15 year old male wonder what's going on with masturbation, pain etc

[naruto1502]

Hi, I'm new here and I hope to get to know as many people here as I can. Thanks for anyone who responds to this. I am 15. I will be 16 next year in march and I think my puberty stopped or something. Not sure if that sounds stupid, but here is what has been going on, sorry if this is too long, I'll try to make future posts shorter if this was bad:

Last year when I was 14 I experienced a pain near or somewhere in my scrotum. I can't remember completely, as I have terrible memory, but I remember masturbating one day, and let me tell you, I've done it quite vigorously AND A LOT since I began when I was 13. But anyways, as I said, I cannot remember completely, but I remember having trouble getting an erection either after masturbating that morning or not at all that day. I was scared I messed something up so I probably did the dumb thing and kept trying, and I eventually got a very, well, soft one, one and still came though.
Either later that night or the next night, I was able to masturbate fine and did so with lotion. I began getting a pain that was slightly dull I believe above my testicle, definitely the left, and I ironically had just read about testicular torsions, so I was sort of scared as heck. Anyways, I slept it off but I was woke up for some reason I can't remember, something to do with my dad at work, and I still had the pain, still not that bad and dull, so I told my mom. So, cutting a bit ahead, once again, my stupid memory, it either worsened that morning or a couple of days later after normal masturbating, turning into a severe inflammation, as in, burning, but not like you MIGHT think. So after disclosing this to my parents, we eventually went to urgent care. I seriously barely remember(I probably need to get this checked out too lol), but the doctor there either said I needed to see an actual doctor or something like that or totally dismissed it and said he did not find anything. I remember when he asked I rated the pain at that time a 9. So to try to make any further of this short:

I go to my doctor, didn't even make out what he said because he had an accent, but he also said it abruptly. Sounded like Vaseline. No. I'm not joking. lol. Still experiencing it, I go back, he starts talking real stuff, ie: Testicular torsion possibilities and stuff, loss of function in my balls etc. Not that he found that or that any of that was happening, but that it's possible, so he sends me to the Hospital to get examined and stuff. In short, they found nothing except that my testicle was, "slightly", inflamed. We were suppose to see a urologist, but, we never did. We kind of through our hands up we guess and thought that if they weren't finding anything it's probably nothing, and plus, I don't think we understood the actual seriousness of losing the function of your balls, and it's pretty serious from what I've read from medical stuff.

So flash practically a year later, recently, I've been experiencing some scary/odd stuff:

First off, I'm pretty sure I'm not as horny as I was. I still like to get off, but, I've actually not been too attracted to girls for a moment. I think it's kind of returning and I've been trying to brush it off because I felt like I had more important stuff going on, like failing high school and what not, but it's still as we speak kind of diminished I think.

That was the odd thing, now here's the scary thing:

First off, I know after this, your probably gonna say the usual, GO SEE A DOCTOR ASAP, KID! Yeah, I'm not sure why I'm on here asking this and I should have seen a doctor at this point but:

I've been having heck of a trouble getting erections. At 15. Started sometime this year. I think it's because I'm not masturbating right. I forgot to say above, when this all began I began doing this not usual thing where I apply, well, pressure on my penis to get extreme arousal. I grip it in different ways and hold back the shaft or something like that and do that till I go from nothing to almost ejaculating already, but then I stop for a second. When I started doing it, it was the most amazing FULL-PROOF thing I discovered about my penis. I could get that aroused without ejaculating. That's what I was doing, getting aroused and not ejaculating for minutes, probably a half an hour sometimes and I still sometimes do it. I think I might have disoriented the way my penis perceives arousal or something crazy like that, because I just don't get that excited or aroused masturbating normally(You know, stroking) anymore. While I'm not sure if this relates to the pain, it definitely causes me to lose my erection the moment I stop holding it back, and I can't get hard by simply watching porn or seeing a hot chick, in well, the buff, anymore unless I masturbate normally for the rest of the day. Maybe it's because of no erections that I think I'm not experiencing any good attraction to girls.


