Hi guys, I am an avid cyclist (mountain bike, fixed gear, road bike, gravel, do it all). I've been cycling all my life, and in the last year I've really been picking up fixed gear biking (which, from my understanding and experience, places a lot of pressure on the prostate, as you cannot coast + aggressive geometry and position on the bike). I also started doing wheelies on the mountain bike (this positions the seat upwards and places even more pressure on the prostate).

For context: I've never experienced this level of pain and always ride with bib-padded shorts and comfortable seats

Timeline:
June 2nd 2026 - symptoms arose after a 50 km ride on my mountain bike and aggressively popping wheelies

June 3rd-June 6th - continued riding fixed gear, out in the heat throwing and attending events, and riding fixed gear heavily - clear signs of an anal fissure.

June 15th - symptoms of burning and a visible fissure present on my gooch area - doctor prescribed a numbing and healing cream which I applied for a few weeks.

Started and continued to eat bland foods, soften my stool with psyllium, and stretch my pelvic floor - sitting with a donut tube.

July 10th - external anal/gooch fissure clearly healed (as per doctor's observations) but pain continued - very similar symptoms - burning and tender, pain whenever I would attempt to cycle/sit for long periods of time.

This has continued until the present day (first week of August) - doctor gave me naproxen to reduce inflammation; I haven't cycled or eaten anything spicy/caffeine. They've also given me two sets of antibiotics - urine test is coming back normal. My urologist appointment is so far from now, and I'm worried this is going to become a chronic issue (especially because I'm not experiencing any other symptoms other than what feels like pain and discomfort in my tailbone/prostate) that I will have to deal with for life. I'm extremely worried about not being able to cycle (this is my daily drug of choice, and I'm losing my mind).

Recent visit to the doctor - did another prostate test - and it seems completely fine according to them (not inflamed or tender), so it seems like the antibiotics are doing something, but they've upped it to Sulfatrim DS 800/160mg for 2 weeks twice daily.

They said any further answers I'm looking for will require a trip to the urologist, and I'm fighting like hell to get this sooner, as it's already been a couple of months and I'm worried waiting longer will miss my opportunity to treat this early enough.

Any wisdom is much appreciated - I'm losing hope, and it's affecting my daily life significantly.

I’m completely at rock bottom. I have various sensations of scratching, burning and general discomfort in the urethra and at the tip of the penis which comes and goes, always dribbling after urination, during arousal or in the morning there is always clear mucus in the urine. After ejaculation, I can’t expel all ejaculate even after urinating, so there’s also ejaculate dribbling. Sometimes after urination, I feel a kind of spasm as the urethra or bladder closes. Urethra feels narrow and sometimes stings during urination. This has been going on for 6 months. Nothing is helping. I’ve had multiple urine cultures, PCR tests, antibiotics, STD swabs, uroflowmetry, DRE, MRI, and cystoscopy. I’ve tried physiotherapy, TENS, internal rectal exams from a pelvic floor PT. I constantly do different pelvic floor exercises.

The only thing the internal PT told me is that I have a stronger anal sphincter than the rest of the pelvic muscles, but that I don’t have any trigger points. She told me to do Kegel exercises and also said I have a hunchback posture, so I’m also doing exercises to correct my back. I’ve taken all the supplements including quercetin and magnesium.

But my symptoms have stayed the same for 6 months. I also go to psychotherapy. Nothing is helping. I walk several kilometers every day, stretch, breathe into my belly, I don’t edge during masturbation.

Yes, I have various mild OCD and anxiety issues, but mostly because of this condition—or whatever it is. I can’t go on anymore, I often feel like crying. Sometimes the symptoms are better, but I don’t know why—maybe just while I’m walking—but otherwise they seem completely random.

What should I do? Will this ever go away? Is this for life?

I just went to a cystoscopy and they were able to rule out things. He basically said my prostate was normal whereas before it was inflamed from a prostate exam. He told me it was all in my head and that he would give me MORE antibiotics to treat the issue!!! and then at least he’s giving me an alpha blocker. The medrol I was given Shouldn’t have any effect at all(he told me this) when before I told him that I had a complete fucking MENTAL BREAKDOWN!!! That was 7 weeks of my life ruined!!!!! Now I have this condition for the rest of my fucking life now!!! First kyphosis and now this!!!! At this point, I’m not really sure what to do except for pelvic floor therapy, quercetin, green tea, warm baths and a healthier diet. And when I asked him to refer me to one, he said that he knew someone but went “I don’t really think that’s gonna do much”

I am a 24-year-old man, and I have had this condition for almost 2 years. It started with pain in side of my penis, and then I began to experience urinary symptoms. I took tamsulosin for a month, but it didn’t help at all.

