Loss of EQ/Libido following overpumping

I’ve been PEing off and on for the last 10-12 years, mostly just manuals with some modest gains here and there. Following having gotten back into it over the last few months, I decided to try pumping for the first time. I started off with short 5-8 min sessions x2 every other day from 3-5" Hg, usually with IR/NIR throughout for heat. I was blown away by the effects on my EQ and how the pump felt, with no discomfort or negative PIs other than predictable edema. I kept ramping it up to stay under discomfort, averaging 6-8" Hg (doing shorter intervals at the higher pressures) in the leadup to a sexy weekend I had planned with a new partner and clearly overdid it, seeing red dots for the first time and having noticeably worse EQ during sex.

I took a week or so off and tried again at lower pressure, and was immediately shocked at how quickly more red dots and bruising/discoloration showed up on the underside of my shaft. At the same time it felt like my sex drive completely crashed and my flaccid hang looking pretty sad compared to normal. Freaked out, decided to take a break from PE until regular EQ returned.

It’s been 2 additional weeks since then and the last of the bruising on the underside is starting to fade. I know I clearly overpumped and learned my lesson, but am freaked out at how bad my EQ still is. I’m also not sure how much of this is psychological vs. physical. I’ve had some other stressors in my life so I’m not writing it off. I know this is just a wait and see type deal, but looking to see if anyone’s experienced anything similar, especially with libido crashing along with loss of EQ after an injury.

Thanks in advance.

I’ve found pumping to be deceptive. You see the massive sausage and think you’ll get a monster erection. But it doesn’t happen. It takes me up to a week after heavy pumping to return to normal.

i had a vac ADS blister, and pumping injuries both after a year of pumping 2 days on / 1 day off. i had weird dark dots/ bruising, maybe broken capilaries — i took a full month decon break because of it… its taken months to get back to full pressure pumping & I’m still only going 6-7 minutes (I only pump 10 minutes per day max)

my thoughts — most likely you will probably be fine with time, if you allow yourself to heal…

i did 3 minute sessions for a month, and worked up to 10 minutes over 4-5 months — I took a very convervative approach to increasing time/ pressure with pumping, but i do slowly work up to very high pressure… its important to let yourself warm up first (make sure each session at lower pressure & slowly work up to whatever your max is).

Yea, actually I’m starting to wonder if it’s something completely unrelated causing problems for me - I’ve read completely anecdotal stories about topical minoxidil causing weird side effects in folks - in my case not only the loss of libido, but blurring vision in one of my eyes (I just got LASIK 5-6 years ago so it’s noticeable when one eye suddenly goes downhill). I don’t know what would cause the vision issue, but apparently the loss of libido can be due to the way minoxidil can cause a prolactin buildup.