POIS Compass

Trigger factor

Semen amount & leaking

People say the more semen comes out, the worse it gets; others say even a little semen or pre-cum leaking without orgasm, on the toilet or with morning wood, brings symptoms on.

20 remarks

What people said20

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  • “My symptoms are 100% correlated to the amount of ejaculate fluid released out. If I edge and a bit of semen leaks out, then I get milder symptoms. If I do a full ejaculation then my symptoms are full course. I don't get symptoms from orgasm. if I trigger the 'first' ejaculation then it doesn't matter how many times I do it, thereafter.”
  • “I've also been hypersensitized a week into a long meditation retreat, had a moment of arousal, literally felt my seminal ducts open and a small amount of precum travel through to the tip of my penis, and started feeling the breakdown immediately.”
  • “I only suffer the symptoms after ejaculation. If I have an orgasm without ejaculating then I don’t get any symptoms. My symptoms seem to be more intense the more I ejaculate.”
  • “Personally i have the same, the more sperm i loose the worse i feel myself. But i feel myself tremendously worse after second ejaculation. Also i have symptoms with orgasm but without ejaculation.”
  • “the amount of ejaculate that comes out is proportionate to how bad the symptoms are. if it's a full ejaculation then it's full symptoms. regardless of how many times i do it after that. if i edge and it's a bit of symptoms then i'll only get a little bit of symptoms.”
  • “Symptoms worsen after nightfalls, precum, and frequent masturbation.”
  • “I’ve noticed lately if I ever have a wet dream or cum a bit out of excitement. The head of my penis goes red. Like a kind of reaction to the sperm.”
  • “The amount of ejaculate or how much seminal fluid I release is proportionate to how bad the symptoms are. I don't get symptoms from orgasm. Just ejaculation.”
  • “I get POIS symptoms just from small amounts of seminal fluid leaving my body not from orgasm.”
  • “You know you can pre-cum to a small degree by just thinking about it.... even a tiny bit of pre-cum causes symptoms.”
  • “Yeah, same here, which is why I think it’s some sort of allergy to seminal fluid”
  • “symptoms are proportional to the amount of fluids released”
  • “Yes bro morning erect secretes some precum from cowpers glands and that's why you getting symptoms.”
  • “Pretty sure Volume of semen is a factor for me... when it's bigger load my brainfog is more severe”
  • “I think i generally only have symptoms if at a min there is some amount of precum released.”
  • “when I go to the toilet I sometimes get a bit of seminal fluid come out which triggers mild POIS symptoms.”
  • “I only get reactions from semen exposure.”
  • “If only a bit of semen comes out I get symptoms proportionate to how much semen I release.”
  • “increasing my seminal fluid volume increased symptoms”
  • “Definitely is an autoimmune response to seminal fluid”