Damaging Clitoris Because of Over Masturbation

A 24 year-old woman suffers from clitoral insensitivity and loss of libido due to chronic over-masturbation, dildo damage, and use of birth control.

Case #: 268

Concern：

I am a 24 yr-old woman who is very in touch with my body. I have been masturbating since I was about 8 yrs old. I used to be a woman with a very high sex drive. Now, the pain I fell during sex keeps me away from the euphoric pleasures. Is it possible that I have damaged the nerve endings in my clitoris?

Discussion：

You have completely burned out your clitoral sensitivity because of excessive masturbation. Overuse of a vibrator can cause the clitoris to lose its sensitivity because low levels of testosterone and DHEA.

Too Much Too Bad

Excessive masturbation can trigger a chronic elevation of prolactin and dopamine-norepinephrine/epinephrine conversion leading to pituitary-ovarian functional disorders and sexual exhaustion symptoms. In this condition, the arteries become inflamed, constricting blood flow to the brain.

Body Reacts Subconciously

When you engage in too much sex, masturbation, pornography viewing, sexual fantasy, and orgasms, the body overproduces androgen hormones, which exhaust the sex organs and release excessive dopamine levels.

Dopamine, a precursor to the stress hormone epinephrine (adrenaline), overproduces epinephrine and places the body in a prolonged state of fight-or-flight stress. Meanwhile, norepinephrine, synthesized from dopamine, releases from the adrenal medulla into the blood as a hormone, along with the stress hormone cortisol.

The hormone prostaglandin E-2, which serves an important function in sexual arousal, is overproduced as well and causes sexual dysfunction, such vaginal pain and numbness.

Birth control can further the problem because contraceptives lead to a deficiency in androgen hormones that cause low libido, mood swings, depression, weight gain, menstrual disorder and vaginal looseness.

The body requires a balance of DHEA, androstenedione, acetycholine, and testosterone to minimize pain. A combination of Dong Quai, American Ginseng, Saw Palmetto, Wild Yam, Black Cohosh, and Yohimbe relieves involuntary vaginal reflex and vaginismus and alleviates intercourse pain (SEE: Botanical Remedy For Clitoral & Vaginal Repair). For more on clitoris pain associated with birth control, excessive masturbation, or lack of lubrication, read our “Burden of Clitoral Pain” section to find the best solutions.