5 Months of NoFap so far - Severe PAWS.

You can look at this thread here https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/p-a-w-s-what-are-they-cure-duration.231859/

I'm in the middle of it. I get glimpses of light sometimes but at the rate I'm recovering, it's going to take years. But some say that they just suddenly got a lot better after being a long time in darkness. That's what I'm hoping for.

 

Bruh I’m in a year and a half. I’m still having wet dreams every couple weeks. It’s like clock work. I start feeling better then i have a wet dream and bam back in withdrawal. Having all the same symptoms as you. It’s a real drag. Terrified to date right now because of how embarrassing this is. Plus my libido is almost non existent from time to time.

 

Are any of y’all smokers? How about drinking alcohol?

 

GERD has been the bane of my existence for almost 20 years. Now just in the last couple months I have LPR too where it's all the way up in my throat causing wheezing, coughing, and soreness 24x7. Do yourself a huge favor and get a wedge pillow to sleep on. 7.5" works great when you add a soft pillow at the top. It's the reflux attacks in the middle of the night that destroy your esophagus and the pillow does a good job of preventing them. Diet matters too but elevated tilt is critical to healing your inflamed tissues. I was too stubborn to do this for far too long.

Also, eating lots of nuts and seeds everyday will quickly help you add weight and make your bowels extremely regular. It's easy as hell to eat 1000 calories at a sitting. Just my advise on that front. It works.

 

Hey there @Cosmo1971, I saw in one of your profile posts that you said your visual symptoms are getting better. I've experienced many neurological symptoms that few people talk about having. Do your visual symptoms resemble these? If they do, please elaborate.

Visual Snow
Visual Trails / Tracers
Oscillopsia (vision bouncing with movement)
Wavy lines in vision on edges of objects
Dizziness when looking at repetitive geometry
Tinnitus
Pressure in ears
Intense muscular tension around eyes
Feeling of rubber bands around head and face

 

Just curious as to how alcohol affects y’all in flatline. I had to quit even my occasional drinking because i got ill from it.

 

Yes i have experienced all the above. It’s from your cortisol levels being so high. It causes inflammation which is why your head hurts, ears ring, and your all puffy. I have to pee all the time as well. But cortisol also stops neuroplasticity. It makes your brain unable to rewire itself the way it used too. That’s why your memory is messed up and it’s hard to concentrate. Your vision gets messed up because of the combination of inflammation and your motorskills being impaired from cortisol.
You’ll come back when your cortisol levels drop. Your brain will then be able to rewire itself and adjust to the normal hormone levels.
Your brain also releases acetylcholine during orgasm which enlarges the neurotransmitter in the brain. It does this to accept the high levels of dopamine released during orgasm. When your neurotransmitter get too large normal levels of dopamine seem low to the brain hence the depression and blah feeling during flatline. It’s tough getting through it but over the last couple months I’ve had a few days where i woke up with noticeable improvement. My cortisol levels must be dropping allowing my brain to recover. However im still having wetdreams alot. Just had three close calls last night but woke up before climax. Hope this helps.

 

Do you have a scientific citation of that?

 

Could you describe your PAWS experience and how it ended?

 

Lmao this is the biggest bullshit on Nofap lol. I studied the neurobiology of sex, and the dopamine en acetylcholine connection you claim is not how it works lol. Maybe study the mesocorticolimbic pathway and study how orgasm works by studying the endocrine system, neurotransmitter and the central nervous system before spreading disinformation?

 

Calm down fuck boy. I’m just going off what I’ve been told on here. There are no medical journals or doctors that I have seen or visited that even acknowledge porn addiction and sexual exhaustion as fact. If I knew it was i wouldn’t be here now would I?

 

Yes I'm way too familiar with the symptoms you describe. I'm on day 155 now, starting to lose hope and having thoughts that I've done irreversible damage, but your story has been very comforting so thank you for telling it. Hopefully I will follow a similar timeline to you and it'll be just a couple more weeks until this hell is over. Best of luck with your recovery mate!