I've been trying to figure this out for a while. I do believe there is a relationship, but I haven't been able to determine a consistent pattern - perhaps too many other factors are at work. I have found pretty consistently, though, that if I go for a day or two without masturbating, and then go for it, I'll often feel extremely horny during the following 24 hrs, but if I just continually indulge myself, jacking off, say, 2-3 times in a day, I'll find, eventually, that I have no juice left, if you'll pardon the pun, feeling sexually depleted, and will have to take another day or two off to return equilibrium... So lately, I've taken to restraining myself from constant self-gratification so that I don't end up sexually exhausted... I read somewhere that the ideal frequency of ejaculation is 3-4 times per week. I don't really believe there's an across the board "ideal frequency" but I think somewhere in that ballpark feels healthiest to me: where I'm neither building up too much steam or constantly beating off. Also, in my experience, frequent sex takes less out of me than frequent masturbation. Sorry to ramble on like this, but clearly, it's a topic that interests me.