Erectile Dysfunction at 25, please help

Another thought and your doctor may have not tested you for it. Diabetes. You never know with your diet being different in Africa & burning all those carbohydrates? Just a thought.

Stop the porn and masturbation for 30 days.

Some tests you could get:

Folate
24 hour histamine
Calcium
Zinc
Copper
Vitamin D3
Free testosterone
Kidney function - creatinine and eGFR
24 hour cortisol
TSH
Free T4
Free T3

I think there could definitely be something in that, I do go through stages of very low mood but I don’t know if it qualifies as full-blown depression. My GP did initially refer me to a self-help service for low mood/low self-esteem, but it wasn’t much help and obviously did nothing for my ED as that isn’t what it was intended for. I did get morning wood on the last day of the trip (tucked up in a real bed after 8 days in a tent!), and was having a lot more sexual thoughts without even trying. I was amazed and very disappointed at how quickly things reverted back after coming home.

I had a fasting blood test done, wouldn’t that have shown up an abnormal insulin level if I was diabetic? It came back normal according to the doc.

Has this worked for you in the past? Should I stop all forms of PE as well?

I don’t think this could possibly by your problem, especially for a 25 year old.

I just now noticed that you talked about your heavy workout schedule. When was the last time you took a break from that? You might just be too physically pooped out to get it up.

I know this will be hard to do, but I think you should take a 1 week break from exercise and see if that doesn’t make a difference in your erection capability. I guarantee, you won’t loose any strength during the exercise break. You might feel guilty about it, but you won’t loose strength. In fact, the break might help both your exercise program and your erection problem.

Your insulin level would be a good marker for how your pancreas is working and relates to blood sugar. So yes you can probably rule out diabetes.

I think you could use a change in your thinking. I think you would really be helped by some group therapy where you share your inner self with others and learn “mindfulness”. (That’s the balance between an emotional/rational mind)

I had to deal with a lot of this 4-5 years ago. I had emotional loss of myself. No feelings of happiness and no feelings of sadness. After 6 months of treatments of mental/chemical/clinical for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and resurgent PTSD from my youth/childhood I was slowly coming back. I’d given up on and was learning to live emotionless when one day while watching “The Passion” I finally broke down and cried my heart out. I’ve been pretty good since that day. I don’t drink at all anymore and never was a heavy drinker. I find it to be a depressant. (Something I don’t need)

Anyway. While I was “broke down” or “on my journey” I had very little interest in sex of any kind. This includes masturbation that I’ve done since I was in first grade. (I was abused by an older lad and took masturbation away as the good part of something that was terrible) One of the PTSDs I’d learned to live with. Self therapy of a child.

I sincerely hope this all makes sense to you and hopefully it will help. Do an mental inventory of things that stick out in your life as emotional times and write down those that were the worst of times. Many of us carry some PTSD throughout our lives and never know it. Good luck and feel free to private message me if you feel the need.

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I have not masturbated since February 1. In that time my morning erections are so intense they wake me up at about 4:30 am and I stay hard for at least an hour and a half. I honestly believe that masturbation is a wood killer. I guess the one problem with this is if you don’t have a GF wife, BF etc then you are getting no sexual release and that is bad also. I would lay off masturbation for a while and instead edge several times a day.

Maybe I’m missing something because I can’t masturbate without a good hard on. Poleaxe, are you able to masturbate? I know you said you’ve gone without sex for over 2 years. I doubt you meant self sex included. The mind can do funny things to a person. After having left the post earlier I had the dick go limp inside my wife within 2 minutes of penetration. I could not get it back up. I got my wife off and left myself semi-satisfied. What went on in my head I don’t know but it hasn’t been that bad in months. (I probably have buried some of the past again instead of leaving it out and dealing with it. I’m sure I’ll get my junk straight tomorrow and have a great tumble with her. I just want you to know that there are plenty of people out there with ED and a lot of reasons for it. Keep in mind that African vacation. That was a good sign.

A few months ago I went limp inside of my then girlfriend after 30 minutes of sex because I was exhausted. She complained, said that I was cheating, said that I didn’t love her, that I wasn’t attracted to her, blah blah blah. I have NEVER had a problem with ED prior to that episode. However, since she made such a huge deal about the it, during each subsequent session all that I could think about was not “I’m afraid that I’m not going to be able to get it up,” with the result being that several times I was unable to get it up.

It’s just like a girl to create a problem where there is none.

That said, I think that there is something to the whole “porn reduces your libido for real women” notion. Lately I have been watching a lot of porn, and during sex I have had to close my eyes and think of things like watching another man fuck my girlfriend, which shouldn’t be a turn on but it is for some reason; otherwise I was unable to cum.

Also, and I’m sure that this is discussed somewhere else on this forum but I’m new and I haven’t read it, but are you taking propecia or proscar by chance? I have been on propecia for over 10 years now without noticing any side effects but a lot of men report ED and loss of libido from the drug, however, after 10 years my guess is that whatever side effects may come will be mine to bear regardless of whether I quit now or not, and I would rather suffer these side effects with a full head of hair.

I was going to write you a long reply, since I am 25 and have fought a battle with ED problems, but I decided to just give the short and simple reply.

I had a very limp cock until I started doing jelqs, so make sure you are performing those regularly. Also give up looking at porn and all sexy pictures, and give up masturbating for pleasure completely.
If you keep your eyes and thoughts off of sexy pictures for a long period, when you finally get with a girl and see any of her body, you will have an uncontrollable erection and desire. This is my secret weapon and it allows me to enjoy sexual things almost as much as I did when I was 13.

I set the rule that I would only masturbate if it was for the purpose of PE and stop the moment it was no longer necessary to perform my PE routines, which works well, but I always find it a struggle to control myself once I start masturbating for any reason.
I have just switched my PE routine to pumping and jelqs only for the purpose of having maximum EQ and horniness. I was clamping before which required me to stimulate myself too much so I dropped it since I could do a pumping routine and never have to masturbate. For jelqs I only have to stimulate myself for a brief second and then jelq, which is not too bad.

Through my efforts I have went from being able to look at the most hardcore pornography and not getting an erection, to just poking my cock and it starts to fill with blood.
I also try to limit my sexual encounters with females, instead of having sex 5 times every day with my girl friend and getting bored mentally. It is tough for me, but when I think about how rewarding it is to control myself I gain the will power to resist.

You should also do the obvious, which is eat real food and stay physically fit, as well as getting enough sleep and sunlight every day.
Another recommendation that I just remembered is if you are circumcised by the modern Periah method, do foreskin restoration a bit or find a synthetic solution. This helps as well, I have used Glad Press n’ Seal Wrap for this before and it worked, but I mostly use a silicone sleeve that I cut to cover just my glans.
I make sure to not let the synthetic foreskin hang over the end of my glans though so I am still like someone who is circumcised, I do not want to break the commandment to be circumcised from the scriptures so I do this to be safe.

The actual sex act is better like you say. The body produces different hormones and brain chemestry changes and the such during the actual act of sex with another person.