For the past three months I've been having sex with my new (and first) girlfriend, and I can extremely rarely maintain an erection to do so. Mostly I have to use a cock ring, but even then it can go soft. I haven't watched porn since January and in this almost seven-month period I masturbated I think five times (the longest streak was 83 days). At first I felt suicidal, then desperate, now I feel almost resigned. If anything, I've made some progress in determining what the causes might be:
1 Hormonal imbalance (prolactin too high, testosterone too low, estradiol too low). Haven't checked cortisol and cholesterol, but there might be problems there too.
2 Masturbating for 13 years by clenching my pelvic floor muscles. I now can't achieve a 100% erection without flexing those muscles. I'm doing kegel and reverse kegel exercises in hopes of better isolating those muscles and assuming better control over them (little progress so far).
3 Porn which has instilled unrealistic standards of what sex should be in my mind. The girlfriend loves somewhat kinky sex - luckily - but I think indulging in porn only for 13 years (and especially during my formative years) has made me feel impotent to assume the role of a man during sex. I don't even know where to begin to tackle this issue.
4 Condoms and lack of sensitivity during sex - if it was tighter, I don't think I would lose erections as easily. Maybe my penis is too small, I don't really know.
Now my girlfriend has moved away for three months for work and I have that much time to fix my ED. I'm 26, I exercise somewhat regularly (no cardio though), don't drink or smoke, I eat only healthy food and take supplements to boost libido/erections but to little avail. Can anyone help me?
For the past three months I've been having sex with my new (and first) girlfriend, and I can extremely rarely maintain an erection to do so. Mostly I have to use a cock ring, but even then it can go soft. I haven't watched porn since January and in this almost seven-month period I masturbated I think five times (the longest streak was 83 days). At first I felt suicidal, then desperate, now I feel almost resigned. If anything, I've made some progress in determining what the causes might be:1 Hormonal imbalance (prolactin too high, testosterone too low, estradiol too low). Haven't checked cortisol and cholesterol, but there might be problems there too.2 Masturbating for 13 years by clenching my pelvic floor muscles. I now can't achieve a 100% erection without flexing those muscles. I'm doing kegel and reverse kegel exercises in hopes of better isolating those muscles and assuming better control over them (little progress so far).3 Porn which has instilled unrealistic standards of what sex should be in my mind. The girlfriend loves somewhat kinky sex - luckily - but I think indulging in porn only for 13 years (and especially during my formative years) has made me feel impotent to assume the role of a man during sex. I don't even know where to begin to tackle this issue.4 Condoms and lack of sensitivity during sex - if it was tighter, I don't think I would lose erections as easily. Maybe my penis is too small, I don't really know.Now my girlfriend has moved away for three months for work and I have that much time to fix my ED. I'm 26, I exercise somewhat regularly (no cardio though), don't drink or smoke, I eat only healthy food and take supplements to boost libido/erections but to little avail. Can anyone help me? https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2yK5rxL
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