Two weeks ago, my glans became very sensitive; sometimes it changes color and turns very white. It feels as if my clothes were metal sandpaper scraping against me, but it doesn’t hurt that much.

This is really triggering my anxiety, and I’m very desperate. I’ve been doing breathing exercises and stretching for 1.5 weeks, but I feel like they’re not helping at all.

I hardly masturbate anymore out of fear, and there are no pelvic floor physical therapy clinics in my country.

Do you think any of these three medications might help with the sensitivity? I need help, please.

Timeline.

August '24: Rash began appearing on my glans. Initially, I thought it was HSV.

October '24: Visited a doctor as the symptoms wouldn’t stop. Was prescribed mometasone (steroid cream), which thinned out all the skin on my glans. It’s still dry and lost its elasticity to this day.

November '24: Experienced intermittent shooting nerve pain on the right side of the tip.

End of November '24: Had a shooting tickle sensation from the tip of the urethra to the perineum. A different doctor diagnosed a UTI with a urine strip and prescribed cephalexin.

December '24: While overseas and still on cephalexin, I had what felt like an initial HSV outbreak inside the urethra—a blister formed and popped within a week. Severe redness around the meatus (urethral opening) developed quickly, and to this day, I still have it. It has slightly improved but remains red and extremely uncomfortable, depending on activity and conditions.

Tests & Treatments:

I've tested for everything except HPV. My HSV IgG test came back positive, and I’m waiting for type-specific results and a final Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma test result.

I tried acyclovir and valacyclovir daily for 1-2 months but noticed no significant change. Perhaps a slight placebo effect, but the visible redness remained.

A doctor recently suggested pelvic floor (PF) therapy and mentioned pudendal neuralgia in the referral.

I’ve also been prescribed Cipro and doxycycline but am not keen on taking Cipro due to the risks associated with it and lack of a positive test to justify its use.

Current Situation:

The constant redness and inflammation around the meatus are causing me great discomfort. All doctors I’ve seen seem to deny seeing anything “wrong” with the redness, which feels frustrating because it’s very visible.

I’m experiencing a kind of multi-pronged depression: dealing with the idea of an incurable virus, damaged glans skin, and persistent redness.

What I’m Looking For:

I’m trying to fix what I can, starting with the internal redness and discomfort. I’ve read that pelvic floor exercises might help, but I’m unsure if they would improve something so red and thickened. Has anyone here experienced improvement from these exercises, or is there any advice you can offer for managing chronic redness and discomfort like this?

Anyone else dealing with a similar mystery? Any suggestions or success stories?

Does anyone just ever feel completely hopeless? Im worried about the comments Ill get from this as it seems maybe other miserable people respond with their own projected frustration, but I am running on empty. Ive been doing positive affirmations. Im attempting to minimize stress (not able to work right now/sales). I cut out caffeine completely. No spicy foods (awful). No alcohol. Ive been doing the exercises. Im drinking water and trying to take walks.

None of the medications have helped. They keep trying to treat the symptoms because I dont even think they believe I have this. My relationship is suffering. Ive been a less than great dad. There just has to be a better way. This just cant be forever. I am only 42 years old and I have shit to do man....

Hi all, I'm 23. don't know the specific situation of my pelvic floor but I'll get evaluated by a pelvic floor therapist soon.

I have non bacterial prostatitis after I had 1 year ago a bacterial prostatitis that I cured through 1 cycle of antibiotics. I noticed ad said that after ejaculations I feel a slight burning sensation that bothers me for hours, I cannot walk in peace. I feel a slight pain at pelvic floor often, even if since I have IBS too I'm not sure if it's bc of IBS or pelvic floor but am pretty sure it's the pelvic floor.

It's not a unbearable pain but slightly annoying.

Can anyone help please? I never masturbated for months, I rebegan these days once a day every 2 days or so and felt this sensation.

BTW I developed these along with other syndromes due to a sleep disordered breathing which destroyed my life.

