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Im 20 years old and experience low libido and weak erections. I have a girlfriend and have not had intercourse with her b/c my erection is not hard enough to penetrate let alone put a condom on. I think the problem is due to anxiety and depression b/c i seem to have symptoms of this. I know i need to see a doctor but can they really do anything about it? I could take anti depressants but will this restore my erection and libido?? Please help this is very frustrating especially since I am only 20.
It's normal and 100% psychological, get a hold of your brain, calm down and have confidence on yourself, you will see your problem suddenly disappeared, you might see some failure in next 2-3 attempts. you do not need to see any doctor for this. i am 30 and have the same experience. so cheer up you are normal.
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I have been on Lexapro now for one month and I am hornier than ever, My wife is loving it, I think that Lexapro is great. However I do have a severe case of the night time sweats.
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Its true, erection anxiety can be gotten over very quickly - best to go easy on yourself. I had this issue for a while and randomly discoverd a meditation technique that rid me of the problem. Completely and utterly. Its called Vippassana - there are a few centres scattered throughout the world, check out http://www.dhamma.org/ for centres.

- This is not a light option and has no guarantee to work initially, so make sure you understand what you're getting yourself into beforehand. In fact, an approach to explore your 'inner' being is far more important than just getting a fix for your worries. A whole lot more.
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I'm getting similar sort of symptons... weak erections and low libido. But can't be sure that it's a depression thing.

Like I don't seem to get erections very often at all these days... and the last time I was with a truly gorgeous girl I was seeing and we went to have a bit of fun and it just didn't work. Although that in itself set of a large amount of depression, but at the time I was feeling alright, although the situation was a bit weird and we were in an awkward space... but still. It's a bit of a vicious circle really, i'm aware the more i think about it the worser problem it'll be, however the more i try to not think about it... the more I think about it. Sort of seems like i'll be in this spiral forever.

Can totally agree with how frustrating this is, i'm 20 as well.
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Hello. I am 24. I was unable to achieve an erection in any circumstance other than with using tools like penis rings from 17 to 21. During that period, and before that period, too, I was depressed. I would enjoy thinking about suicide and would spend all of my time alone playing video games and avoiding homework. I also bicycled competitively and to and from school and would get numbness in my perineum and penis. I'm fairly certain that I sustained serious damage there. Additionally, I never spent much time with my erection, as I was preoccupied with other stressors and didn't sleep enough.

But I solved the problem! Basically, I sat around for a few months, masturbated, and practiced a very important exercise routine: I did reps, like "kegels" which pushed blood into my penis. I worked it just like working a muscle at the gym, and I am so excited about it that I am preparing to spend the next few years of my life documenting and promoting natural penis improvement.

Guys: Just naturally push blood into the penis until the organs involved in the process are "weakened", and do it again. Just like any successful bodybuilding routine. Look up bodybuilding and do it with your penis. I swear. Your hard work here will change your life.
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My 29 years my problem is go for one round with my girl, i trying find out is it the food or mental. can u help?
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I'm 21, I started noticing the problem whenever I entered college and started drinking.  Certain Anti-depressants are also known to lower your sex drive, which is what happened to me.  I started taking Zoloft while drinking at the same time.  I used to have an extremely high sex drive but then I lost it pretty fast after this.  Pretty much, try to keep your stress down and their are things that you can take to bring it back up.  I started exercising and actually took a testosterone booster and it came back within the month.  I don't know what will work for you, but this was my experience.

 

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have you ever masturbated before ive researched and found that masterbation causes depressiion and erectile disfunction.

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You are probably overdoing it, ur system is probably suffering from sexual exhaustion.
Do u have sleeping problems too?

My advice take a break from it all, atleast two weeks and see how u feel.
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There are a number of treatments for erection problems. Doctors usually start with lifestyle changes and medicines. They usually don't advise surgery or other treatments unless those first steps don't help.
Treatment can include:
• Making lifestyle changes, such as avoiding tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. It may also help to talk about the issue with your partner, do sensual exercises, and get counseling.
• Finding and then stopping medicines that may be causing the problem. In some cases you can take a different medicine that does not cause erection problems.
• Taking prescription medicine that can help you get erections. These include pills such as sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis), and vardenafil (Levitra). Check with your doctor to see if it is safe for you to take one of these medicines with your other medicines. These can be dangerous if you have heart disease that requires you to take nitroglycerin or other medicines that contain nitrates.
• Taking medicines and getting counseling for depression or anxiety.
• Using vacuum devices or getting shots of medicine into the penis.
• Having surgery to place an implant in the penis.

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There's this one chick I always struggle to get an erection with. I love her, we've been together for 3 years now. She says she's fine with it, but really this makes me feel less of a man. I tried hormonal pills and injections, to no avail. Even overdosed erectile pill, nothing seems to work out. I'm only 20
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Most of the responses to this post are completely wrong.  Anyone who has stated that this is normal is WRONG.  THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

Here is how to fix it:

1) make sure you are eating cooked organic vegetables everyday, with a little good quality meat.  high quality animal products are all good.

2) learn meditation  and breathing exercises and practice them at least once a day.  YOu can even learn to do some light yoga.  this can all balance your body and increase vitality.

3) Don't over exercise - over exercising messses up your hormone balance.

4) improve your sleep - poor sleep destroys your mind and body over time.

5) stop taking pharmaceutical meditations - meds ruin your body and mind

6) perhaps go see a naturopath or holistic MD that will run some hormone tests and help you beyond what I have given you.

 

best of luck

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did you have a low libido before starting Lexapro?
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Beware of this big pharma adware...
seek for pssd to see what lexapro and others will make...

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