[POLL] Do Video Games Aggrivate PFS Symptoms?

[BrongFogBoy]

Do video games aggrivate your PFS symptoms?

• Yes
• No
• I play 1-2 hours a day.
• I play 3-4 hours a day.
• I play more than 4 hours a day.

I have tested this back and forth numerous times and can positively say that if I play a computer game on a regular basis then I start to feel brain / fog, apathy, and other symptoms after around 3 days of playing and it will stay with me until I stop playing for around 4 days. I hadn’t felt this in a long time but recently started playing some games and it hit me. I stopped playing for four days straight and cleared up completely…started again and within three days of playing it came back (I felt fine the first few days); I stopped for four days, it cleared, started and it came back; and it’s not subtle, it is horribly obvious after the fourth day of playing as if it’s depleting all my cortisol or something. Another thing I noticed is after playing for around an hour my body temperature which is usually low, raises almost 1 full degree. Does yours?

Before voting please put this to an honest test: If you play any computer game on a regular basis then I suggest completely stopping (easier said than done, but worth it if it works) for three to four days and see how you feel, you might be amazed at how much better you are.

After testing please select yes or no and let us know how much you play.

[towm8er]

@BrongFogBoy

I have tested this back and forth numerous times and can positively say that if I play a computer game on a regular basis then I start to feel brain / fog, apathy, and other symptoms after around 3 days of playing and it will stay with me until I stop playing for around 4 days. I hadn’t felt this in a long time but recently started playing some games and it hit me. I stopped playing for four days straight and cleared up completely…started again and within three days of playing it came back (I felt fine the first few days); I stopped for four days, it cleared, started and it came back; and it’s not subtle, it is horribly obvious after the fourth day of playing as if it’s depleting all my cortisol or something. Another thing I noticed is after playing for around an hour my body temperature which is usually low, raises almost 1 full degree. Does yours?

Before voting please put this to an honest test: If you play any computer game on a regular basis then I suggest completely stopping (easier said than done, but worth it if it works) for three to four days and see how you feel, you might be amazed at how much better you are.

After testing please select yes or no and let us know how much you play.

Interesting. I was just reading a book about ADD, “Healing ADD” by Dr Amen. And brain fog as well as ADD symptoms are common among PFS. What stood out to me is that watching TV requires no brain activity, less use of brain becomes less ability to think and poor ability to focus. And playing video games boosts the neurotrasmitter dopamine. When finished playing, there’s far less dopamine to carry out any other activities. So, YES, it makes perfect sense as to ‘WHY’ your theory holds water.

Personally, I have nothing else left to do other than TV or Video games. These are the only distractions which keep me from thinking about PFS. But on days when I work out and try to be social, I feel much better. Getting outside helps a lot.

[BrongFogBoy]

@towm8er

@BrongFogBoy

I have tested this back and forth numerous times and can positively say that if I play a computer game on a regular basis then I start to feel brain / fog, apathy, and other symptoms after around 3 days of playing and it will stay with me until I stop playing for around 4 days. I hadn’t felt this in a long time but recently started playing some games and it hit me. I stopped playing for four days straight and cleared up completely…started again and within three days of playing it came back (I felt fine the first few days); I stopped for four days, it cleared, started and it came back; and it’s not subtle, it is horribly obvious after the fourth day of playing as if it’s depleting all my cortisol or something. Another thing I noticed is after playing for around an hour my body temperature which is usually low, raises almost 1 full degree. Does yours?

Before voting please put this to an honest test: If you play any computer game on a regular basis then I suggest completely stopping (easier said than done, but worth it if it works) for three to four days and see how you feel, you might be amazed at how much better you are.

After testing please select yes or no and let us know how much you play.

Interesting. I was just reading a book about ADD, “Healing ADD” by Dr Amen. And brain fog as well as ADD symptoms are common among PFS. What stood out to me is that watching TV requires no brain activity, less use of brain becomes less ability to think and poor ability to focus. And playing video games boosts the neurotrasmitter dopamine. When finished playing, there’s far less dopamine to carry out any other activities. So, YES, it makes perfect sense as to ‘WHY’ your theory holds water.

Personally, I have nothing else left to do other than TV or Video games. These are the only distractions which keep me from thinking about PFS. But on days when I work out and try to be social, I feel much better. Getting outside helps a lot.

That’s interesting about the dopamine, I’ll have to look into that. I suspect there’s a possibility that some people will believe that gaming doesn’t have an ill affect on them just as a lot of us didn’t realize we were having side effects from fin because it just crept up on us. It took me a long time to realize the effects gaming had on me and I didn’t really put my finger on it until I saw how much better I felt when I would leave town for several days (no gaming) and then come back and have the issues return (once I started gamin). I think the only way to find out for sure might be to just try to get off it for four days straight.

[Cap]

I’ve played a shitton of video games the past year to distract me from having PFS. Never had any effect on me. Although on a related note, being in front of a screen like that before bed can fuck up your sleep because of the blue light or whatever. So for anyone with ruined sleep due to PFS, staring at a screen isn’t helping. Try not to do that a few hours before bed.

[MajorTom]

youtube.com/watch?v=OOsqkQytHOs

Studies in the about section

[BrongFogBoy]

@Cap

I’ve played a shitton of video games the past year to distract me from having PFS. Never had any effect on me. Although on a related note, being in front of a screen like that before bed can fuck up your sleep because of the blue light or whatever. So for anyone with ruined sleep due to PFS, staring at a screen isn’t helping. Try not to do that a few hours before bed.

Hey Cap, If you’re using gaming to distract from PFS symptoms then I don’t see how one could say it definitely has no effect unless they stopped playing for several days and consciously monitored their symptoms. Have you tried taking a solid 4 day break to see what happens?

I’m sure the response would be “because I’ve gone on vacation or out of town and stopped playing and didn’t feel any different” but only by being conscious of what you’re testing can you fairly observe symptoms. This by no means is a cure but has been key to alleviating many symptoms, but of course everyone’s different.

[Cap]

@BrongFogBoy

Hey Cap, If you’re using gaming to distract from PFS symptoms then I don’t see how one could say it definitely has no effect unless they stopped playing for several days and consciously monitored their symptoms. Have you tried taking a solid 4 day break to see what happens?

Yes.