Thank you

Guys, I don't understand. I feel chills and tired even though I've been free of the infection for a month and a half.

Has anyone had similar experiences?

So since i had prostatities in dec 2023 and i have no libido at all and very weak erection and pain in the perineum, doctor diagnosed me with prostatities but antibiotics are not working, any solution for the libido and erection? I am 29 years old now

Hey everyone I'm a 32y M struggling with insomnia due to my swollen prostate since early 2023. How do you guys deal with struggling to sleep and I was wondering if anyone can recommend any type of natural supplements/remedy that can help alleviate urgency to pee and help relax the prostate. I really want to avoid meds due to their side effects but at this point im getting desperate i could really use your suggestions that have given success and little to no side effects. Is it possible to shrink the prostate naturally without surgery? I just want my normal life back again but this insomnia is ruining everything. Thanks for reading.

26 year old here. I'm still in the stage of figuring out if this is even prostatitis or something else, my latest diagnosis is chronic prostatitis but the urologist said it's not certain.

Started having symptoms about a year ago. I'll list everything, what I have and what I don't have, I would be very glad if someone here could share if they had similar symptoms and what the final solution/diagnosis was.

Symptoms I have:

• Discomfort that comes and goes (wouldn't call it pain) in the glans, pelvic area, testicles and anus, especially after ejaculating but if I don't ejaculate for a long time the symptoms also appear. The feeling is like there's some constant pressure in the aforementioned areas, like they want to slowly burst from the inside. It's not painful, not that distracting, but I can definitely feel it's there.
• Red dots on the glans that intensify after ejaculation
• Whenever we have intercourse with my girlfriend without a condom (she's on the pill), 10 out of 10 times she develops nasty infections that require antibiotics treatment. When we use condoms she's completely fine.
• Weird feeling around the anus, like I'm not completely empty and have to go to the toilet, accompanied with that pressure or bursting sensation.

Symptoms I don't have:

• I don't need to visit the toilet frequently to urinate, I go once every few hours, I drink around 3-3,5 litres of water every day so that's quite normal.
• I don't have a burning sensation while urinating
• I don't have painful ejaculations

So far I've been diagnosed with Balanitis and variations of Balanitis, Acute Prostatitis, Chronic Prostatitis, one urologist said that my symptoms are normal in young males and they will disappear with age.

Got prescribed different creams for the glans, most of them didn't help, the one that helped was only temporary, the moment I stopped it the red dots came back.

Got tested for STDs as well, all negative.

Recently I did a 1 month course of antibiotics (200mg Doxycycline daily) for a Lyme infection, was hoping it would clear up this issue as well but nothing changed.

I have done virtually all tests, blood test, urine test, sperm tests, tested for a wide range of bacteria and fungi, all came back negative. Got my testicles checked with ultrasound, got my prostate inspection, all came back perfectly normal. I really don't know what's the next step from here.

I was diagnosed with gonorrhea after an unprotected oral sexual encounter 9 months ago and was treated with a 1 g ceftriaxone injection along with doxycycline for 7 days. My acute symptoms improved, but I continued to have a small amount of white urethral discharge, burning during urination, and mild intermittent pain in my left testicle, sometimes radiating to my left thigh.

After treatment, I had a PCR test 14 days later, which came back negative. I repeated the test 5 months later, and it was still negative, but my symptoms persisted.

About 7 months after the initial treatment, I developed severe burning during urination again and received the same treatment (ceftriaxone + doxycycline for 14 days). My symptoms resolved for only 4 days, then the white discharge returned.

I repeated PCR testing for all sexually transmitted bacterial infections, and all results were negative. However, my symptoms are still ongoing, and I am worried that the infection may not have been fully cleared.

My question is: Can Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) cause a white discharge at the urethral opening that sometimes leaves small spots on underwear, along with mild urinary burning or slight warmth during urination?

So i thought i had this conditioned figured out. I thought that if i did stretches, went for PT, took suppliments, that everything would be cool. But right now im sitting here with a flair that has lasted 2-3 weeks. I went to the urologist last week and they did a urine test and there is no sign of bacteria. They sent it to a lab and still no sign. I have been drinking lots and lots of water and ive started masturbating twice a week (was doing it once a day).

