ED Drug dependency - How should I resolve this during reboot?

So since starting this journey its hit me that I have almost always been completely dependant on ED medication as well as having a sever PMO addiction.

I think I started using Viagra ever since the first time I began having sex and cant remember a time I had sex without it. I think i began using it to combat performance anxiety but I never stopped using it.

I want to know if anyone else has been in the same boat of always having an ED medication dependency or addiction to go hand in hand with their PMO addiction?

What is the best way to go about recovery for both of these issues? Is it to go cold turkey on both? Is it to first get one addiction under control first like PMO and then move on to fixing the ED drug dependency?

If I want to have any attempts at rewiring I just do not see how it would be possible for myself to try at all without the use of an ED Medication as I am so dependant on it.

Looking to hear peoples thoughts or if anyone else has both the same issues and what they have done or intend to do about it!?

Thanks All 

I think it's very hard to know how much of your problem is due to an over-reliance on ED medication and how much is due to PIED. The only way you will ever find out is to reboot and see what changes. Keep in mind that reboots can take over a year for some people. But the only way you will know if you are getting your natural functionality back is if you quit both at the same time. It could be that you do need the ED meds, but it would be better to find out for sure. Your mind and your body could use a break from all the sexual insanity anyway, so I'd suggest you go cold turkey for at least 6 months and then see how you have changed at the end of it. This is a chance to get to know yourself again, so try to treat it as a fascinating experiment and a chance to know yourself in ways you never did because of your porn addiction. Best wishes, M.

Thanks man that makes a lot of sense. Ill stay away from both and hope for the best.

I started using ED drugs when I first starting having problems with PIED. I didn't make the connection with porn at the time so continued PMO for years until I came across this site.

I have stopped porn usage but I now have a dependency on the ED drugs to overcome performance anxiety. I've had success without them when sex with my wife was spontaneous.

I really hate that I depend on them but can't seem to break the dependency. My head knows that I just need to stop using them. But that is easier said. It is devastating to my self-esteem when my wife is ready to go but I am limp.

Good luck to you bro.

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I started using ED drugs when I first starting having problems with PIED. I didn't make the connection with porn at the time so continued PMO for years until I came across this site.

I have stopped porn usage but I now have a dependency on the ED drugs to overcome performance anxiety. I've had success without them when sex with my wife was spontaneous.

I really hate that I depend on them but can't seem to break the dependency. My head knows that I just need to stop using them. But that is easier said. It is devastating to my self-esteem when my wife is ready to go but I am limp.

Good luck to you bro.

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I totally hear this..... Have you successfully fully rebooted though? I want to see If and when I fully reboot whether this will correct the need I currently feel for these drugs. Even If i ended up still needing to use them but I managed to fix most of my sexual dysfunction from PIED then I would still consider it a victory as right now even with ED drugs things just do not always work but that is because I have lost all ability to get aroused.

I am going to do what Mal said and try to avoid both for as long as possible but I currently am not in a relationship so I can avoid the pressures for sex a little easier than perhaps you at this moment in time.

Is your wife aware of PIED and you trying to recover?

I have been porn free for about 11 months but have had 5 or so instances of masturbation with fantasizing (most recently a few weeks ago) which have likely hampered my reboot. Things were getting better before that but now back into a cycle of low libido of ED. Performance anxiety is definitely compounding the problem. I am aroused for my wife when sex is not imminent. The crutch of ED drugs is hard to step away from. Part of me seems convinced I can't succeed without them.

Yes. My wife is aware of my porn past and understands that PIED is the consequence. She doesn't like that I use ED drugs -- even though the sex is great when I do. She'd prefer (as would I) that I succeed naturally.

Mal's advice is prudent.

I started using ED pills when I first starting having problems with Porn-induced erectile dysfunction. I have completely stopped watching porn now. But I am still on ED pills to overcome performance anxiety. I think it's very hard to know how much of your problem is due to an over-reliance on ED medication and how much is due to PIED. The only way you will ever find out is to reboot and see what changes.