My journey to overcome "Porn Addiction"

Withdrawal symptoms tells you that you're healing. I know they're terrible, really terrible, just hang on and the storm will fade away.

 

Not going to tell you lies, yes, it is possible, for me it has been a nightmare for most of the time.
It depends, some heal after 100 days or before, others need a year or more to heal.

Anyway, what's the difference? 5 months more, or 5 months less does not make any difference if you're stopping porn for life.

 

Interesting. I have a slightly longer period of addiction to you (started at 13 back in 2005) and my withdrawal symptoms during reboots are crazy.

Like you I have sleepless nights, which only make it harder to resist urges, muscular tension and involuntary twitches. I'm even convinced that my body hurts more than when I'm PMOing -- the only difference being a lack of mental/physical fatigue.

If more than one of us is experiencing these symptoms, it leads me to believe it's a normal part of rebooting and demonstrates that our bodies need time to heal. Here's hoping we both make it!

 

It is exactly like that, there are a lot of thread in this forum about withdrawals etc.

The problem here is that a lot of youtubers who needs views spread a lot of bullshit a bout nofap, things like superpowers and unbelievable achievements in life with nofap. Unfortunately that's bullshit, most of people in nofap goes through a hard period of withdrawals, and real healing need more than a year to set in.
Obviously if you tell someone that he needs a year on nofap, they won't follow your youtube channels, especially young guys.

The chinese comunity of nofap, for example, is a lot more real and trustworthy, they know you need a year, at minimum, to heal.


Anyway, carry on guys, that is the right path.

 

Well said mate, the nofap propaganda would be approved by Joseph Goebbels!

If I were you i would not mess with melatonin pills, instead buy an uvex blue light blocking glasses(skyper). Wear them 3-4 hours before going in bed, and do not watch any blue light source in your bed before sleep. Cheaper, safer, better.

You can try some magnesium, but do not expect big miracle from that, but one thing is sure. Your body in panic mode, so you will become magnesium deficient. Good idea to supplement some. If your digestion become messed up then you can try some pancreatic enzym formulas to help digestion. Anyway I would be careful with supplements, they sell everything for us from unknow source.

 

14 months and still having withdrawals/flatline....

 

Well said. You got everything to win, wisdom. If you got patiance too, then you do not need to worry.

 

I am on 105 day and some if my withdrawal symptoms have intensified. Frustrating? Yes. Scary? Yes! Worth it? Yes. Short term pain for long term pain. You can do this.

 

I have super cold hands, but i probably always had cold hands.

 

Very very similar here. I have been there, and sooo many more symptoms. Keep going man, it gets better. It’s still hard sometimes, but much much better than the beginning.

 

How did the magnesium work out for you? I take some liquid magnesium many times at night before bed

 

Withdrawals from PMO are hard to identify, they overlap with symptoms of overall nervous system dysfunction and dysfunction might be the consequence of excessive porn use/masturbation. I'm almost 17 months 'hardmode', still feel so called withdrawals symptoms, but they tend to get weaker. I didn't had orgasm or wet dreams during all these months, but used to get semen leakage during my first year of reboot. Then it stopped and last week I started to get it again (after urinating). Interestingly such symptoms as muscle tension (especially jaw tension) and muscle pains resumed. I guess it might be somehow related. I also noticed a weak muscle twitch in the eye area. You mentioned cold hands/feet. I get this frequently, especially when I experience stress. Libido is still non-existant, but maybe this is because I'm taking antidepressants. Sleep is normal.

 

I got that a lot.