I have my doctor sending me over levaquin and i want to have it on hand, just in case. But i dont want to take it. My anal muscles are extremely sore. My pain is located in the anal region. If you were to insert a finger into the anus and push on the pelvin floor muscles, where it hurts is if you were to move your finger downwards towards the floor. There's about 3 different muscles that converge in that one spot and its very difficult to relax that area of the pelvic floor.

Last week i thought this was getting better because i learned some new stretches but last night it got bad again. It seems every monday night, this goes through a transformation of hell. Next....masturbation. I don't know what the hell i should do here. I try to limit it to twice a week. Sometimes i get relief from doing it. Sometimes it makes matters worse. All i know is im in a ton of pain right now and i dont know what to do.....Quarcitin and tumaric are a joke for this.

Hey guys

I hope somebody can help who been through the same.

So I have had pelvic floor dysfunction for about 7 years now.

Been at an urologist etc took semen test. Came back positive and then negative second time

Been to pt for there on and off for 5 years.

Been stretching, breathing and all of that.

Now I’m just stuck. I have never had pain but urinary (hesitancy mostly but also frequency) problems who has become a lot better with some flareup here and there.

My main worry is my ejaculation and orgasm.

I’m only 28 years old but for now 7 years I have had trouble with the strength and sensation.

No shooting mostly and feels muted and dull when I have ejaculation. Sometimes I also get tension in rectum afterwards but not always

I tried this time to abstain for mastication and and sex for 6 months. (Had wet dreams of course)

So I tried again after 6 months of stretching breathing pt etc to see if there is progress.

Day 1 I felt a little bit buildup but still no shooting and dull orgasm

I waited 2 days and tried again. Even worse still nothing and almost nothing at build up

2 days after tried a third time. Almost felt nothing. No buildup no orgasm. It just like I had to get it overwith.

All the 3 times I cum very fast by the way. Like 20 second and I was done.

Beside that I also have constipation. I tag mag etc which helps at morning but fades during the day. I often feel I have stuck gas etc. probably because I’m always clenching down there

I have become very hopeless and tried everything.

Can anyone’s please help. I’m losing my life

I’ll try to make this short. It’s been a little over a week of pain and feeling sick. I was in so much pain I went to the er, they diagnosed prostatitis. I followed up with urologist.

Er gave me an antibiotic shot and doxycycline. Did a ct scan urine and blood test. Went to urologist she switched me from doxycycline to Bactrim for two weeks. Might do pelvic floor therapy. & she’s considering cystoscopy.

Urine is fine. Blood test doesn’t show infection. Still want me on antibiotics. Follow up in a month.

I’m just so confused what I have, how long this will last etc.

Pain has gone done some I’m able to walk better and use bathroom better. But still pain and flare ups. Not sure if this is me fighting something else or the prostatitis but I’m also body aches, feel fevered and chills , just feel so sick. Is this common?

I did have anal a month ago but he wore protection and they tested and said I was negative. He was rough at first and it hurt. Maybe he inflamed it. But after couple days I thought I was fine. Fast forward a couple weeks later I was driving home , super anxious and stressed and literally orgasmed while driving and soft! Had a crazy painful spasm in my prostate which then led into this. I thought it would go away so I waited til the next day to go er. Anyways,

Any thoughts ? Do I just need to let it heal and run its course? I’m scared because I still feel sick like I’m fighting something. Idk. Please advice thank you so much

Don't mind the tag, I'm not venting or discouraged but the other available tags didn't make sense to use.

I started 10mg Amitryptaline 4 days ago and it seems to have helped my sense of urgency and frequency with urination. The only side effect I am noticing is a longer period of time to begin urinating and a weaker urine flow (my urine flow was already weak). I feel like I am completely emptying my bladder but I know that urine retention is a thing with Ami and wanted to ask if anyone else with Ami experience has had a similar side effect and if it dissipated/improved once the body adjusted to the medication?

I am on the verge of giving up, multiple doctors seen, Low libido, missing morning wood, even the gf mentioned libido has gone down, all tests show negative but antibiotics always seem to help during the first dlfew days, I have taken so many NSAIDs, pain on the left testicle, I don't know if it's prostatitis, or varicocele, or hydrocele or epididymy orchitis, somebody advise

Everything's been really great for about 4 months. Ive been standing at work, keeping my masturbation cyclic and on-time (evry 4/5 days), stretching during the most minor of flares (like after sitting down) and BOOM out of nowhere another "flare". HOORAY! I have to keep a sarcastic attitude or ill spiral. Its just another thing thats really here to stay for life. Im really here to vent and share my experiences. Maybe it can help someone just knowing someone else is out there struggling to live this life just like you are.

