No Morning Wood in Years - PIED or Physical Issue?

As the title states i have not gotten morning wood for several years. I am still able to get hard with the use the porn but it has been increasingly difficult. Every post i view i see that people never mention morning wood or only lost it during the reboot process. I wanted to write this to see if this is common and if so how long this took to come back.

I have tried NoFap before and noticed great results, albeit not with morning wood but with constant erections throughout the day. I have failed time and time again but recently decided enough is enough after getting into a relationship and having issues getting up. It is soul crushing to wonder if my guy is gonna cooperate.

The first few attempts i was noticeably larger and full at all times during the day. Right now Im about 2 weeks in and i haven't had any urges and it just feels lifeless. I believe I'm in a flatline which i know i can push through but its hard to believe this can get any better. I have already seeked professional help and had a hormone panel which came back fine aside from slightly elevated prolactin levels. I am in my mid 20's and the last time I can consistently remember getting morning wood and random erections was early in high school. The doctor also thinks it could potentially be internal scaring as I do have somewhat of an unnatural curve downwards which he says may be affect bloodflow. He could not confirm this though, but I doubt this as porn usually but not all the time does the trick.

Also does anyone have recommendations on any supplements that they've seen benefits from or is this just a waste of money?

It's completely normal for your morning wood to disappear if you have PIED (which is what you've described).

Before I began recovering, It had been years since I had a morning erection. Once I was three or four weeks into recovery, things began getting better. I went from having MW once every week or so to three or four times a week now. The firmness has increased from 40 or 50% to pretty much 100% each time now.

Don't fret over the timing. Follow the reboot steps and allow your body and mind to heal themselves. MW will return slowly along with all of the other aspects of your libido and sexual function etc.

Congrats on taking the first step toward being a better man. Getting to where you want to be will be worth every minute of struggle.

As to supplements, here's what I take:

Morning: Saw Palmetto, L-Argenine, Ginkgo, Ginseng, and Maca
Evening: Same as morning except I add zinc

I've been taking this combination for approx 50 days and I'm seeing some good results. I'm able to achieve erections that have a high degree of quality and reliability again. While I'm not completely healed, I am able to engage in intercourse again for the first time in ten years.

Thank you so much for the words of support. Glad to hear this issue is not hopeless and i wish the best for you as well in your journey. I have a very supportive SO and I know this can probably be healed faster with hard mode but at the same time i believe it is beneficial to rewire sensations with the right stimulus. Mine is a little more severe where its unusual to see a morning erection unless i really have to piss and this may only occur once every few weeks or so. Are you currently doing hard mode?

I am no longer doing hard mode but I started off that way for the first few weeks. Because my PIED was so severe, going hard mode was really not a difficult thing to accomplish. Once I gave up watching porn I had no ability to get an erection at all until I got into my recovery a bit.

I really need to to update it a bit, but my journal is here if you'd like to read in more detail: http://legacy.rebootnation.org/index.php?topic=10511.0

Fortunately, our situations are not hopeless. We are not irreparably broken.

I would strongly encourage you to give up porn in all forms right away. Cold turkey. Today. If you haven't already. Delete it, throw it away, get all of it cleared out and gone. That's the biggest first step in this process. You don't need that stuff sitting around.

As to rewiring and reconnecting with your SO, I'd suggest a cautious and slow approach. Have a heart to heart conversation with her (if you haven't already) in which you explain what is going on. Explain to her that you're very attracted to her but, because your brain has been rewired to pornography, your body doesn't always respond in a way that reflects the arousal and attraction you feel for her.

Have a mutual agreement and understanding up front that there should be no goals or expectations when the two of you are intimate. Without goals or expectations, there won't be any pressure or chance of disappointment either.

When you have those times of intimacy, dismiss the outside world. Focus on her only. Don't allow yourself to worry about how your body may or may not respond. Simply lose yourself in your time with her. There are many ways to enjoy and provide pleasure to one another that don't require an erection.

I've found that by doing those things and focusing myself on her pleasure (and the enjoyment I get from pleasuring her) regularly leads to me getting an erection. Sometimes they are strong and lasting, sometimes not. Regardless of where things lead and where we end up with one another, we both focus on enjoying the moment together.

If you can accomplish those things, I think you'll both be pleased with your results.

Same as you...I had my morning woods during my high school times regularly...for the past 8 + years I'm not having it...occasionally I have morning woods but not so firm...I'm on 9th day of my reboot(previous 2 relapses )..I have the same doubt as you..but I have no other option but to believe reboot