Physical Withdrawl symptoms?

I can confirm all of it. I get a flu like symptoms every time after 2-3 weeks of abstinence and they last for about a month or so. You just have to be patient. There are way worse side effects than this (insomnia, fatigue, brain-fog, mood swings, anhedonia, anxiety) that can hit you and these can last for months or even longer. I'd say first 5-6 months is needed for withdrawal symptoms to slowly to subdue. I'm nearing 10 months in monk mode now and I'm still not out of the bush completely even though I had 6 months monk streak broken by 3-4 months of binging prior to that. I had problems with nearly daily MO and PMO binges for 25 years. We long term fappers are in it for the long run, 90 days won't do it. 3-4 months is needed just to get some occasional sense of what life without PMO feels like.

 

same here I am very new to this, feel frustrated and mood swings after just 8 days. its difficult when waking up with a boner and not being able to touch. winds me up.

 

Maybe jumping in a cold shower would help with this. I have no idea. Just guessing. Never had a boner.

 

I have 60 days. I never had these flu like symptoms and everyone around me seems to be sick with something. I thought I’d catch what they had but it hasn’t happened yet.

I haven’t noticed any physical withdrawal symptoms. I don’t have a penis so maybe that makes a difference?

It’s all been a psychological roller coaster of hell. My withdrawal symptoms. Generalized anxiety, nightmares, vivid dreams, can’t sit still, brain fog, mood swings going from intense rage to uncontrollably crying in minutes. The first month I’d go from having so much energy to so exhausted I’d sleep for hours and insomnia. The last 2 days have been calm.

You might want to see a doctor if you’re flu like symptoms don’t go away soon. As long as you continue with your reboot, no Psubs or edging the withdrawal symptoms will eventually go away.

 

I agree with you Fenix, long term fappers need more time as I was habitual for the same amount of time. I find that the idea of short term fappers to high speed internet takes longer than long term fappers to get better. I think it is just the opposite. The younger the mind the easier it is to get better unless they have other issues. The longer you fap and you catch it in time will take longer. The mind is so wire and not as young anymore to change to quickly.
Hope you doing good though... I am nearing a year no MO... still flatline but signs of improvement here and there.

 

Oh yes. For sure. Lots of physical, and mental symptoms. Flu and cold symptoms, anxiety and stress is insane! I’ve never been much of a stressed or anxious person. I was pretty relaxed, now I am a anxious mess some days. Depression can try super dark and lonely. Lots of fatigue, sore muscles, heart palpitations, even had high blood pressure, never had it before, I’m sure it’s from the increased anxiety. Jaw clenching, again from anxiety I’m sure. Brain fog, stomach problems, loss of intrest in sex, ED, headaches, finding no pleasure in anything...pretty much turned me into a hypochondriac also, and on and on. It does get better tho, I’ve had some really good days and it’s amazing. But in a instant it can randomly change.

 

Well if you had or have an addiction and you suddenly stop doing it your body will start to notice and go haywire. Not much else to say other than your body not being able to cope with your addiction. Legit same as drug addicts. They feel awful when they stop.

 

You're symptoms are pretty much exactly what I have - ED is the only one I haven't had. And the physical ones are very real - in my case quite debilitating in recent times. Fatigue, muscle and heart problems, along with brain fog are the worst.

The thing for me is, as I age it is getting more difficult to recover after each binge - I've been badly caught out this year as a result. I just managed my best streak in years (49 days no P), but a one hour slip yesterday, and all that long slow progress seems to be wiped, and I feel fr*cking awful. 1 hour! Bloody Brexit bored me so badly on the TV yesterday that I just wanted a distraction (don't laugh...). What's so frustrating is that usually when I have a streak similar to that (even just 10 days +) in the past, my symptoms have started to lift significantly, but not now; I think the older the person / brain, the harder it is to recover and the longer it will take. Over those 49 days I saw a real (but incomplete) improvement with plenty of unpredictable ups and downs. But my god, it was heavy going each day, generally no because of temptation so much as because of dealing with the boredom enforced by my inability to do any meaningful activity because the exhaustion is so bad.

I have so many regrets about not quitting when I was younger that it's ridiculous. I just want to get on with my life but I'm stuck with an awful habit that I don't even enjoy any more, and it's destroyed my quality of life, health and ability to make a living. I am determined to persevere even if it does take years to make a full recovery, because the alternative would ultimately be very bad...

I have massive respect for people that are going for a year+ without P, or going hardmode with long periods of time. It is inspirational just knowing that these things are possible.

 

PS - I have updated my tracker accordingly, but it doesn't seem to be showing...

 

Porn withdrawals or pmo could last a long time(1year+) if you were severe or masturbate and orgasm frequently. Things to watch out for are binging and kindling. A severe addict can't keep going back to pmo each time he or she abstains for a short period of time(kindling). To prevent further damages and long lasting streak, it's better to avoid triggering contents, heavy stimulants, and focus on your recovery.