Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Help! Only 20 With Weird Ed Problem Posted: 12-16-05 03:30am
I'm 20, have never had sex but have been
masturbating once a day for many years.
In the past four months I find it hard to
keep an erection for over 10 or even 5
seconds masturbating. I can get fully
hard but it goes away easily, though not
all the way, and then back up again and
that goes over and over. Sometimes I
cannot get fully hard. This all happens
with good stimulation. (both visually and
physically) when I ejaculate it's not even
fully erect, and my penis gets soft as
soon as I ejaculate and I get less
pleasure from ejaculation. My glans feels
numb most of the time. It's not very
sensitive to touching.
My morning erections are weaker than
they used to be, if it's not my wrong
perception. I started paying attention to
that only after I realized I had erection
problems. Often there's no morning
erection. Also, there seems to be a cycle
the past 2 years. In some days I have
better sensation in my penis and much
better erections. They go away after 2 or
3 days, though. It’s still happening
after I had erection problems. Only in
these days are my erections satisfactory.
I can last 15 minutes when masturbating.
This is so weird.
I've seen 2 doctors and they said it
was all in my head, citing the weird
cycle. I can't disagree more. The
sensation of my penis is just not right.
When those good days come when my penis is
normal, the sensation is much better and
getting and sustaining a woodie are easily
done. I'm not buying that bs that i'm
more relaxed those days(as the docs put
it). I need treatment but they said
nothing could be done.
I'm getting depressed... I'll be
grateful my whole life to anyone who can
help.
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Human
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Posted: 12-16-05 09:38am
I literally had and really still have the
same medical question problem. Its been
about 9 months. Same sensitivity issues
same thing with being able to masterbate
some days but not on others. I know the
problems seem very very physical but they
really are all in your head (even the
sensitivity). I know it's weird I had a
hard time accepting this myself and didn't
for a long time. Read up a bit on what
causes physical erectile problems and you
can then begin to rule out such issues.
You see physical damage to the penis is
very very rare, when it does happen
usually its caused by a traumatic event
(like bending it in half when hard or
somethign as extreme). You can't just be
walking around fine one day and have say a
venious leak the next without something
happening to you that your aware off.
Once I really accepted the idea that it's
in my head things got better. Not normal
mind you but better, i'd like to think i'm
slowly returning to myself.
It's weird man I dunno how to describe it
but when stuff like this gets into your
subconscience you can feel relaxed and
fine all day and still not be able to
enjoy sex/masterbation because deep rooted
problems like these are difficult to
remove its all deep inside your head
(sounds stupid I know)). It really takes
time, I just hope that both me and you
will be able to make a full recovery
because I wont be satisfied with anything
less.
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-16-05 17:03pm
-keep up exercise.
-cut back masturbation to a few times a
week (but it's not at all neccessary to
cut it out completely).
-eat healthy.
-get a good night's sleep every night.
-reduce stress at all cost.
Are you on any kind of medication?
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impotentyouth
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Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 12-16-05 19:03pm
I'm not on any medications. I don't
smoke and don't drink much. I eat good
food and have enough rest(i think). My
mood is good despite ed problems. I
don't exercise much besides walking.
That's the only lifestyle factor I can
think of.
Thinking back, I never had erection
problems before. Most of the time I
masturbate to porn. I jacked 2-4 times a
day in the summer 2 years ago. It could
have been excessive, but my body responded
fine. Afterwards I gradully got less and
less aroused by porn and my erections were
less spontaneous, but I know it's not
physical because once I discovered another
kind of porn that I liked or laid off for
a few days, it all came back. I do
believe i'm kinda addicted to porn though.
Even in days I don't feel horny I still
want to jack.
Phychological addiction to porn could be a
reason. But the cycle is just weird.
There are also variations in those good
days I can get normal erections.
Sometimes it's rock hard as soon as I pull
it out of my pants without even thinking
much of sex, and it's hot. That's the
best. I can go for at least 10-20
minutes without losing any firmness.
This can last for 2 days. Then it
doesn't get rock hard anymore but is still
decent. I need to be really focusing at
porn and keep my hands busy. In this
case it goes limp if I don't. I couldn't
last as long as the first case no matter
what. It goes down if I don't ejaculate
within 10-15 mins. Sometimes the rock
hard case doesn't come first, just the
second case. Then in no more than a
total of 4 days it all goes back to ed.
:cry:
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-16-05 23:11pm
Well, it is one of those things that does
slowly happen with time, but that seems a
little early considering your age... Is
it that you can't get an erection when you
want one, or that you don't get those
spontaneous boners?