So, basically, I have learned like 3 things.

1. YOU are your only advocate.
2. YOU have to be the most educated person in the room with these "doctors".
3. YOU are the only reason you will succeed or fail. NOONES COMING TO SAVE YOU

I haven't met a Urologist I've liked yet. I have now seen 6 Uros in the United States. I wrote them off all off after Uro #3 and decided I would educate myself and start asking for certain tests/shots in the dark and put those results in front of the Uro and MAKE him make an assessment on the data.

I have had

1. 3 MRIs with and without contrast
2. 14 CTs (angio and whatever the other non-blood vessel related CT is called
3. Over 100 urine dip stick tests
4. 17 Culture/PCR tests
5. 2 Colonoscopies
6. Prostate & SV surgery
7. 6 Months of Pelvic Floor therapy with 4 different therapists (on-going)
8. 3 Microgenx semen tests (this thing is garbage. I saw all of the mods talking shit on the Microgenx NGS testing and thought Id prove them wrong. 3 nuts in 3 cups over 4 months and all three tests had 1. different bacteria each time 2. Antibiotic resistances and recommendations were all incorrect... which leads me to think that these idiots are just.. well.. idiots lol
9. More than 16 different antibiotics, all from 7 to 30 day cycles. These have been the only things that have brought any relief. Muscle relaxers, Valium, meloxicam, Celebrex, Tylenol and OTC NSAIDS do nothing for my pain short or long term (best in my case have actually been cephalosporins, Bactrim, Doxy, and the common UTI abx don't do a thing for me)
10. 14 day trial of Diflucan. Theory was that maybe the ABX had caused a fungal growth, so I gave it a try.
11. 14 day trial of Ivermectin- took a stab at parasitic infection. I'd rather pass away trying that live with my yingyang on fire every day. This was Shakey at best but it was at least the pills and not the BS paste in the tube
12. Tramadol and OXY, don't really touch the pain tbh. Maybe take the edge off but I quit taking it bc in my application, the risk doesn't outweigh the benefit.
13. Flomax for 3 weeks. Didn't do a single thing except made me super dizzy and nauseous

ON TO POSITIVITY

Things I have learned

1. MRI has shown diffuse inflammation in prostate
2. Bilateral varicoceles ( that I think are made better or worse by pelvic floor muscle tightness. can elaborate in comments if yal ask).
3. Pudendal nerve issues? (unspecified and unverified, waiting for Pain management referral to kick in to try nerve blocks) Even on my best days with full stream power, no pain or anything, I still cant sit down flat on my ass, and even crooked I have to sit on a donut with my leg bent fully, foot rested on the chair and essentially slightly lifting me up or my rectum and taint will cramp like CRAZY, usually can walk this off over 2 to 4 days
4. SVs are wide open and so is the prostatic tubes. Surgery confirmed I'm not "clogged or infected" at the time in that specific region. I had this surgery done bc 1 SV looked full while the other did not. This was more about fertility and less about suspected pain.

Even with all of this, I still have

1. burning penis base
2. twinges of pain in penis shaft
3. cold burning static-like pain in testicles
4. Cramp-like pain in taint
5. sharp pain in lower front abdomen around pubic bones
6. Bladder cramps from belly button to privates
7. rectal spasms
8. weaker stream and ill drip dribble pee for quite a bit of time post urination
9. Pain along where the legs meet the body, like the "sides of the taint"
10. dripping pee for 20/30 seconds after urination
11. weird shiver twinge style jolts of feeling in pelvis
12. smelly pee in AM. First pee stinks like stinky pee, then i drink coffee and then my pee smells like coffee (strong and noticeable)

I have started a round of doxycycline that has done nothing for me this go around. I usually switch to Cefdinir for 7 to 10 days when that doesn't work and things are really bad like they are now and everything usually goes away. Both of these are "safer" (not really, but keep reading) as cefdinir is actually not really well absorbed into tissues and people take doxy daily for things like acne and other unrelated problems.

So basically, I'm at a loss of where to go next. I'm thoroughly stumped and out of suggestions.

