Has anyone tried Penis Rings for erectile problems?

I'm a 26 year old male that has had problems in the past of maintaining an erection with women when having sex, I've heard about these penis rings that you wear when having sex to help you stay harder for longer, just wondering if anyone has tried this? This question is more for guys that have problems keeping an erection, I know some guys can't get any erections with girls.

Hi JRTuk

It's not clear from your post if you watch porn frequently. If you are having problems maintaining an erection with women but you're not having problems when watching porn then I think your problems arise from porn use.

I know about cock rings but never used one. If you think your problem is porn induced then the only thing I can suggest is stop watching porn before your problem becomes full blown PIED.

There could be other health issues but I think that a healthy 26 year old man shouldn't really be having any issues maintaining an erection during sex. It can happen but if it's a regular occurrence then I think something is amiss.

Can you give us more information about your symptoms, porn habits etc.?

Yes it's because of my Porn problem, I've been watching Porn from the age of 14 or 15, never had a girlfriend so always have used Porn..

I've been with over 30 sex workers, and I think porn has also changed my sexuality as I have had gay/bisexual thoughts and have acted out on them. It's like I want to be that Porn star (the female) that I've been watching for 10 + years.

I'm really screwed up in the head now, I think it's too late for me, actually I have just masturbated to Porn today, I don't think I beat this problem.

Stay strong JRTuk!

I've had leanings towards gay impulses. This is often quite normal for porn users who have really exhausted all other genres. Check out some of the posts about HOCD (homosexual obsessive compulsive disorder). You are not alone. And so what if you acted out on your gay/bisexual thoughts. Life is about experiences. I personally don't think there is anything wrong with homosexuality. I just know that I never had homosexual thoughts until I'd completely friend my brain with porn. Don't beat yourself up.

It's never too late. I've been at this rebooting game for almost 3 years! I'm going to beat this. We just can't do it overnight. I've just checked my calendar from Feb 2016 when I started this.

13 days clean then a relapse.
7 days clean then a relapse.
12 days clean then a relapse.

September the same year.

3 days clean then a relapse.
1 day clean then a relapse.
8 days clean then a relapse.
4 days clean then a relapse.
1 day clean then a relapse.

So, you masturbated to porn today. We all relapse. Your competition with yourself is to try and make the gaps between relapses longer. It's mind blowingly difficult to just stop. The way I try to approach this is that every time I relapsed I really analysed how I felt. And I usually felt shit! That gave me the determination to try harder. I relapsed, I felt shit but I tried to focus on how good I felt when I got a short streak of NOFAP going.

Today is day 60 for me! It's not my longest streak but it's still been unbelievably difficult! Today I really want to just look at some porn. I stop myself because I think of all the hard work that's gone into those 60 days and I really don't want to throw it all away! This time failing is not an option for me. I posted on another thread that this time I bought a chastity device. At the beginning of this streak I locked myself up every evening when I got home from work. I went outside and locked the key to the chastity device in my car. My logic behind this is that if I get he urge to look at porn and I do relapse (fortunately I haven't this time) I can't masturbate. If I can't masturbate then I will hopefully break the link between porn and orgasm. If I want to masturbate I've got to get dressed, go outside, unlock my car, get the key to my chastity, go back inside and unlock. This gives me valuable thinking time! It gives me some time to convince myself that I can't fail this time. I haven't had to use the chastity device much the last 12 days but tonight the urges were so strong I'm writing this with my penis locked away. I can't touch it! I don't recommend this as an easy solution because I wake up in the early hours with spontaneous erection and, believe me, it's f**king painful! But this time I tell myself that's the price I have to pay for my past stupidity.

Put your relapse behind you and aim for 3 days! If you make 3 add one more and so on. Every streak without porn is healing your brain so, while a relapse is a bad thing, you haven't destroyed all the good healing.

Keep me posted and good luck!

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I tried them alone and I tried them with the anti-ED pill.

The ring is the only way I can use a condom (I have specifically build penis, quite some loose skin), and the ring keeps the rubber from sliding off.

BUT. The ring is uncomfortable and changes the erection quality. I can be rock hard, get on the ring, then I become slightly softer, but bulged, filled with blood and hard from it, but it's a different hardness than usual 100% erection. Worse, I'd say.

Also the feeling changes.

All in all, I'd recommend using one if you really need one (like me, in some cases). If not, I'd go for pills.

Wabba

I've used one while trying to cure my undiagnosed (at the time) PIED.  I think like all cures I've tried, they work for a period of time then lose their effect.  If you have PIED, I'd address that first then worry about experimenting with sex toys later.  A cock ring will not cure PIED.