Can masturbation cause severe moodswings?

I feel like everytime I masturbate, it causes me to feel more depressed. For example if I don't do it for two weeks, I'll feel more energetic, cheerful and on an emotional high. But when I start doing it regularly I feel drained, cranky and just weird. Am I imagining it? Is it some sort of chemical imbalance? How can you even ask your doctor this sort of thing? Is this normal?

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  • sosally

    Sex and orgasm cause your body to produce large amounts of dopamine which in effect, will make you feel relaxed/happy. When it wears off which in the case of masturbation this occurs within a shorter amount of time, you will feel this surge of dopamine drop and feel back off ish..it's brain chemistry...Try exercising or something else regularly to boost it naturally...that way the effects won't be so extreme.

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  • Solimorphic

    Masturbation is reminding you that you don't have a girl.

    That causes depression.

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  • lemon

    Maybe you're just more likely to masturbate when you're depressed and when you feel better/more sociable, you don't feel the urge to masturbate so much?

    If it really bothers you, maybe you can tell your doctor that your libido strongly affects your mood and that it's interfering with your life and that you just need some advice...?

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  • randomjelly

    If I DONT double click my mouse I get depressed and moody! Lol!

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  • chunkybongo

    When I was a young virgin I felt very depressed and disoriented after jerking off, and avoided doing it. I felt guilty and I thought it drained me. But after I started having tons of orgasmic sex with a real woman almost every night, I was like, 'whatever' when it came to masturbation. Ever since then I have never felt the least bit guilty about masturbating, ever. Believe me, it won't harm you at all.

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  • debored

    This happends to me sometimes maybe its purely pychcological maybe its best for your emotional health not to masterbate frequently

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  • anabolic19

    yup it can it happens to me but only with excesive wanking because everytiem you do it drains certain chemicals in your brain and releases other hormones that eventually build up and mess with your emotions also
    i feel like if i wank to much my muscles ache not off exercise or anything they just hurt
    might be just me tho

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  • slyredfox

    The Honest answer to this question is EXERCISE regularly then you'll love masturbation all the time. Another thing is make sure your actually getting laid by a person too because otherwise you start to feel repulsive! Shit you don't need a doctor you need a good piece of ass....player!

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  • andrian007

    Masturbation is perfectly normal. People do it all the time and it's fine. The issue here is purely psychological. If you feel guilty afterwards, then we have a bit of a problem. Maybe that's what it is, doing it subconciously reminds you that you don't have a girlfriend. Let's remind ourselves one thing, even married people do it occasionally, so you're not exactly problematic. Ask yourself one thing; what does masturbation mean to you? When you have the answer, you can more or less sort out your pwn problem.

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  • yscband

    Why should you give your lower part so much credit? You have a brain use it....whenever your brain wants to give itself pleasure then let your brain have pleasure. Don't get caught.

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  • russellnb

    I have been masturbating for many decades and it has not affected me at all except for this desire to pull my dick out and put it in the blender

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    • Filthee

      i love you.

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  • notanymore

    yes, it is normal to feel that when you do it. my friend asked a doctor that replied to him in details. masturbation really change your life to the worse, believe me.
    either go to another doctor who doesn't know you and ask him, or bring it as a discussion matter to your doctor, like (me & friends discussed it and is it true that ... etc)

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  • CharlieHarris

    Masturbation is perfectly normal for men and women...boys and girls. It's not normal to repress feelings about it or feel guilty about it. Its no different than combing your hair, exercising or brushing your teeth...

    I've seen girls masturbate and I have had several girls ask me to masturbate so they could watch...both situations were interesting.

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  • iswhatitis

    Christine odonel would be ashamed of u .... lol

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  • Cosmicgiggle

    Imbalance. Sorry

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  • Cosmicgiggle

    O remember researching this and yes it could easily be a chemical imbalancr

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  • sparrowfeed

    I LOVE MASTURBATING. it changed my life forever..

    how can you say these negative things about masturbation???? OMG.

    it is "evermore the prologue to my sleep"

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  • I feel epic after i masterbate because i dont feel horny anymore and can relax i feel depressed if i dnt wank :D

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    • bimomate

      Lol same here. Haha

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  • mt2987

    I don't think you're doing it right.

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  • maikel

    Could it also be that you feel some sort of resentment or guilt from masturbating? That can also make you depressed.

    Masturbation is normal...although doing it in excess can really use up all your energy.

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  • Galaxy500

    I think your man juice is holding all your dopamine haha

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  • djchad84

    maybe for you but i think its different for everyone

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  • BigRedOne

    Be careful it can also cause blindness.

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    • lovemuffin

      lol

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  • Justin_Case

    I've been masturbating for many years since I realized that I liked the feeling And No it does not cause Depression, Mood Swings
    I do believe that our moods effect our sex drives and if our moods are low, maybe so
    our sex drives are too

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  • pixie_dust

    try getting a blow up sex doll. you can fuck her in any hole u u little heart desires and she wont bitch!! that way u can not feel like ur such a loser

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