POIS Compass

Trigger factor

Kind of orgasm

People compare orgasms: very intense versus weak or quick ones, tensing muscles while masturbating, sex with a partner versus masturbation, orgasm without ejaculation, and say some kinds are worse.

15 remarks

What people said15

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  • “the really pleasurable orgasms cause the worst symptoms. I've always noticed that if I have a second orgasm in the same day, it is VERY pleasurable but I'm hit by a truck of terrible symptoms that last much longer.”
  • “I struggle with wet dreams right now so when I wake up after WD, I apply magnesium on my whole body. I want to add that my POIS is the same after orgasm in sex or in wet dream.”
  • “POIS doesn't occur only after semen leaves the body. POIS stands for Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome. The key here is 'Orgasmic'. Many people fail to understand that you can have an orgasm without ejaculation, in other words, you might not ejaculate at all and still have the symptoms (I have experienced this myself many times).”
  • “I found that masturbation makes things worst. orgasm with a woman the second, and wet dream is the mildest. but for many days I had waited for wet dream, but it didn't come.”
  • “2) Ejaculation with a weak orgasm.”
  • “Intensity, number and prolongation of sexual stimulation seems to amplify the symptoms, so avoid... having consecutive orgasms (you will feel like shit).”
  • “A quick orgasm with a sudden onset of arousal and a weak erection and zero muscle involvement = POIS”
  • “When I have an orgasm but no semen goes out... I don't get better results from holding it in”
  • “when I masturbate with a lot of muscle tension... causes more symptoms”
  • “Same here. I have wet dreams and I get the same exact symptoms as from sex.”
  • “my symptoms seem to correlate directly to the intensity of my orgasms, especially when watchin porn and edging”
  • “ejaculation with weak orgasms always cramp the hell out my muscles!”
  • “bad Os that are sort of weak and tend to correlate with more symptoms.”
  • “Prolactin release is much stronger during intercourse, some study said. So people are more tired then.”
  • “Then I remember I tried to have sex with people and the same happened.”