Delta Charlie
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The only thing weed has done to my man parts is ... well ... nothing ... Expect sometimes I feel like my dick gets harder when I'm high
Thanks for sharing that, Larry, it's definitely something I will look out for. I've never heard of this before this thread. From my perspective you smoke a LOT of weed, what is the weight of your 15 daily joints? 10 grams? More? How much did you smoke daily before the last decade? I have been growing for about 5 years, and I currently grow four strains that are so very dank. I only go through about a gram per day, ironically less than I was smoking before I began growing. I'm in my early 40s, but I'm pretty much retired as I only grow and play music for a living. How is your diet, and do you get any regular exercise? Sorry for all the questions, but I'd like to have the data to gauge against my own lifestyle and habits...I joined this forum just to post this info-thanks to all before me because I don't feel so unsure now. I am almost 65 and have been a heavy pot smoker since 18 years old. Here in Calif we can grow it so I have really used a lot in the last ten years-approx 10 to 15 joints a day (I'm retired) -I have had prostate problems for about 20 years. Now, I have a great deal of pain and difficulty starting, especially after I smoke, vap, or bong-so the pain has become an all day thing (cause I smoke all day and even smoke in the night if I can't sleep). I stopped for a couple of days (really tough for me) and my pain and some of the urgency subsided-and I felt like I could pee easier and on que for a change----then I lit my first joint up and as soon as it hit my head it also hit my perineal area and the association was unmistakable-yet I have fought to deny this reality as pot is my favorite thing and my very last vice. I have gone to parties-daytime no drinking-and smoked some good stuff and then really have the urge to urinate-but can't. In the old days when I used to run out of pot for a few days, I would notice an initial period of very frequent urination (say eight hours) then sort of normal. Then when I scored some pot and smoked I would not have to urinate for a long time-like the pot made my body hold water. The cottonmouth effect tells me there is something to the pot and body water regulation issue. Anyway, thanks everyone for the informative posts and those naysayers will probably be joining the believers as they age and use. Hey, I'm not rapping on pot-I love it-but I've given up coffee and alcohol and still have this problem-and it gets much worse when I smoke or vap or even ingest the butter (eating it can be the worst for my symptoms). You know, a person starts thinking they are nuts when you try to associate pot and the prostate, but I really have no doubt now. Best Everyone Larry
I was always a daily smoker if weed was available, but used maybe 2 joints a day in the "before growing times"----My habits----3 times a week at the gym-work with weights mostly-good diet, lots of veges-I do eat meat-too much sugar though--not overweight ( 6feet and 180lbs)--used to drink daily, but not anymore-coffee is the worst offender, but the weed has caught up with me----right after I smoke I feel the pain-joints are worst but the vaporizer is also bad--I use maybe an ounce every 5 days-your use isn't bad-wouldn't worry too muchThanks for sharing that, Larry, it's definitely something I will look out for. I've never heard of this before this thread. From my perspective you smoke a LOT of weed, what is the weight of your 15 daily joints? 10 grams? More? How much did you smoke daily before the last decade? I have been growing for about 5 years, and I currently grow four strains that are so very dank. I only go through about a gram per day, ironically less than I was smoking before I began growing. I'm in my early 40s, but I'm pretty much retired as I only grow and play music for a living. How is your diet, and do you get any regular exercise? Sorry for all the questions, but I'd like to have the data to gauge against my own lifestyle and habits...
Love me some Sour D! I see: smoking a moderate amount seems to eliminate your prostate issues, but too much exacerbates them. That makes sense to me. I also had to quit caffeine about 5 years ago; I drank a couple of pots a day since my youth and totally burned out my adrenal glands. I now drink a great decaf all day, and don't miss the caffeine a bit. You seem to have carved a great life for yourself, and your recent surge of self-improvement is quite inspiring. Your best years may be ahead of you, and that's the way it should be. We're as young as we feel, right? Thanks again for sharing your experiences, best of luck to you...Actually I started back smoking about 2.5 years ago after a 20 plus year hiatus. I was prescribed a drug for prostate issues with flow called flomax. I had to stop taking it it made me very dizzy. A few months later a friend I work with smoked a joint with me at lunch and I said wow it's been a long time. Anyway long story short I found that weed eliminated my prostate issues. I've also lost 55 lbs and can get back in my AF jacket. It's a bit rotten. Vietnam era. I'm an old man. Then I came here, learned a lot and supply myself and my much younger friend free. I'm thankful he started working with me in electronics. I feel 30 years younger. And my wife of 38 years is amazed if you know what I mean. But if I smoke too much, which I have a tendency to do it seems to much on the prostate. So I try not to smoke more than a couple grams of Sour D a day.
I've cut coffee almost completely. I do drink more unsweetened ice tea. I think the younger man helped bring some self worth back. After repairing machine tools for years it's nice to see an inspired young fellow. I hope to retire some day very soon.Love me some Sour D! I see: smoking a moderate amount seems to eliminate your prostate issues, but too much exacerbates them. That makes sense to me. I also had to quit caffeine about 5 years ago; I drank a couple of pots a day since my youth and totally burned out my adrenal glands. I now drink a great decaf all day, and don't miss the caffeine a bit. You seem to have carved a great life for yourself, and your recent surge of self-improvement is quite inspiring. Your best years may be ahead of you, and that's the way it should be. We're as young as we feel, right? Thanks again for sharing your experiences, best of luck to you...
