Headache after excessive PMO

for me it flares up whenever. I just take ibuprofen and it helps me.

 

Yes that is one of the top 10 reasons for me to quit for good.

I don't do porn in moderation, so when I do PMO my dopamine receptors take a real hit. I might get stuff done afterwards, but the headache and brain fog might stay with me for a day or 2.

I also get the occasional headache or brain fog on a good streak. But this is part of recovery, so I don't let it get to me.

Highly recommend taking some time out to relax. Sometimes we just need to take a step back and try a new habit or method!

 

You can never get away from headaches until you decided to quit. Just don't overdo it and don't heavily rely on pain killers.

 

it's not that bad tho and most times I don't use them

 

This usually happens to me after binging for a few days straight. Headaches, concentration problems, fatigue, depression, a zombie like feeling. The list goes on. Just completely pounding your brain with PMO beyond belief, edging, binging for days, just pure addict behaviour. This is how I feel about it when I start getting all these symptoms.

 

Damn. What causes these symptoms? Abnormally high dopamine levels?

 

I would say that likely is a big part of it, but not the only part. It's unnatural. The human brain wasn't designed to experience that level of constant pleasure.

 

Something else I should mention. So you hear people speak about if porn effects mental health etc.

You know how that edging and binging on PMO? See if you do that chronically for long enough, So day in, day out for years. This can actually cause worse mental health problems than you could ever possibly imagine. I am talking feeling like you're going mentally insane for years. I am speaking from experience.

But then after a few years of not constantly pounding your brain with PMO, a serious decline in PMO usage, streaks etc, you realise you weren't going mentally insane, and you realise chronically abusing PMO for years was the reason why you felt like you were going mentally insane for such a long time.

Not to say there isn't still issues mentally, but absolutely nothing compared to what it used to be.

 

I see. I just hope that I can recover if I quit...it's such scary shit!

 

This could be what is known as an "Orgasm Headache" and usually happens due to the very sudden increase in blood pressure at orgasm, which causes blood vessels in the brain to expand too quickly, and can lead to a headache as a result.

My advice is that you should go on NoFap for a while, or if you're going to continue to PMO, then prepare for the possibility of a headache after orgasm, and as soon as possible afterward, go to a nice, quiet place to sit or lie down for a time, preferably with the lights off, etc until your blood pressure returns to normal.

 

Another thing that goes with the headache is a feeling like I am wearing a headband and sometimes loss of color vision.

A few years ago I had what is called a "thunderclap headache" while watching porn - sudden but momentary pain on the top of my head as though somebody had hit me on the head. That can be caused by tension in the neck while looking at porn. Very scary. I thought I had finally had a brain bleed or something.

This addiction is pretty hard on the body.

 

Yep, I've done similar things. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Somebody on the internet told me a story about spilling powdered cocaine on the carpet, then vacuuming the cocaine and dirt into a bag, and snorting the nasty mixture to get high. That's what this PMO addiction can be like sometimes.

 

No problem, it does seem as if it might well be at least part of the problem, along with constant over stimulation of the reward system in your brain, leading to possible depletion of brain chemicals, such as dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin.

Like a lot of things in life, if something is done in moderation, then you allow your body time to recover in between, but if it's done too much, then you might be putting your body under stress, by not giving it recovery time, and as such, headaches, along with other negative symptoms, might be experienced as a result.