Vigxex patients showed no signs of improvement. Some were even told to just plain masturbate, but that also didn’t help McLaughlin. SEE ALSO Rare disorder makes me feel like I'm always about to orgasm “From the ages of 15 to 18 I masturbated constantly. Way more than an average teenager would,” McLaughlin explained. “I knew there was something not right. I kept saying, I kept telling people, I need to have sex but nobody listened to me.” After doctors discovered and treated the spinal problems for women in the study, the results were effective in 80 percent of participants. The researchers hope that doctors will now familiarize themselves with PGAD and its symptoms and stay on the lookout for spinal cord issues.