An introduction

[Edwood]

First I want to acknowledge how great it is to have a community like this to engage support and learn from. I've benefited in the past from the many thoughtful and honest posts to this forum so today I thought I'd join and start contributing my findings as I claw my way out of ED.

An introduction:

I'm 33, eat well, and religiously exercise.

I absolutely have suffered my entire sexual life from performance anxiety. My first sexual encounter was at 15, and like most I felt as if I had an erection more often than not, but I couldn't perform that night or the night after. Most relationships I've had start out that way but get going once I'm comfortable. Not a big deal, right? However over the past 5 years its become more difficult for me to get an erection and maintain an erection girl or no girl, longterm relationship or just starting out.

Over the past two months I started a new relationship and our sex up until last night (I'll explain later) has been terrible, none of it her fault. The first time we tried I wasn't surprised I couldn't perform, but then time and time again I couldn't maintain an erection, and when I could it was a result of serious efforts on both our parts and drugs. Meanwhile, my morning erections became almost nonexistent, I couldn't even get hard to masturbate, and I started really freaking out.

Things generally have gotten a bit better for me as far as being able to masturbate and I have an occasional morning erection. Maybe I was just in some kind of down cycle.

My ED has become such a problem for me that I almost don't want to try to have sex with my girlfriend and loth the idea of having to go through this again with someone else down the road. I've been hell bent on finding a solution. This is what I've tried so far:

Wellbutrin (Bupropion) — I don't love the idea of taking psychiatric medication but I do want to try something to curb my anxiety when sex is initiated.
Provacyl — to boost my libido
Prelox – I'm hopeful it may obviate the need for viagra in the long run

The night I know I'm going to have sex I'll take the following:

Viagra — 50 to 100mg (with hit or miss results)
Lavitrix — 2 pills
Vitamin E
L-Carnitine

As I've been seeing my most recent girl friend I've tried many sources for Viagra and Cialis, although I reacted to the side effects the proposed benefit of the drug did zilch. I've since been to my GP and got a small amount of Viagra which I tried at 50mg and didn't really notice any major impact, but last night I took 100mg of Viagra, 2 lavitrix pills, Vitamin E and L-Carnitine and had a fantastic evening.

Although I'm happy I was able to perform well I can't keep taking that amount of drugs to get it going. The money hurts and the side effects are even worse and at 33 I'm concerned about the long term downsides, not to mention there's zero spontaneity.

So, I join the rest of you in the quest to find the ultimate solution.

[Flavio]

Welcome to the forum!

I went through a similar situation and I know how you feel. I also had to wait until my thirties to overcome my psychological ED problems and enjoy a great sex life. Today, sex no longer scares me.

You didn't mention a urologist. Have you seen one already? I believe this is the first step to be taken by ED patients. Only a urologist can determine the exact cause of your problem and prescribe the correct treatment. Self medication is always a risk.

And yes, it is true that you are taking too many pills and most of them aren't even approved ED treatments. I suggest you try to gradually reduce the number of pills. I also started with a complex regimen: Prelox + Vitamin E + Seredyn + Cialis (my favorite!) + Vigamed + penis ring. Today, I only take a pill of Cialis and half a pill of Vigamed, that's all I need.

So, my advice to you is this: go see a urologist.

I also suggest you keep an eye on Zoraxel. I'm convinced that Zoraxel is going to be a great solution for psychogenic ED because, unlike Viagra or Cialis, this one goes to the root of the problem: the brain. PDE-5 inhibitors only act locally and do nothing to improve libido or anxiety levels.

Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!