Hi Dr. Lin,

I'm 31 now but I've started masturbating at the age of 13. The periods would be frequent; multiple times daily sometimes. And then I would stop for a month but then I would resume masturbating daily for another month. And sometimes multiple times a day. In fact, there was one day where I actually bled after ejaculation. As I got older I noticed many of the symptoms that I was suffering from would be more severe after ejaculation. After reading your very helpful and amazing website I believe all my symptoms are a result of the damaging activity that I have engaged in for almost 20 years.

First off are the mood and anxiety problems. Most of these were copied from your page and were spot on to what I'm dealing with currently:

Depression and nervous mood.

Obsessive and Compulsive thoughts - can't stop thinking about certain things.

Less concentration - this is severe in this time since I'm dealing with relationship issues but I've always had this problem since I started masturbating. After ejaculation my mind would be in a fog and I would lose focus.

Insomnia - Always had this issue. I can remember only having 1 good night of sleep in my whole life to where I would go to bed and wake up refreshed.

Eating disorder - Loss of appetite. Always had trouble getting an appetite.

Low or No libido due to deficiency of dopamine resulted in excessive prolactin

Fatigue, loss of interest and laziness - I would easily lose interest after being so intensely focused on something. Laziness was always a problem after puberty.

Irritability and short temper - especially with irritability.

Anxiety and Panic attacks - This is a huge issue with me with both. One moment I can be fine and confident and not worry so much but then I would crash hard. This is especially hard these days.

Muscle tension or cramp - I have muscle tightness from my neck all the way down to the lower back along the spine. 

Headaches - I get dizzy once in a while with vertigo.

Unwanted sweating - cold sweats.

Nausea or Dizziness - I wake up every morning wanting to vomit but nothing comes out.

Tiredness - constant issue throughout the whole day regardless of how much sleep I get.

Restless leg syndrome - this happens once in awhile.

Paranoia or losing confidence on everything - this is a major issue. I would lose trust in people for no reason at all. One moment I would have complete confidence in a person and the next I would lose all hope. And then all kinds of negative thoughts would creep in my head and I would have a hard time getting them out. And the cycle would continue again and again.


I also have severe allergy and sinus issues. I'm always congested and I believe my sinuses are so inflamed that my eyes bulge out because of it. My thyroid levels are normal so I know it's not because of it. My eyes are constantly tired and dried out. Always red. I also know that one day when I was in the snow all my internal sinuses went cold. It was a deep cold and when I woke up the next morning my eyes retreated back into the socket! I never had this problem until I reached puberty because looking back at pictures when I was a child my eyes were totally fine.

The nasal congestion is also really bad. I constantly have difficulty breathing out of both sides of my nose. When allergy season hits for me it is the worst ever. The nasal passages are constantly inflamed along with heavy congestion and severe runny nose. Fortunately I don't have allergy symptoms in the eyes. And when I was a child I had no problems and these issues occurred after reaching puberty and starting heavy masturbation.

Sexual performance has also been downgraded. I've almost completely stopped masturbating but when I do I only last maybe a minute or 2. And during sexual intercourse I last maybe only 1 minute before ejaculation. My penis does not become fully erect either. I'm currently working on complete stopping of masturbation but I know that I need a lot more to heal myself.

I hope these symptoms are not too late to treat. Researching the things on your website is giving me hope that the damage can be repaired but it will take time. Chinese medicine provides the best solution to my health problems since the focus is on curing the cause instead of the Western approach of masking the symptom. Any help that you can provide is much appreciated. I will be ordering any of your products that you can recommend. Again, thank you so much for all the work that you do.