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impotentyouth
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Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 12-16-05 23:34pm
It varies from time to time. Sometimes I
can't get fully hard when I want and try
to. Sometimes I can get "hard" but not
rock hard. Or I can get quite hard but
can't last even if I use my hands. I've
never had sex so I don't know in which
cases my erection will be enough to
penetrate and have sex.
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-17-05 16:33pm
Cut back on masturbation for a week or so;
relax, continue to eat healthy and
exercise, and keep you stress down, get a
good night's sleep and after a week or so,
reevaluate your situation...
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impotentyouth
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Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 12-17-05 16:47pm
I've actually cut back on masturbation the
past 2 months(about 4 times a week). I
don't have strong urges to masturbate
anyway, not sure if it has to do with the
ed problems. I'll try completely cutting
it out for a week and not thinking about
sex or my penis. This is the only thing
to try for now. Thanks for your replies.
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-18-05 10:45am
impotentyouth
wrote:
i've actually cut back on
masturbation the past 2 months(about 4
times a week). I don't have strong urges
to masturbate anyway, not sure if it has
to do with the ed problems. I'll try
completely cutting it out for a week and
not thinking about sex or my penis. This
is the only thing to try for now. Thanks
for your replies.
yeah, that seems to have helped some of
the other people on this board who have
posted similar problems...
Just go out and do things you enjoy, and
keep your mind off of it as much as
possible...
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impotentyouth
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Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 12-19-05 20:41pm
I tried hard not to think about my problem
but it's really hard. I couldn't sleep
last night so I got up...And felt like
masturbating cause my bed was comfortable
and warm. I seldom do it in bed. I was
like ok jack some and maybe I could sleep.
I got a pretty good erection just
fantasizing..Never thought about this
either. After about 10 mins it went
limp...As it always does when I do get
normal erections. I had to ejaculate with
a half-erect penis. 10-15 mins is the
max. If I don't cum i'm done.
I tried again today but it didn't get
nearly as hard and couldn't stay. :roll:
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-20-05 13:38pm
Try this: like you said you got an
erection just thinking about it. Do the
same thing, but don't touch your penis.
Just concentrate on something you find to
by arrousing, and just by keeping a mental
state that is an arroused mental state, if
you're concentrating hard enough, you
should be able to keep the erection for a
while.
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impotentyouth
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Posted: 12-20-05 20:09pm
It doesn't work. I tried it today.
Whether it's imagining, porn, or pictures
of girls that I like, I could get hard but
couldn't stay long. It even went limp
faster if I didn't touch it. I feel that
my libido is normal, ie, I have that horny
feeling around my pubic area generally.
Also when I get an erection. But the
blood just can't stay and the horny
feeling diminishes as it goes limp.
Is it possible that the problem has to do
with vitamin or zinc deficiency? Some
websites suggest that. Is that possible
at all?
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Locke42039
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I Think I Have Ed Too Posted: 12-20-05 21:45pm
I'm 16, and I think have ed. From what
i've read, I think i'm too young to have
it, but I have the similar symtoms as
"impotentyouth". I have a hard time
keeping my penis fully hard when I
masturbate and I can't get a boner when
i'm trying to have sex. I don't know what
to do. I've read about ed for awhile now
and i've tried everything I could at my
age. I exercise regularly, eat healthy,
and I take zinc supplements everyday. But
still, I have difficulty. I've heard that
a lot this is in your mind..Does anyone
have any suggestions on how to get this
"deeply rooted" problem out of ones mind?
Its killing me inside, I never had trouble
with my penis until I decided to become
sexually active...Whats wrong with me?
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Posted: 12-20-05 23:01pm
impotentyouth
wrote:
it doesn't work. I tried
it today. Whether it's imagining, porn,
or pictures of girls that I like, I could
get hard but couldn't stay long. It even
went limp faster if I didn't touch it. I
feel that my libido is normal, ie, I have
that horny feeling around my pubic area
generally. Also when I get an erection.
But the blood just can't stay and the
horny feeling diminishes as it goes limp.
Is it possible that the problem has to do
with vitamin or zinc deficiency? Some
websites suggest that. Is that possible
at all?
well, how often do you ejaculate? Each
time you ejaculate, numerous chemicals
(i'm not gonna go into all of them) are
released by your brain. It can take up
to 72 hours (or as little as 8 hours) for
these chemicals to be replenished. Your
age will have no effect on how long it
takes for these chemicals to be replaced.
