does test cure ED?

Response is individual, but in many cases, there is definitely a point of diminishing returns. When my test levels are too low, I don't feel good. When they are too high, I feel just as bad...if not worse. In both situations, ED is more of a function of feeling bad and therefore not feeling like doing it.

Sonny
 
Sonny said:
Response is individual, but in many cases, there is definitely a point of diminishing returns. When my test levels are too low, I don't feel good. When they are too high, I feel just as bad...if not worse. In both situations, ED is more of a function of feeling bad and therefore not feeling like doing it.

Sonny

Sonny, thanks for the reply..........right now i'm just scared that i won't get it up.....but when i relax i have no problem (hence my girlfriend being pregant)......i don't know if its mental or not.......test in the 300's........my doctor put me on clomid 25mg a day.........its been two weeks and and i'm not feeling a differance yet.......
 
Don't feel bad, I know a guy who dropped a 2000# die set on his junk (yes it happened). Permanent ED for sure, it could be worse......
 
Dj75,

Many guys with low T have the ability to perform somewhat, but not the desire. Therefore they never pursue having sex with their wife/girlfriend. When the woman initiates it, its like, do I have to do this? Then, when they go on TRT, they become horny like when they were young, and bingo, Mr. Stiffey comes back in all his glory. So what I mean to say is that in some cases, TRT increases the desire which in turn increases the ability to perform. That's how it worked out for me. But if you had some other physical reason why you couldn't get an erection, then TRT would not help. But that doesn't sound like your problem. Anxiety plus low-normal T sounds like the problem in your case. Raise T, and you may find that you don't have to worry about performing anymore. Instead you may have to worry about her saying, "Not tonight, I have a headache!"
 
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thank for the info guys........its the anxiety that really gets to me........and i do want to have sex....i do get spontanous erections....

put it this way when their is no anxiety.... like......if poeple are around and we are teasing each other........boom erection......but sometimes when we are alone........ i get freaked out.....proformance anxiety......

any suggestions
 
For me it was high E2 Estradiol that robbed me of 10 yrs. of my sex life.
When I got it tested I was very high I used Arimidex one half a pill everyday and in 4 weeks my sex life came back and I was having trouble reaching an orgasm all of this for me was caused from high E2. Get your E2 checked.
Phil
 
dj75 said:
i've been talking to guys on other boards that say test will not cure ED.....
It will only cure ED IF a low testosterone level was the cause and other complications have not arisen. Many guys with lowish levels of T have perfect erectile function.
 
I have found APPROPRIATE TRT profoundly effective for clearing ED. The increase in desire is the first step. But then we have to re=establish the mind/penis connection. Guys will someitmes say they do not have a good "relationship" with their penis. I liberally use Viagra (by far the best drug in its class) to get them back in the saddle, so to speak. Time, and patience, usually pays off well.

You cannot successfully treat ED in a hypogonadal male without first treating the underlying hormonal deficiency. The same goes for depression, IMPO.
 
My opinion would be that you are correct, HRT does not cure ED. My definition of ED is that you have sufficent libido, but have problems getting an errection. In that case, treatment through drugs like Viagra may help.

Men who suffer from hypogonadism don't have the libido, but can most likely have an errection (at least this was the case in my own personal experience).

I would think HRT would make ED even worse in some cases by raising the libido with the ED still persisting. With that being said I am not a Dr. and am still learning about this as is everyone else here.
 
earthdog said:
Dj75,

Many guys with low T have the ability to perform somewhat, but not the desire. Therefore they never pursue having sex with their wife/girlfriend. When the woman initiates it, its like, do I have to do this? Then, when they go on TRT, they become horny like when they were young, and bingo, Mr. Stiffey comes back in all his glory. So what I mean to say is that in some cases, TRT increases the desire which in turn increases the ability to perform. That's how it worked out for me. But if you had some other physical reason why you couldn't get an erection, then TRT would not help. But that doesn't sound like your problem. Anxiety plus low-normal T sounds like the problem in your case. Raise T, and you may find that you don't have to worry about performing anymore. Instead you may have to worry about her saying, "Not tonight, I have a headache!"

That is perhaps the most accurate description of exactly the way I feel that I have ever seen. Earthdog you have hit the nail on the head. If I could get back the desire to have sex again, I know Mr. Stiffey would function normally again.
 
I agree that description is perfect for me as well. I have not WANTED to have sex for a long time. I am finally getting my estrogen down, I hope to hell it helps I was starting to feel like I had been castrated.
 
bigmark said:
I agree that description is perfect for me as well. I have not WANTED to have sex for a long time. I am finally getting my estrogen down, I hope to hell it helps I was starting to feel like I had been castrated.

The funny thing is that in my case my estrogen is down and all other numbers are "good" except I think my T level is too low for me at 443 so I don't know what is going on. In November it will have been 3 years since I wanted to have sex.
 
When I first came down with Low T I got very tired and fatigued so bad that it was hard to go to work. But my libido was good hell up untill my middle 50's my libido was good it is when my E2 started going up that I lose my libido and the dam thing about it is that we did not know it for yrs. Now I am 61 my E2 is good and my libido is fine. So we are all not the same.
Phil
 
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