Other problems I'm worried about:

Pretty weak and never got any muscle mass during puberty, if that's something that is normal for all guys. I lifted like 5-10-pound weights on and off since I was maybe 13 and I have only maybe a little good muscle that I can sort of flex in my biceps. I'm mainly weak in my fingers, but the other night my dad told me I have a pretty strong hand-shake. But I definitely struggle to open a single new jug of milk, and can't rip open a ketchup packet for nothing. and I guess I'm an okay lifter when it comes to moving mildly heavy stuff, but I'm pretty sure my fingers ruin me a bit in that department too.

I also have slight gynocomastia ever since I was 12 or 13. According to some stuff I read, that's normal for that age range and it goes away but it hasn't gone away yet and it's currently noticeable(By me when I look in a mirror or down at least), through my shirt. I don't think my voice is very deep either, but I have an adams apple. Not very big, can't be too sure it's abnormally small or anything, but I used to try to make it stay high around my immediate family ever since I noticed it changing because when I was younger, I didn't want to grow up for crap, lol. Just last year I think my relatives commented on how deep it seemed to be getting and earlier this year, same aunt said I sounded like my freaking sister over the phone. Last year, I felt that I could easily switch between a high and deep voice, but now I'm not too sure how, "deep", my deep voice is and I feel like I kind of struggle to make it deep. I think I remember my voice cracking or whatever around maybe 10-12, and back in 2014(When I was 13), I felt like James Earl Jones, lol. Not even sure what happened after, but when I was 13 I was probably just over-exaggerating how I sounded to myself.


But anyways, that's pretty much it. Sorry if this was way too long, I'll try to make future posts much shorter if I can, and sorry if some of this seemed pointless or a bit diverged from what I was originally talking about, but it's all very important to me. Thanks to anyone who replies with anything helpful.

[NZPerson]

If all it is is just a inflamed testicle, its not much to worry about as inflamation happens to any part of your body after it gets hit or cut or sustains some sort of trauma. The pain your decirbing may be perinium pain, the space between ur balls and anus. This happens if ur erection is tensed too long, u hold pee or poo too long or some times just randomly. Otherwise dont know what to tell ya but relax and ur puberty hasnt stopped ur probs just between growth spurts.

[ska8er]

U had a long read there-the pain and inflammation could b
a uninary infection and all the different ways u masturbate
and twist and turn ur penis could b causing ur erection probs-
but then ive done some wild things-anyway ease up a bit and
try to stop worrying bout all the things u say r happening with
or without ur hornies then maybe things will start becoming
normal for u. Keep up with the lifting-ur muscles may still b
developing-ur just not giving urself more time and I cant even
open a ketchup packet so don't worry bout that. If u still have
pain I would get an exam from a doctor to c if there is anything
really wrong with ur equipment.

[Hermes]

...I remember having trouble getting an erection either after masturbating that morning or not at all that day. I was scared I messed something up so I probably did the dumb thing and kept trying, and I eventually got a very, well, soft one, one and still came though.

I think you're saying you managed to get to orgasm without an erection. That in itself is not remarkable. It isn't common but if the thing that stops you being erects is something other than just not being horny then it can happen. One example is being drunk - look up brewers droop.

I go to my doctor, didn't even make out what he said because he had an accent, but he also said it abruptly. Sounded like Vaseline.

Might it have been Varicocele? See this Wikipedia Article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicocele).

...In short, they found nothing except that my testicle was, "slightly", inflamed. We were suppose to see a urologist, but, we never did.

So has the pain gone? Were you ever re-examined to see if the swelling had gone down? Sometimes it's ok so say something is minor and will probably go away by itself but if it doesn't then one should try to get to the bottom of it.

I've been having heck of a trouble getting erections. At 15. Started sometime this year. I think it's because I'm not masturbating right.

I don't believe masturbatiikn technique is the cause. At 15 you should be able to get an erection just by thinking abouyt something that turns you on so you should be able to be erect even before your hand touches your penis.

I forgot to say above, when this all began I began doing this not usual thing where I apply, well, pressure on my penis to get extreme arousal. I grip it in different ways and hold back the shaft or something like that and do that till I go from nothing to almost ejaculating already, but then I stop for a second. When I started doing it, it was the most amazing FULL-PROOF thing I discovered about my penis. I could get that aroused without ejaculating. That's what I was doing, getting aroused and not ejaculating for minutes, probably a half an hour sometimes and I still sometimes do it.