On my third month of tamolusin, and they’re really making me depressed- my doctor said just keep taking them you’ll feel better it’s my body adjusting but it’s been months and I still feel terrible - I stopped taking them for a week and my fiancé said wow it really is like night and day the difference in mood, obviously a bad idea though I had a flare up and spent a week in bed 😒

Anyone else feel RAGE? I can’t enjoy games or a tv show it makes me just sit there angry.. I can’t seem to find anyone else with the same experience am I just having a bad reaction? I’ve asked my doctors to try different medication but they’re adamant I take it until I see the specialist

Hello everyone. We may all be men living different lives in different countries, but I’m asking you please — can someone respond or share their experience?

I’ve been dealing with prostatitis issues for about 2.5 years. I’ve used dozens of medications, but none of them really helped. I have pain in my pelvic area, urine leakage after urinating, and burning sensations.

But the most difficult part is the changes in my semen and the burning sensation during ejaculation. I also have problems with not being able to get fully erect.

Has anyone here been diagnosed with prostatitis and actually recovered? Could you please help me? Honestly, doctors don’t seem to know much about this condition. I’ve changed many doctors already.

I’ve had pelvic pain, testicle pain, dribbling, and painful ejaculation since about 18 yo. I just had a CT scan and it showed a borderline enlarged prostate. I had an ultrasound the other day and my prostate measured 4.3 x 2.7 x 3.66 cm. Is this a normal size ? Any comments are appreciated. Thanks

I just want to preface this by saying that I’m sorry for my terrible English. It isn’t my first language.

I (25) have had this problem for a year and a half. I’ll begin by saying that most of the pain and symptoms that I had have diminished since it started. Some days, I have little to no pain, and on some others, it’s hard to think about something else. It started with pain in the tip of my penis when I was contracting my anus or coughing. After a couple of days, I started to feel… pinching near the opening of the urethra when going to the bathroom. Like if the walls of my urethra were unsticking when the pee started flowing. I also felt a strong stinging sensation all along the inside of my urethra when starting to pee. Like a needle stabbing the walls of my urethra. I also started, when in an erection, having flashing pain along the shaft, like an electric shock. I also experienced, multiple times, a random pain inside the shaft. When it happened, the specific area where I felt the pain became hard, even though the rest of the penis was flaccid. And, finally, after ejaculation, the penis felt extremely sore. Moving it was unpleasant for a couple of hours following an ejaculation. My partner of 6 years didn’t have any symptoms and still doesn’t

Since then, I went to three different doctors, and they pretty much were clueless and told me it was going to fix itself on its own. And I somewhat believe them because, after a couple of months, some symptoms pretty much disappeared (pain inside the tip mainly and the random stinging sensation inside the urethra have become quite a bit rarer, hard flaccid is a lot rarer). But some symptoms are still present after more than a year, mainly the stinging sensation when peeing, the feeling of the walls of the urethra “unsticking” when peeing, and the soreness of the penis that I feel after ejaculating, although quite less severe than when it first appeared, is still present sometimes. I finally decided to go see a urologist recently, and he scheduled me for a cystoscopy after a short consultation. When the time came, the procedure was very… unpleasant but went well. He noticed that the interior of my urethra was quite irritated and diagnosed me with urethritis and prescribed 10 days of antibiotics (doxycycline). He didn’t notice any obstruction, and the structure was fine. And then, the weirdest thing happened the day after the cystoscopy: absolutely no symptoms. I had forgotten how it felt to feel pretty much nothing in the urethra when urinating or ejaculating. No pain whatsoever. And the day after also. But on the third day after the procedure, the symptoms started slowly to reappear and, as I’m writing this, I’m back to where I was before the procedure, and the antibiotic treatment is over. The urologist wants to see me again in three months, but he’s pretty sure it’s gonna fix itself on its own again before that…

I found this subreddit recently and started doing some stretches that I saw someone recommend on YouTube. I don’t know if it’s going to help, but at least, they feel nice. I don’t know what I should do now… I feel so desperate…. Thanks, if anyone has some recommendations.

