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Q: Erection Difficulties- Please Help
asked by: Figaro007 on April 24th, 2006
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Hello fellow members

i have a erection problem - sort of speak - which i've been living with for about a year and a half now. The problem with me is this. I can get a great erection while masturbating, and maintain in during masturbation until ejaculation. During sex I am very unstable. Basically, I have never been able to have sex with my girlfriend for more than 4 minutes. The problem isn't that I ejaculate too fast, I basically loose my erection when i'm inside of her. Thankfully, I don't have a "size" issue, because i'm fairly well established in that region, so i'm hoping this is a psychological issue rather than medical. I have only tried having sex with her about 4 times during our 8 month relationship (i'm 22 years old) she now understands that we need to work this problem out together.
Here are some of the questions I would like to ask to other guys - maybe this will prove my theory that this problem is in my head, I would really appreciate any replies, as this is very important to me. Here we go:

1. During masturbation, when you are in the "middle" of the self-pleasuring, when you stop "stroking off", how long does it take for you to loose an erection?
2. This is regarding the first question: when you stop stroking off, does your body's position have any influence on how fast you loose your erection?

The reason i'm asking those first is because I think that I may loose my erection pretty fast when I masturbate, 15 seconds and I start loosing it. When i"m standing, sometimes it is even 10 or less.

Other questions regarding sex:

3. Precum - I get pre cum early during foreplay not that much, sometimes it leaves a small stain on my boxers. Sometimes I pre cum even during conversations with my girfriend, especially when we're talking sex. Does anyone else get that?
4. During sexual games in bed - 2 last times we started up with oral sex - when I get undressed and undress her, I don't always get an erection, i"m flacid, and then when I start giving her pleasure, I get an erection... For a while. Then, the moment I stop, I maintain it for about 20-30 seconds and I loose it again. Then, when I give her head again (yeah, that happens often) I get an erection again, only to strangely loose it when i"m done. Does anyone else get that? Should I get an erection at the very begining of the foreplay and maintain it?
5. I have a feeling that the erection I get during masturbation is different than the one during sex, foreplay. During masturbation I have much more feeling than during sex. During masturbation, I don't have precum- maybe untill after about 20 minutes right before cuming. During sex I get pre-cum very early, and I barelly feel my erection. I somehow know it's there, I can see it, but when my gf strokes me off, and when i"m in her (for those few minutes) i'm excited but I just don't have that much feeling there. Does anyone else have that? Is that normal?
6. Last question. When I masturbate, I get an easy erection and have absolutely full control of ejaculation, I used to use too much pc muscle and ejaculate much faster, but I overcame that and now i'm 100% in control. During sex, just like with the odd erection instability, I have problems ejaculating, and very often, after so many ups and downs, I have to work really hard (myself, my gf just can't do it) on my penis to ejaculate, usually in a semi flacid state. Can someone tell me what is up with that?

Thank you so much for your input and I really hope your answers help me figure out how to solve this. I have read something about venous leakage and the posibility of me having this, but 1 doctor which tested me said that I have no venous leakage anywhere. I'm confused, please help me!

Thanks!

Figaro 007
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david_LCC
replied on March 15th, 2009
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Hi Figaro 007, I stumbled upon your post and discovered that you're asking literally the EXACT same thing that I am searching the answers for. I am also curious to see if other guys share our so called "problems" or that what we are experiencing is absolutely normal.

What bothers me is that during masturbation sitting, if I want to grab a piece of paper towel or something 5ft away on a table, I immediately start to feel my erection begin to soften during standing and walking to get it. By the time I come back and sit down, erection is virtually gone.

I also felt that my erection that I got while masturbating feels "different" then the ones I got when I am messing with a girl. I also have thought about issue number 4 that you brought up, because if I am messing around with a girl for let's say 10min, I don't maintain erection for the entire 10min. Also not sure if this is normal or not.

Let me know if you guys have any answers.
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cbt
replied on March 18th, 2009
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Hi!!
Sorry for my english... I have almost exactly the same problems... Im now 25 I lost my virginity last year with amazing girl..

