Online porn addiction, sexual exhaustion

General Discussion
#21

worried, glad you found the source of your issues, even if not Fin-related.

However I have to agree with Martin and the others on this one – while abstaining from porn may be a good idea to give the mind and body a break once in awhile, doing so should generally lead to a buildup in desire/urge to engage in sexual behaviour in healthy young adults; for many sufferers here who took and since quit Finasteride, unfortunately this is no longer the case due to complete loss of libido from the drug.

Additionally, “porn addiction” is not the cause of penile/scrotal shrinkage, genital numbness, muscle atrophy, twitches, depression/anxiety, impotence etc, not to mention the common pattern of drop in Testosterone/LH/FSH to hypogonadal levls so many men have experienced post-Fin. The majority of these symptoms have been documented and scientifically linked to androgen deprivation in general, and 5AR2/androgen/neurosteroid inhibition via Finasteride.

All told, while abstaining is a nice idea and something to “try” to see if you get a build up of libido post-Fin, this is NOT the root cause of the Post-Finasteride Syndrome. If it were as easy as abstaining from porn, every one of us would be cured 100% and this site wouldn’t need to exist.

Anyway, enjoy your life – be glad you have found your particular issue, and have been able to solve it. I wish you well.

#22

Worried,

I looked at your blood results. They do not look like a normal young healthy man’s blood. However, you are certainly entitled to your own opinion. Good luck, I hope abstaining from masturbation can reverse your problems.

#23

Worried,

I have tried to stop porn. In fact I don’t watch it at all now because if I do it builds up the desire to have an orgasm and this desire is limited/wasted.

But pre-fin I had access to a lot of porn. I even had the depraved sex shops of the deepest, darkest corners of Germany. After you’ve been to this extreme and feel like a drug addict masturbating to porn you carry around in your backpack in public bathrooms because you can’t keep a hard on down the internet isn’t such a crazy place. Or sneaking into your (now ex) girlfriend’s friend’s bedroom to fondle her panties while they unkowingly sip coffee in the next room. Been there, done that…

This problem never creeped up there. In fact it got worse the more I did it.

As Mew said, now I’ve got a shrunken, shriveled, very light penis, sexual exhaustion, belly fat that I shouldn’t have, among so many other shitty little nagging problems that life has become difficult. Stopping porn hasn’t gotten me back to normal. Though I really wish it had…

Penis feels very light
#24

I think this supposed porn addiction can be linked to the fact that orgasm after Finasteride is not the same. It does not satisfy your brain. In a person who has a tendency for compulsive behavior (even if never manifested before) this could arise. I highly doubt you had this or could manifest this prior to propecia. It is like your brain keep asking for that reward and you keep trying to achieve it.

#25

I had terrible sexual disfunction for 5 months after taking 2 pills.

I don’t look at porn.

#26

So Worried, are you telling us that you are completely recovered from your sexual side effects? Is your libido fully restored?

There is a physical reason why this could happen from exessive ejaculation. When you ejaculate you excrete a large amount of zinc from your body. If you do this 5 times a day over a period of months or years, then you may well end up with low testosterone, as zinc is responsible for 30% of your testosterone production and also prostate health as well as about 300 other different actions in your body.

#27

I think there are two separate issues here:

Young men getting addicted to online porn and then preferring “that” to dealing with the hassles and “work” of dealing with real women is an issue. Shagging women and losing zinc (or whatever else you deplete yourself of) is about as natural as it gets. PRE-FIN I could go all night and into the next day ejaculating a dozen, two dozen, three dozen times in a week. We got hungry as hell, and it was probably the bodies way of trying to replenish minerals, but screwing and jerking off does not cause this androgen deprivation we are all experiencing. This idea that you are going to “conserve your juices” is something from the 1800’s.

Some women councilor or holly roller minister has planted this “porn addiction” seed in your mind.

I do agree that all our sexy billboards, and movies and los vegas shows have turned alot of people into “watchers” rather than “doers” when it comes to sex, but there is no medical damage.

#28

Very interesting…

I’ve been reading a lot about porn-induced ED lately. There’s a pretty big NO FAP movement on a couple of sites I frequent.

Some background


youtu.be/zif0_60b3WU

Skeptical hippos… don’t get your panties in a bunch. I think this is interesting stuff… I’ve always felt like I watched too much porn. And my own personal disaster began with an agressive fap session while watching… you guessed it… porn. I’m willing to explore this further.

Thanks for sharing worried… hope you’re still continuing to improve.