Thanks so much for sharing, Emin! Really cool of you...Hey guys I'm here to tell you everything I've learned about pelvic pain/prostatitis and marijuana over the past ten months.
Last March I started cycling to get exercise every day. After about a week I started to have to pee very frequently and sometimes I had pain after going to the bathroom. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with prostatitis and they prescribed antibiotics. The antibiotics didn't work so I went to a Urologist who gave me a different antibiotic. Over the next six months the problem got worse and worse and I started staying at home every day and not hanging out with friends. I would just sit and search on the internet for solutions to my problem which is what brought me to this thread in the first place. I switched to another urologist who diagnosed me with a pelvic floor problem. I still didn't believe that it could be a muscular problem because it hurt so fucking bad and didn't feel like it could be muscular. Long story short I went in for pelvic floor biofeedback where I had to shove a sensor up my ass and test how tight my muscles were. They were more than seven times tighter than they should be. I was stuck in a cycle of pain, anxiety, tensing, and it just kept getting worse. The worst part was that weed triggered it, but it was the only thing that I had to keep me from going insane.
I'm a month into doing once a week physical therapy for my pelvic floor now and it's working great. It's hard to believe that I there are so many people out there in the same situation I was in when the solution is so simple. Don't believe all of the scary stories you read on the internet or that bullshit herballove website that says marijuana swells the prostate. It's all bullshit. I straight up asked my urologist and he told me that marijuana does not effect the prostate and can even have a protective effect. If you're like me, you're just an anxious person and weed can sometimes make that anxiety worse. Another thing is coughing, which really puts strain on your pelvic floor and causes pelvic pain. I've noticed when I cough more after smoking I have much worse pain. To the people who say that weed makes them have to pee, that's because you have a tight pelvic floor that's not tight enough to be painful, but weed will tighten in it up so that you have to pee.
The last thing I want to touch on is that if you are diagnosed with prostatitis and antibiotics don't help, you very likely have a pelvic floor issue. Prostatitis is easily treated with antibiotics. I've read in a few places that 95% of prostatitis cases do not have a bacterial origin. And if weed makes it worse, it's probably a muscle problem because weed doesn't effect your prostate.
I too have been diagnosed with Pelvic Floor Disorder and I have determined that pot has been the culprit for me after 2 years of enjoying the fine bud. Its not that I blame pot, its more along the lines that I was smoking it during the times of high stress and anxiety that caused my pelvic floor to tense up and stay tight. For awhile I could not determine what the cause was. I just recently separated from the military and living in CO I wanted to partake in the legal weed out here. I never thought it would highten my stress. Sadly, I was under the impression that it wasn't pot and that it was some other culprit that was causing me pain in my pelvic region and increasing my frequency of urination, so it just got worse and worse. It has taken a huge toll on my quality of life but I am in the process of receiving physical therapy for it. Without divulging to much personal detail, you said you were having a lot of positive feedback with your PT. My PT varies, and my symptoms come and go. Could you share some of your insight towards what your physical therapy consists of and what drugs they have you taking, so that I can discuss this with my doctor? I have been building an "arsenal" to counter act this disorder so that I can try different methods of ridding me of this pain. Looking forward to hearing from you.Hey guys I'm here to tell you everything I've learned about pelvic pain/prostatitis and marijuana over the past ten months.
Last March I started cycling to get exercise every day. After about a week I started to have to pee very frequently and sometimes I had pain after going to the bathroom. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with prostatitis and they prescribed antibiotics. The antibiotics didn't work so I went to a Urologist who gave me a different antibiotic. Over the next six months the problem got worse and worse and I started staying at home every day and not hanging out with friends. I would just sit and search on the internet for solutions to my problem which is what brought me to this thread in the first place. I switched to another urologist who diagnosed me with a pelvic floor problem. I still didn't believe that it could be a muscular problem because it hurt so fucking bad and didn't feel like it could be muscular. Long story short I went in for pelvic floor biofeedback where I had to shove a sensor up my ass and test how tight my muscles were. They were more than seven times tighter than they should be. I was stuck in a cycle of pain, anxiety, tensing, and it just kept getting worse. The worst part was that weed triggered it, but it was the only thing that I had to keep me from going insane.
I'm a month into doing once a week physical therapy for my pelvic floor now and it's working great. It's hard to believe that I there are so many people out there in the same situation I was in when the solution is so simple. Don't believe all of the scary stories you read on the internet or that bullshit herballove website that says marijuana swells the prostate. It's all bullshit. I straight up asked my urologist and he told me that marijuana does not effect the prostate and can even have a protective effect. If you're like me, you're just an anxious person and weed can sometimes make that anxiety worse. Another thing is coughing, which really puts strain on your pelvic floor and causes pelvic pain. I've noticed when I cough more after smoking I have much worse pain. To the people who say that weed makes them have to pee, that's because you have a tight pelvic floor that's not tight enough to be painful, but weed will tighten in it up so that you have to pee.
