masturbation and increase in anxiety/stress/panic

[I_HATE_ANXIETY]

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?

[masterbator]

i m also heavy heavy heavy masterbator ....now plz read my surprising story....i m doin masterbation from the age 5 years....30 times a day...now i m 42....no single day gap in last 37 years........i m also having severe panice attacks and anxiety disorder,,,, i m not even able to offer pray.....not able to walk...not able to speak....got severe stress on mind in while walking...i cant stand up for a while as i stand up heart beat increases no control....when i try to quit from masterbation the symptoms get more sever......plz tell me anyone what should i do now...

[strakur]

"Before I started getting all these panic attacks, My ejaculations were great, felt such a rush everytime i did it, my veins would stick out as I would get a rush of joy and pleasure throughout my body, NOW all that good feeling has been traded with panic and anxiety and chest pains , headaches, no more veins popping out, no more euphoria or thrills, its just all negative stuff.  Something happened here. "


That is EXACTLY what I get!

[tonyob]

I think I agree with brenndy, it must be to do with adrenaline and endorphins. Seriously though, 30 times a  day?  Mate, that's a full time job!  

[ss112]

Hi, Just wanted to share my experiences as well...

Im 26 years old...around 7 years ago, i had an extremely stressfull week where i was in the office all day long, working non stop and having 8-9 cups of coffe in a day, eating restaurant food and junk food...few days after this week, i had what i believe now was my first anxiety attack(severe heart palpitations, breathlessness, sweating), Doc came and heard my story and told me that i had Gas...gave me medicines and it relieved me to a certain level, but for months after this episode I became very sensitive...for example if I knew that I were to have a confrontation with someone I would start shaking, get breathless and had to seriously compose myself...I never went to Psychiatrist then.

Now, almost 6 years after the above, I took a Holiday and stayed with a couple of friends...during this trip I consumed alchohol and smoked regularly even though I generally dont drink or smoke, but I just let go and had fun...After I returned home I started getting severe anxiety attacks..it got so bad that I could not leave my house. I went to Psychiatrist who diagnosed me with Anxiety and Social Phobia, since i was very perturbed with what other people thought of me since I am obese...he put me on regular medicines and I would periodically check in with him...Gradually I started improving upto the point where for the last 2 months or so I have been totally of the medicines and was feeling generally better...Now for the last week or so I have been feeling uneasy again, breathing difficulty, digestion problems, shaking. sweating etc...At this point I realised that maybe it had something to do with masturbation...I also started masturbation at an early age and continue to do it and have been a heavy masturbator...for the last week I have been masturbating excessively and maybe that has led to this latest episode...going back on the meds for now and going to meet my Doc on Monday and will ask him about this and if possible also show him this thread...

I wish there were more studies on this as many people seem to be having very similiar problems..

[slot001]

Hi everyone,

you all sound like such great people!

I have almost all of the same symptoms, they just started recently though. ive smoked pot since i was 17, im now 24. in the last few months, ive eased off pot, for no real reason i guess.. but aug 18th, i drove to the hospital thinking i was dying, they gave me ativan and told me to calm down. i took half an ativan, and felt like a zombie. a calmer zombie, but a zombie. i quit smoking for the week after, and also masturbating. the anxiety is still present, rearing its ugly head at inopportune times. i used to masturbate very frequently (to my standards, at least lol) once or twice a day. after my attack, i didnt eat, smoke, or masturbate the following week, it was the worst week of my life. ive begun to masturbate occaisionally... unfortunately, i feel like a small hit helps sometimes, but i know it only makes it worse! i really dont have any answers, just sympathy! i feel like this battle is all up to me, my doctors answer will obviously be more drugs. i hope we all live calmer lives, hope to hear more from you guys!

[amjadey]

There is a greater chance of getting loss of memory,concentration even hair loss. So guy you've to stop it to avoid that. These symptoms are the same as mine  I used to masturbate about 6 years past bt now I'm trying to stop but the only thing that set me back is I can't with stand in a day without watching porn in my pc