t give up the poison right there. Went back on a few months later when I got freaked about my hair. Vain idiot.
Anyhow I wonder if abstinence helped or if it was just coincidental. I remember recovering one time without a long period of masturbation. But I recall that first time, being so freaked out after 3 months. Ha, i’m approaching 3 years post dutasteride, and things are just getting worse.
