Shocking and confused, how did I cure my pois, crazy experience. Please read my full story
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Hi everyone, Im posting this from my burner account as my main account is being followed by my friends
I wanted to share my story because POIS was honestly one of the worst things I have ever experienced and I still don’t fully understand how I recovered everything tbh feels like a dream
I first developed POIS around 2021. At that time I was in university and my life became extremely difficult. Whenever I masturbated, I would get intense brain fog, fatigue, and sickness that lasted around 15 days straight along with eye blurriness
It was not just normal tiredness. It felt like my brain and body completely shut down. I could not concentrate on studies, work, or even basic daily life. It genuinely felt like my life was over because I could not function properly, there were days where I used to cry a lot and have no understanding parents either as I’m from a third world country and doctors around me had no idea about this
The strangest part was that it was not only after masturbation. Even slightly thinking about girls or getting mentally aroused would sometimes trigger brain fog for 3–4 days. [yes exactly you heard it right, just mere thinking would get me sick brain fog] That confused me a lot because it felt like even my thoughts could make me sick
I tried many things that people mentioned in this subreddit. I tried the garlic remedy. I tried vagus nerve exercises. I tried different lifestyle changes. Nothing really helped. I was so active In this sub back then, used to chat and call with some members here asking for help
At one point, I decided to completely stop masturbating. After around 100 days, I remember masturbating once and surprisingly, nothing happened. I thought maybe I was cured. But then I masturbated again the next day, and the same 15 day brain fog and sickness came back. That made me scared again because I realized the problem was still there.
This was especially difficult for me because I had high testosterone and high libido, so completely avoiding masturbation felt almost impossible long term. I felt trapped and did not know what to do, so I eventually decided to give up
Around the same time, I also had a fungal infection on my hands. I took fluconazole for that fungal infection. To my complete shock, my POIS symptoms disappeared after that. Yes I was shocked
At first, I was confused. I thought, “Is this really because the fungal infection was treated? Or is this just a coincidence?” But from that point onward, my POIS was gone.
It has now been around 4 years. I masturbate regularly, and I am completely fine. No 15-day brain fog. No sickness. No extreme crash. It honestly feels like I escaped from hell.
I also focused on improving my gut health, and I feel that may have helped a lot too. I still do not know the exact reason, but based on my experience, I feel POIS may be connected to one or more of these things:
Gut problems
Fungal or bacterial infections
Anxiety or nervous system issues
I am not saying this is the cause for everyone and I am not giving medical advice. I am just sharing my experience because it was very real for me and the recovery was also very real and just wanted to share with this community
I would really like to hear your opinions because even after all these years, I still don’t fully understand what happened to me , how did I get this in first place or how I suddenly recovered.