Like David_LCC i have been looking at porn for 4 years and almost daily masturbating... I think my problems caused porn and masturbating... Side effect of masturbate is lack of pleasure during intercourse (heavy grip around penis is not the same like a soft vagina, so our penises after years of masturbating can be less sensitive and not so strong when erect)... Trouble with getting erection and mainting it i think caused porn... We mens are very visual(stimulation) and normal girl not arouse us so much like porn (try to find something like 'inprinting')...

On the other hand i was always very shy and nervous and i had a lot of problems in my family (some kind of pathology) thats why i lost my virginity so late... Now i don't know what to think?: porn masturbate shyness very stressfull life (always stress during intercuorses) low libido= ED and PE or i am asexual ??? Im totaly confused...


Im alone now... (very sad and short love story)... I had maybe more than 20 times intercourses...

Perhaps you can go to professional sexuologist, he can prescribe some meds like viagra/cialis for couple months to relearn your penis/brain
how should it be properly erect and to receive self-confident=libido...

Only what i can suggest now is: take L-Arginine 2-3g one hour before sex; eat chocolate to improve dopamine and to relax you; focus on her pleasure.

I don't know what to do now... Looking for another girl -> now!!! when im know that i have this problem???!!! (self-confidence=less than 0 and depression, isolation from people)

I think it is mental in my case... For the recent 4 years i don't remember when i had morning wood, but i had it always when spent night in her home (we live together some time) very strong morning wood.

I dont think it is physical... (not low testosterone level- i am very well build and athletic and i didnt take any steroids but i am almost bald (I think stress caused it), but recently for 3 years - life without energy; venous leak? i dont think so- i had strong long time erection during petting when i was relaxed ) I have been always thinking that sex will be amazing pleasure, but it wasn't!!! It would be i think if i wouldn't have problem with erection, beacuse i was always foucusing on erection and penile pleasure!!!

I think that porn messed up in my sexuality...

Any suggestion?? similar stories with happy end?? it will be very helpful for mens in our situation...

bc now is only depression and alcohol :<
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unnamedny
replied on March 18th, 2009
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Try some ED medicine, for a week or two. (first check if are allowed to take it)

You guys have nothing physically wrong with you, the problem is in your head (It's mental) caused by stress and fear that something is going to go wrong during sex.
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bindal
replied on April 2nd, 2009
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Erection Difficulties- Please Help
Erectile dysfunction (erection problem) and premature ejaculation are two different problems.
These problems are temporary and fully curable and you need not to worry about this problem. Psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, guilt, depression, low self-esteem, and fear of sexual failure cause are also the major factors of ED cases. Your partner can help with the techniques, which include gradual development of intimacy and stimulation. Such techniques also can help relieve anxiety, fear and other psychological factors and change the mood of the person to treat ED.
There are three possible reasons why you may be suffering from premature ejaculation.
One reason could be that as an adolescent, the masturbation habits you developed may have led to this. Typically adolescents masturbate with the intention of reaching orgasm quickly, thus premature ejaculation has been “grooved” into your system.

Now for the second reason, we’d all like to be able to make love for hours. There is one problem though that body sees sex as a means to reproduce. That said your body is going to try and reproduce as fast and efficiently as possible. This is why premature ejaculation mostly affects men in their teens and 20's.
3. The third cause of premature ejaculation is the inability to handle and control intense arousal and sexual stimulation. Once arousal reaches a certain tipping point it becomes almost impossible to hold back ejaculation.
In your pelvic region, various muscles come into play during the ejaculation process. If you can identify those particular muscles and if you can use exercises to develop control over them then you can attain total ejaculation control. For controlling premature ejaculation one should focus on various emotions, thoughts and perceptions that cause premature ejaculation.
There are some techniques like heart rate technique, breathing technique, training of glans, masturbation and sex techniques which may control premature ejaculation. You may find this information on website but I am not placing the link here as I do not know that I am allowed to put the link here or not as I am new to this forum.
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skopje292
replied on April 4th, 2009
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same problem
Hi guys, I read all your posts and have to say that I have the same problems....
Only difference is that Im gay...

I definitely think that the root to these so called “problems” are in our mind. The big question is how to relax and to stop thinking about the things that causes ED????
If you do have some techniques please feel free to share.
Take care...
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