Hey guys,
This is my first post and I'm desperate for anyone to give their advice.
Long story short, I'm 26 years old and have noticed ED symptoms since I was around 20/21. It never really occurred to me that I had ED until I had a few unsuccessful sexual encounters (was a virgin until then), and realised that I wasn't get morning wood. It also occurred to me that I was only getting 80% erections max to porn, never fully hard anymore, and the genres I was viewing were quite extreme, with long sessions.
At 22 I saw a urologist who did a penile ultrasound and according to him everything was normal. He said my testosterone was also fine, but I'm a bit sceptical as I never saw the results and didn't look much into what normal testosterone was at the time.
Basically since then I have tried unsuccessfully to reboot, making streaks of no longer than a week or two max.
However, finally around August 2016 last year, I have managed to not watch porn at all. I have however a few times sexted/shared nudes or gone on tinder (porn substitutes) in the last year (probably 5 times in total).
The only improvements I could say in the last year is that I have had successful sex, however my penis is never more than 50-75% erect, and certain times I haven't been able to get it up at all, or have lost my 50-70% erection whilst changing positions or just randomly. I'm unable to get any erection at all whilst solo, however my anxiety over thinking about my ED definitely would be a contributor to this.
Aside from this I still never get morning wood, which is my biggest worry barring maybe 4 or 5 times over the last year where it has been probably 40-60% erect and gone away as soon as I noticed it or stood up out of bed. I think on these occasions though it has been due to erotic dreams, never just randomly waking up.
I just wanted to get people's thought on whether this is likely PIED or a physical issue. I will be seeing a doctor this week to get a testosterone/hormone test done and will report back my results. I have had thyroid tests done over the years and these have all been in the normal range (T3, T4 and TSH).
The only thing I could report back is that I do remember when I was in my late teens and was getting morning wood and 100% erections to porn, I remember I was finding it increasingly hard to masterbate to fantasy alone, where I would regularly go soft and find it hard to maintain a full erection.
Appreciate any help or advice guys
Cheers
This is my first post and I'm desperate for anyone to give their advice.
Long story short, I'm 26 years old and have noticed ED symptoms since I was around 20/21. It never really occurred to me that I had ED until I had a few unsuccessful sexual encounters (was a virgin until then), and realised that I wasn't get morning wood. It also occurred to me that I was only getting 80% erections max to porn, never fully hard anymore, and the genres I was viewing were quite extreme, with long sessions.
At 22 I saw a urologist who did a penile ultrasound and according to him everything was normal. He said my testosterone was also fine, but I'm a bit sceptical as I never saw the results and didn't look much into what normal testosterone was at the time.
Basically since then I have tried unsuccessfully to reboot, making streaks of no longer than a week or two max.
However, finally around August 2016 last year, I have managed to not watch porn at all. I have however a few times sexted/shared nudes or gone on tinder (porn substitutes) in the last year (probably 5 times in total).
The only improvements I could say in the last year is that I have had successful sex, however my penis is never more than 50-75% erect, and certain times I haven't been able to get it up at all, or have lost my 50-70% erection whilst changing positions or just randomly. I'm unable to get any erection at all whilst solo, however my anxiety over thinking about my ED definitely would be a contributor to this.
Aside from this I still never get morning wood, which is my biggest worry barring maybe 4 or 5 times over the last year where it has been probably 40-60% erect and gone away as soon as I noticed it or stood up out of bed. I think on these occasions though it has been due to erotic dreams, never just randomly waking up.
I just wanted to get people's thought on whether this is likely PIED or a physical issue. I will be seeing a doctor this week to get a testosterone/hormone test done and will report back my results. I have had thyroid tests done over the years and these have all been in the normal range (T3, T4 and TSH).
The only thing I could report back is that I do remember when I was in my late teens and was getting morning wood and 100% erections to porn, I remember I was finding it increasingly hard to masterbate to fantasy alone, where I would regularly go soft and find it hard to maintain a full erection.
Appreciate any help or advice guys
Cheers