Is this legit?

[Ashtray Salesman Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ashtray Salesman]

Hi all,

I made a post earlier about quitting smoking and erection quality. It hasn't been that long but there have been some improvements and its hard to say whether it is the stuff that I am taking (4 out of the 5 G's along with arginine) or the actual not smoking that is helping me.

I'm still having some problems though (penis needs manual stimulation to get hard, doesnt always get super hard, erection dies quickly without stimulation.) I didnt realize this earlier and focused on my smoking and I should have found it weird that my problems would be due to smoking when there seem to be so many other smokers out there without this problem. Then it hit me that maybe I am over masturbating. I think I am suffering from masturbation addiction or something, because I do it a lot, sometimes 3-4 times a day, and at least once everyday. Most of the time there is porn involved, though not neccessarily hardcore porn videos, mostly softcore nude pics. I realize from reading all the stuff on here that porn is bad, and I am going to stop and delete my stash.

What I really want your guy's opinion and knowledge on is whether there is such a thing as overmasturbation. I was googling this and several sources said that overmasturbation causes problems because it wears out the parasympathetic nerve, or drains nutrients in the prostate or something like that. They call this "youth impotence," due to masturbating too much and say that it will take several months of abstaining for it to heal by itself. Is this stuff true? I can't seem to find anything about it on legit sources like Wikipedia...

Thanks.

[Messerschmidt Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Messerschmidt]

Masturbating that often can definitely cause injuries. I would definitely get that down to 1 or 2. Whether there is cause to go lower than that is a matter of some debate, but it certainly can't hurt.

[Ashtray Salesman Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ashtray Salesman]

Thanks, can you clarify on what you mean by 1 or 2? Once or twice a week? Or day?

Reading about that has me all worried now so I'm probably going to abstain for a long while and see if things improve. Anyone else experience anything like this and then stopped and had things improve? It's terrible because its impossible to get a hard on anymore on its own without having to make it happen with my hand.

This is what I'm talking about:
I can't find any scientific sources on it so I don't know if it's BS or not.

Parasympathetic Nerves

Your brain may be sending out the message to stop that orgasm, but it's your parasympathetic nerves that actually control ejaculation. Damaged, weak, or overused nerves can make it extremely hard for you to control and delay climax.
The parasympathetic nerves are also responsible for your involuntary erection, which is why many men who suffer from premature ejaculation may also have a soft or weak erection when stimulated.
This is often the case for people who over masturbate (in teens, the problem is often referred to as Youth Impotence). Serious damage and strain to the parasympathetic nerves can ultimately lead to impotence and other erectile dysfunctions.


Enlarged Prostate

Prostate health is extremely important to ejaculation control because the prostate is responsible for both the urge and physical mechanics of orgasm.
Enlarged prostates due to over masturbation, prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or prostate cancer, will intensify your need to climax. A hypersensitive prostate will not only create ejaculation control issues, but can also increase your urge to urinate or cause problems with urination.

[Messerschmidt Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Messerschmidt]

I was referring to once or twice a day. That would be the max, but some would definitely say less than that is better. Certainly no more though or you're putting yourself at risk.