Originally Posted by train spot
How long have you been taking it?
Do you feel any side effects? Something that could be worth mentioning to the rest of us, who are a little scared of sildenafil long term use?
There’s a guy on reddit who has a “AMA: I’ve taken viagra for 7 years and stopped”, he had nothing to report besides a “stuffy nose”, ocasionally. I just wanted to see how your experience was. Btw, I can’t remember if you wrote this before, but how old are you? Sorry if you mentioned it before.
I know this question is aimed at Kyrpa, but as someone who has been using Viagra for 6+ years I can give my experience. I haven’t experienced any long term side effect as of yet, but do experience slight short term effects like flushing and occasional light sore head feeling (like slight pressure in head) although these are very minor and don’t effect me much at all to consider discontinuation.
What I would be more concerned about at the moment is the psychological effect of long term anything. The mental dependence that can occur from relying on something to produce the results, could become an issue when said thing is removed.
I believe with this in mind, one should try not to ‘depend’ on any drugs, and if at all possible, should try and have sex without any aids where possible.
This might not be possible for some people, so this is obviously not aimed at such individuals. I would just caution anyone using this sort of medication to proceed with caution, and try not to become psychologically dependant on them.
Occasional use could also have the opposite effect, where it may improve sexual anxiety in the short term, which could cause lasting improvement to function, by having a positive impact psychologically.
What I am mainly getting at here is try and become more aware. Just be aware of yourself, and try and identify what is going on. This way you should be able to avoid dependency issue and still reap the benefits of occasional use.
This is what I try to do, I use it if I feel I need to or just need some reassurance, but if I find myself functioning without I’ll just go for it. This seems to work better for me than taking almost every time in anticipation and fear that I wouldn’t be able to perform. Now half the time I use it, half the time I don’t.
At 32 years old I really shouldn’t need it at all. When I don’t use it I’m never really 100%, but sometimes enough to perform well enough!
Hope this might help, I know I went on a bit 😅