The last thing I want to touch on is that if you are diagnosed with prostatitis and antibiotics don't help, you very likely have a pelvic floor issue. Prostatitis is easily treated with antibiotics. I've read in a few places that 95% of prostatitis cases do not have a bacterial origin. And if weed makes it worse, it's probably a muscle problem because weed doesn't effect your prostate.
Maybe caffeine does have a negative effect! I have stopped my 2 favorite things, coffee and reefer and I feel much better. Once I drink coffee the prostititis wil flare up within a few hours. Once I smoke herb it will flare up within minutes.PS. Caffeine and cigarettes do not affect these pains. Unfortunately only the herbs are causing such discomfort. Sad but true.
My physical therapy consists of external trigger point release, fascia stretching and some exercises to rebuild the muscles on my right leg. I also am doing biofeedback which is like an anal probe that reads how tight my pelvic floor is. According to my PT my left side is more strong than my right side which is overstressing my pelvic floor. Once I get the muscles in my leg fixed she's hoping that the pelvic pain won't return. I also learned something about a week ago that I would love to share with you. Try sitting on a tennis ball for ten minutes each day. Place it under your perineal area and slowly sit on it. Now just sit on it until the muscles calm down and the tension releases a bit. You've got to get it in the right place but since I started doing this a week ago I've noticed a huge difference.I too have been diagnosed with Pelvic Floor Disorder and I have determined that pot has been the culprit for me after 2 years of enjoying the fine bud. Its not that I blame pot, its more along the lines that I was smoking it during the times of high stress and anxiety that caused my pelvic floor to tense up and stay tight. For awhile I could not determine what the cause was. I just recently separated from the military and living in CO I wanted to partake in the legal weed out here. I never thought it would highten my stress. Sadly, I was under the impression that it wasn't pot and that it was some other culprit that was causing me pain in my pelvic region and increasing my frequency of urination, so it just got worse and worse. It has taken a huge toll on my quality of life but I am in the process of receiving physical therapy for it. Without divulging to much personal detail, you said you were having a lot of positive feedback with your PT. My PT varies, and my symptoms come and go. Could you share some of your insight towards what your physical therapy consists of and what drugs they have you taking, so that I can discuss this with my doctor? I have been building an "arsenal" to counter act this disorder so that I can try different methods of ridding me of this pain. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Stop holding your tension in your gooch! Grind your teeth if you need to or get a stress ball.Maybe caffeine does have a negative effect! I have stopped my 2 favorite things, coffee and reefer and I feel much better. Once I drink coffee the prostititis wil flare up within a few hours. Once I smoke herb it will flare up within minutes.
I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. If you don't mind I would like to give my opinion on why I think your symptoms are improving.hi guys,i'm a new member here,31 years old,married but i prefer to masturbate,lol i just want to tell you my story about prostatitis symptoms .i tried every kind of antibiotics with little results,symptoms always come back.,i tried herbal treatments with no success,i was living in hell ,frustrated and depressed.given the fact that despite being in pain,i didnt stop masturbation or sex which of course made my symptoms worse,then one day after i smoked a joint ,i told myself,maybe the abuse of masturbation was the reason behind my symptoms,maybe i must give my sexual organs rest and see what will happen.so i decided to completely stop masturbating and even sex with my wife,she was pissed but i don't care and i found myself gradually improving but slowly,i didn't stop smoking pot though,the reason that i was not improving fast is because even though i am not touching my little friend,i was constantly thinking about women and since i'm a foot fetishist lol and you know feet is everywhere and they do turn me on (i know i'm a perv )but anyway,in my humble opinion and long time researching,i didn't improve fast in the beginning because i was constantly looking at hot women's bodies thinking about sex all the time,feet prostate was filling with semen and congested so symptoms didn't improve,so i decided to forget about women,sex and feet(which was very difficult)and surprise,i was improving very fast like weekly not daily to be honest,every week i'm better than the week before,i'm now in the 6th week without sex,masturbation,erotic thinking ,i can say now im 80% better,with much less urinary symptoms and pain,i can feel close to normal for the first time in my life.so i think i will give it two more weeks then if i masturbate or have sex,i will not edge myself coz i think edging is very related to this problem,since my theory is the more you masturbate and edge while high,you are abusing the prostate ,so it produce symptoms,if you dont give a chance for your prostate to completely rest and heal itself,symptoms will stay.about the pelvic floor muscle theory,it makes a lot of sense to me since the habit of masturbation and edging may lead to chronic tension in the pelvic floor muscles and an abused prostate at the same time.
my advice from personal experience to my new buddies is to try and forget about sex ,fetishes(if u have one) for a while maybe 6 or 8 weeks,no masturbation,no sex ,no thinking,nothing,i know its hard but it worked for me after visiting doctors,taking antibiotics,herbs,everything,the solution is simple,rest,don't think,don't edge and let nature take its course.i hope i was helpful to my buddies,and any comments,questions are more than welcomed.thank you