If you don't give yourself enough
recovery time, you will find it more
difficult to maintain erections and you
will likely feel somewhat less horny.
Not allowing these chemicals to be
replenished can also cause a mile
depression. Have you tried simply giving
it a few days off? I'm not sure how much
this will help you, but I hope it does...
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Re: I Think I Have Ed Too Posted: 12-20-05 23:02pm
locke42039
wrote:
i'm 16, and I think have ed.
From what i've read, I think i'm too
young to have it, but I have the similar
symtoms as "impotentyouth". I have a
hard time keeping my penis fully hard when
I masturbate and I can't get a boner when
i'm trying to have sex. I don't know
what to do. I've read about ed for
awhile now and i've tried everything I
could at my age. I exercise regularly,
eat healthy, and I take zinc supplements
everyday. But still, I have difficulty.
I've heard that a lot this is in your
mind..Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to get this "deeply rooted" problem
out of ones mind? Its killing me inside,
I never had trouble with my penis until I
decided to become sexually active...Whats
wrong with me?
let's start off basic:
-how often do you masturbate?
-are you on any medication?
-are you under a lot of stress?
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Locke42039
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Re: I Think I Have Ed Too Posted: 12-21-05 01:10am
cd998776
wrote:
locke42039
wrote:
i'm 16, and I think have ed.
From what i've read, I think i'm too
young to have it, but I have the similar
symtoms as "impotentyouth". I have a
hard time keeping my penis fully hard when
I masturbate and I can't get a boner when
i'm trying to have sex. I don't know
what to do. I've read about ed for
awhile now and i've tried everything I
could at my age. I exercise regularly,
eat healthy, and I take zinc supplements
everyday. But still, I have difficulty.
I've heard that a lot this is in your
mind..Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to get this "deeply rooted" problem
out of ones mind? Its killing me
inside, I never had trouble with my penis
until I decided to become sexually
active...Whats wrong with
me?
let's start off basic:
-how often do you masturbate?
-are you on any medication?
-are you under a lot of
stress?
before I had the "ed" symptoms, twice a
day. Now, I try not to.
I'm not on any regular medications.
No more or less stress then a 16 year old
would have.
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impotentyouth
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Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Portland, OR
Posted: 12-21-05 02:32am
I feel bad for you man. I hope both of us
can get over our problems pretty soon.
I was also wondering if zinc would
work...As well as vitamins. Some say they
play quite a role in one's sexual
function. Anyone that has related info or
experiences please let me know.
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impotentyouth
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Posted: 12-21-05 02:35am
Ps: is masturbating once a day excessive
or is it normal for most young men? I
often feel guilty now. I'd feel more
guilty if my masturbation has been
excessive. Let me know the truth. I
gotta face it.
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cd998776
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Posted: 12-21-05 10:23am
impotentyouth
wrote:
ps: is masturbating once a
day excessive or is it normal for most
young men? I often feel guilty now.
I'd feel more guilty if my masturbation
has been excessive. Let me know the
truth. I gotta face
it.
no, that's not excessive at all. I have
friends that just have to get that "one"
in before they get to class, and then
again before they get to bad. Once a day
is a lot less than some guys do....
impotentyouth
wrote:
i was also wondering if zinc
would work...As well as vitamins. Some
say they play quite a role in one's sexual
function. Anyone that has related info
or experiences please let me
know.
well, they may play some role, but the
chemicals that actually need to be
replenished are those that are released by
the brain during ejaculation...
During orgasm, a number of brain chemicals
are released: prolactin hormone,
phenylethylamine (also found in chocolate)
and endorphin. While you may be able to
replenish the prolactin hormone or
phenylethylamine, you won't be able to
replenish endorphinsm with supplements
like the other two. If you just give it
some time it will happen naturally. Eat
healthy, exercise, keep stress down, and
get a good night's sleep each night.
locke42039
wrote:
before I had the "ed"
symptoms, twice a day. Now, I try not
to.
I'm not on any regular medications.
No more or less stress then a 16 year old
would have.
i would say start off by reducing
masturbation to once every two-three days.
Be sure to eat healthy, exercise, keep
stress down as much as possible, and get a
good night's sleep each night. After a
week or so, reassess where you're at....
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Locke42039
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Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Fullerton, Cali
Posted: 12-21-05 12:44pm
Thank you everyone for listening to my
problems. I appericate all the replies
and comments. Like "cd998778" said, i'll
reasses myself in few weeks. So i'll see
everyone in a few. Thanks again.
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