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Confuzzled
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Okay, so I'm confused...or confuzzled, as it were.
I am almost 30 years old, and over the past year, I seem to have developed sporadic ED. Sometimes I can get hard and have sex, sometimes I can't. I'll admit that I was introduced to porn at a young age, and until very recently, would edge while reading erotic literature or watching porn. I had absolutely no negative effects with this whatsoever (I guess I was lucky), and I wouldn't do it very frequently. I could also masturbate to orgasm twice in rapid succession, which I'll also admit wasn't healthy. My interests have become less vanilla as I've grown older, and I'm not a "vanilla" person, but I could easily get aroused by vanilla activity. My morning erections were reasonably consistent, and usually at least mostly hard, if not fully so.
I also have depression, and it's pretty bad. Oh, and anxiety. That, too. I also have ADHD. Wow, I'm just a total pile of crazy, when you type it out like that. That's fun. And to top it all off, I'm going to work and school full-time, so I have a lot of stress in my life, moreso than I usually have. I've been trying to find a cocktail of medication that works, and I'm currently on Pristiq (A SNRI). Every SSRI I've taken has apparently affected my libido, and I think my Pristiq was, too (although my libido was also affected pretty badly by my depression in the past year, though not before it). I've started Buproprion (that works on dopamine) within the last two weeks in addition to the Pristiq, so I'm pretty sure it hasn't really begun to "kick in" yet, though my doctor says I should be seeing some effects.
As soon as I read YBOP, my morning erections started to take a dive (it's like the Matrix, my mind makes it real), and every time I take a "are you addicted to porn?" test, it comes up almost exclusively negative. I don't look at porn at work (unless my girlfriend sent me a sexy photo or something, which I'm not sure counts), I don't stay home to look at porn. And I don't have cravings.
However, whenever I'm not "getting it up," as it were, the only way I've been able to do so is through porn. It's somewhat out there, but not crazy extreme. I've recently stopped doing that after visiting the site. However, now that I'm single, I've discussed some erotic ideas through text with another girl last night, which caused me to have an erection. However, the erection didn't last, though I remained "horny," and I later masturbated at half-mast. It actually felt better than most times at full erection.
I tried abstaining from porn and masturbation for a week (an almost infinitesimal amount of time for a reboot, I know), but rather than cravings, I just got kind of irritated that I was pent-up, even though my erections were very infrequent except for in the morning. At one point, I used PMO at the end of the week. And then after another week of no PMO, I just masturbated to orgasm. The effects were mostly the same, although the PMO erection was slightly harder and lasted longer.
I'm confused. Do I have PIED? Did it suddenly start after years of healthy sexual relations? Do you think it's the medication? My psychiatrist says my ED is probably totally psychological and not related to the medication, and lately, I've been having a pretty high amount of anxiety about my performance. And now, I'm anxious as hell that I might have PIED.
I also used to be able to remain hard for up to five minutes after ejaculating, and now I can't do that save for very rare occurrences. Is that my age catching up with me, PIED, or just depression/anxiety/medication? I know there probably aren't many definitive answers here, but...um, help? Thanks!
Note: I started a counter yesterday, even though it wasn't TECHNICALLY a PMO. Just in case.
Note 2: I HAVE used "herbal supplements" sold in certain shops to increase erections, and they work like a charm. It's been a while since I used them, though. Like, nearly a year. I heard that they don't work for some people with PIED. But I think they work with others, right?
I am almost 30 years old, and over the past year, I seem to have developed sporadic ED. Sometimes I can get hard and have sex, sometimes I can't. I'll admit that I was introduced to porn at a young age, and until very recently, would edge while reading erotic literature or watching porn. I had absolutely no negative effects with this whatsoever (I guess I was lucky), and I wouldn't do it very frequently. I could also masturbate to orgasm twice in rapid succession, which I'll also admit wasn't healthy. My interests have become less vanilla as I've grown older, and I'm not a "vanilla" person, but I could easily get aroused by vanilla activity. My morning erections were reasonably consistent, and usually at least mostly hard, if not fully so.
I also have depression, and it's pretty bad. Oh, and anxiety. That, too. I also have ADHD. Wow, I'm just a total pile of crazy, when you type it out like that. That's fun. And to top it all off, I'm going to work and school full-time, so I have a lot of stress in my life, moreso than I usually have. I've been trying to find a cocktail of medication that works, and I'm currently on Pristiq (A SNRI). Every SSRI I've taken has apparently affected my libido, and I think my Pristiq was, too (although my libido was also affected pretty badly by my depression in the past year, though not before it). I've started Buproprion (that works on dopamine) within the last two weeks in addition to the Pristiq, so I'm pretty sure it hasn't really begun to "kick in" yet, though my doctor says I should be seeing some effects.
As soon as I read YBOP, my morning erections started to take a dive (it's like the Matrix, my mind makes it real), and every time I take a "are you addicted to porn?" test, it comes up almost exclusively negative. I don't look at porn at work (unless my girlfriend sent me a sexy photo or something, which I'm not sure counts), I don't stay home to look at porn. And I don't have cravings.
However, whenever I'm not "getting it up," as it were, the only way I've been able to do so is through porn. It's somewhat out there, but not crazy extreme. I've recently stopped doing that after visiting the site. However, now that I'm single, I've discussed some erotic ideas through text with another girl last night, which caused me to have an erection. However, the erection didn't last, though I remained "horny," and I later masturbated at half-mast. It actually felt better than most times at full erection.
I tried abstaining from porn and masturbation for a week (an almost infinitesimal amount of time for a reboot, I know), but rather than cravings, I just got kind of irritated that I was pent-up, even though my erections were very infrequent except for in the morning. At one point, I used PMO at the end of the week. And then after another week of no PMO, I just masturbated to orgasm. The effects were mostly the same, although the PMO erection was slightly harder and lasted longer.
I'm confused. Do I have PIED? Did it suddenly start after years of healthy sexual relations? Do you think it's the medication? My psychiatrist says my ED is probably totally psychological and not related to the medication, and lately, I've been having a pretty high amount of anxiety about my performance. And now, I'm anxious as hell that I might have PIED.
I also used to be able to remain hard for up to five minutes after ejaculating, and now I can't do that save for very rare occurrences. Is that my age catching up with me, PIED, or just depression/anxiety/medication? I know there probably aren't many definitive answers here, but...um, help? Thanks!
Note: I started a counter yesterday, even though it wasn't TECHNICALLY a PMO. Just in case.
Note 2: I HAVE used "herbal supplements" sold in certain shops to increase erections, and they work like a charm. It's been a while since I used them, though. Like, nearly a year. I heard that they don't work for some people with PIED. But I think they work with others, right?