Masturbating until you are nearly at the point of ejaculating and the backing off or stoping for a short while is a very normal thing to do usually called edging or stop & go. Guys do it because it means being able to spend longer enjoying the sensation of masturbating and because the orgasm is more intense at the end. It isn't usual to use a vice-like grip while doing it, though.

Other problems I'm worried about...

You listed a number of other things that could be caused by low testosterone. The question is did you notice the symptoms first and then look for something that links them all together, or did you worry that you might have low testosterone because you imagine one of your testicles is not working properly and now you imagine you have those symptoms?

What I think you need to do is see if any objective measurments confirm any of your sympoms, i.e. measurments made by other people who will approach this without any preconception of what the result would be.

Your testosterone level is controlled by a negative feedback loop, a bit like the way a room thermostat controls the heat in a room. The hypothalamus (part of the brain) measures the level of testosterone in the blood and that controls how much of a hormone called GnRH it produces. GnRH causes the pituitary gland to produce two further hormones called LH and FSH. LH causes the testicles to produce testosterone. So if one testicle was not producing as much testosterone as it should the hypothalamus would respond by producing more GnRH, the pituarary would produce more LH and FSH and the other testicle would work faster and make up the deficiency so the level would return to normal.

The other thing I think you should look at is stress. Masturbation can be good for relieving mild stress but a high level of stress dampens you libido (you don't feel as horny) and can make it hard to get erections. You mentioned failing at school and that could be the cause of stress or equally the result of stress with the cause being something else you have not told us. It could evben be worrying about this is making you stressed.

[Second Chance]

I agree with the others that there is a good possibility that stress could be at the root of your problem. Chances are you are pushing yourself too hard to masturbate when you are not horny, or when you do masturbate and may loose your erection you might be pushing yourself too hard to complete the job. Like the others have said above, look at things at your life that could be stressing you out and deal with those things that are upsetting you, and then you should be all right when you masturbate because your mind is clear.

There could be a possibility that the method you are using for masturbating could be the cause of your pain especially if you are one of those guys who play with your testicles while jacking off. If you are pulling things too tightly or putting too much pressure on things downstairs, the that could cause issues. We cannot go into masturbation methods on here, but what I can say is take it easy down there and alter your method of masturbating to see if that makes a difference.

Your Gynocomastia has no impact on your issue. My guess is the reason why you are not getting as many erections is that puberty is like a rollercoaster because it goes up and down when it comes to the amount of hormones released into you. What I mean is when you started out puberty you probably were jacking off a whole lot and could get an erection at the drop of a hat. Now that puberty has been through your body for a couple of years things are leveling off and you are getting no where the erections you were getting when you started out. That is normal, and we all went through stages when we were not getting erections and were not masturbating as much. You might be at a stage where you can only masturbate a couple of times a week unlike before when you started out when you could masturbate a couple of times a day. Why not try masturbating less frequently to see if that helps the situation?

Finally, I know that you told us not to mention this, but if you need to see a urologist and have not done so, then you really should. I doubt you have testicular torsion because that pain would be intense and constant, and you would not even be able to stand or walk. Maybe you should stop masturbating for a week to see if that would help anything? If things are still not improving, then a urologist is a specially trained doctor who can certainly look at things down there and tell you upfront if you have a problem or not. Just be totally honest with the urologist on how your problem started so that he/she can figure out what is going on. You have nothing to loose to get a specialist's opinion especially if you were referred to one.

[volleyballer13]

100% Doctor dude. lol. take your first doctors advice and see a specialist (urologist). This is your future reproductive health possible at risk bro.

[jamie_n5]

You don't really describe your pain very well. I understand that you say you probably had a testicular inflammation. As far as you masturbating to a point and stopping that is called edging. I think most guys do that quite often. It enhances your orgasm when you finally do cum. A lot of changes and feelings happen to us down there when growing and going through puberty. I can remember thinking I wrecked something or hurt something or did something wrong with my penis too. We tend to get a little rough at times when we get really horny and aroused. I do think if you are truly having issues with getting an erection and pains and problems with your penis and testicles that you should go see a urologist they are the ones that specialize in those kind of problems. Good luck man I hope you find out and get better.

[ethan-s]

About the attraction thing...


I too have had a lapse of attraction to females, I still feel something but not much when I see a nice looking one.