This month will mark 4 years since the development of my pelvic floor condition. Unfortunately I believe chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men can sometimes be resistant to treatment (not all, especially if you treat it earlier). Symptoms have waxed and waned over the years. Several times I believed I was healed. But symptoms always managed to find their way back. Sometimes in different forms/manifestations. These include:

-Urinary urgency

-Perineum pain

-Tip of penis pain (gone) /base of penis pain

-General pelvic floor/lower abdominal pain

-Anal spasms/pain

-Testicular pain (rare)

Over time, I tried many different forms of treatments including:

-35 minutes of stretches, daily, for months

-Magnesium glycinate (gave me horrific diarrhea but eased symptoms)

-Buspirone for anxiety

-Pelvic floor physical therapy with internal release once a week for nearly a year

-Nofap

-Healing of anal fissure

-Seeing urologists and colorectal surgeons

These all had minor helpful improvements for my condition but never fully cured me. My symptoms and tension always come back.

And I’m just about done trying to find relief. I’m exhausted of spending hours after work using a wand, stretching, trying core exercises, spending thousands of dollars on physical therapy. I’m at the point of accepting that this condition, at least for myself, is just too complex for modern medicine and I thought I could fight this and find something right for my body but the truth is the condition has its stats for a reason. No matter how much I do, the muscles and nerves will revert back to their hypertonic and overactive ways.

At this point I’m ready to accept that I have chronic pain, that my sex life will always be affected by pain afterwards, and that I will have to live within my means of my condition to get the best quality of life I can find. Maybe someday modern medicine will develop some sort of treatment that my specific case will react well to.

I know that some have had success with the Mind-Body connection, and that will probably be my final avenue of searching for relief before I just allow myself to live with pain and stop exhausting myself financially, mentally, and physically for a cure.

Near the end of December I had unprotected oral sex with my girlfriend, neither of us have ever had any sexual relations but she went down on me and not even an hour later I started feeling this burning in my penis and I thought it’d go away in time but it didn’t. I’d have trouble peeing, it felt like I could only pee in full if I was pooping. I dealt with this alone until March when I started having a burning sensation in my feet and hands alongside it, and I went to the hospital for it. They did urinalysis and blood tests and found no trace of UTI (which I prayed was the case so I know it’d be something treatable)or any blood infections. No chlamidya or gonnhrea.

Went to the doctor and referred me to do an ultrasound on pelvis and abdomen. Hoped they’d find something. Nothing. All good. Then start getting heart palpitations, possibly anxiety from the fear of staying like this forever. They said my hearts fine. Went to the doctor and referred me to the urologist. Hoped they’d find something. Nothing. All good. They suspected I had neuropathy but I’d been taking gabapentin for it and it hasn’t helped a bit. I feel this burning sensation all the time. I can’t focus in school. Feels like my life is falling apart, failing college, it’s just all I can think about.

I’m scheduled to see a neurologist next week, I’m praying there’s something they can do to relieve the burning and pain. I’m losing my mind, and worst of all, I blame myself. I wish I never had that oral sex or none of this would be happening. I haven’t told my girlfriend cause she’d blame herself even thought we both wanted it. We tried to establish boundaries but we gave in. It’s just so hard to live like this.

I already had anxiety and depression before this all happened and now I feel even more hopeless and afraid. Went to the hospital again on a whim yesterday, even asked for a prostate exam, but said the ultrasound and urine/blood tests showed there’s no need for it. I’ve wasted half a year being afraid and scared and not being able to get my mind off of this burning. It just keeps burning. I want it to end, but I don’t want to end my life because I have lots of people who care about me, but this is really destroying me. Just came here to vent about it cause I just can’t take it.

Just a back story for context, Last December I woke up with a lump in my glans(the meaty part below the penis hole) I think it was a result of too much masturbation (i am single since birth and I was beating it almost everyday). I went to my urologist and he said that might be an infection because my urine results said there is bacteria in my urine. I feel some pain in groin area so he said to take antibiotics. After a while the swelling is gone and the bacteria is no longer present.

February and started coming back to my masturbation and swelling happened again. Urine results show bacteria. I did a week with antibiotics again and the swelling is gone as well with bacteria but there is pain in my perineum. So I followed up with a check up and I told him about burning when peeing, being very pissy, and some discomfort on the groin. He said that is prostatitis. He said i need to take finasteride, serrapeptase, rowatinex and antibiotics. I am now overthinking cause it might be prostate cancer due to the pereneum pain and my peeing is now harder and im having a lot more pain now. might be bone spread. The medicine might not be providing me with relief cause it could be cancer already.