Have you or your partner ever experie...

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Registered: 03-31-2007
Have you or your partner ever experie...
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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 10:40am

Have you or your partner ever experienced problems with Erectile Dysfunction?



  • Yes, and my reply explains how I/we dealt with it.
  • Yes, but I don't care to explain.
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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-17-2003
Wed, 04-11-2007 - 1:00pm

At 41, I started noticing a slight change and loss of firmness and i didn't do anything for a few weeks but just decided one night after feeling bad after an orgasm (Something no one should ever feel) that I should go see my doctor and get a sample pack of Viagra.

I was difficult bringing the subject up to my DW and I felt a great deal of shame over it but in the end, I figured it would be best to be up front and honest and potentially have great sex again than to be withdrawn and quiet about it and not have good sex at all.

 

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Registered: 09-07-2006
Wed, 04-11-2007 - 4:22pm

I am on high blood pressure meds and anti-depressants (sp) but have zero need to viagra or any other stimulant. My SO does quite well to stimulate me!!!

We have a very interesting an non-repetitive sex life -- where it is far from routine -- that I think in-and-of-itself helps in a relationship.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2004
Wed, 04-11-2007 - 6:39pm

Sometimes my bf doesn't stay hard for too long. He always starts out super hard but once in a while loses a little firmness after a few minutes. This happens particularly if we have had sex a lot. Compounding the problem is that if we have had sex a lot it takes him forever to cum. He does have a very large penis though; i have heard that large ones are a little more likely to deflate a little bit.

He did try Levitra once and that was positively scary how hard he got and stayed that way. I actually thought he was going to pop a blood vessel or something. But that was just the one time; better to not use performance enhancers I think.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2004
Wed, 04-11-2007 - 8:07pm
I am expeiencing ED now and what we have done we have sex without intercourse. Medically I am not allowed to take viagra yet but when I can (which will shortly) I will be able to take viagra.
The best thing I did was to start having sex without IC because that gave me alot of sexual release made very happy to see my wife enjoy herself having multiple Os.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-16-2006
Thu, 04-12-2007 - 12:12pm
I'am almost 50, and my wife almost wishes I had ED, she says I act like a teenager, and act like I never had sex before! I solo alot because of that, not sure if it helps from getting ED, but it hasn't hurt it either!
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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-28-2006
Thu, 04-12-2007 - 5:59pm

Yes one time hubby was taking a new medication and he could get hard
but couldn't climax. It really bothered me. Of course it bothered him.
We decided it was the meds the only other time that happens is because
of to much whiskey!

Kareese

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Registered: 06-24-2006
Fri, 04-13-2007 - 12:46am
BTW..you have 2 years before you hit 50..lol. MY BF is 47 and so far doesnt have any problems. when we first were going to have our very first IC together, he wasnt able to get in the moment, so we just laughed it off, luckily it only happened once after and then none ever since. Like you, he says, if you dont use it you lose it. Maybe it does hold true, but I certainly feel for those who are unable or are very embarrased to seek help.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-08-2004
Fri, 04-13-2007 - 8:43am

Yes, a few years back Dh was having problems with ED.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-20-2004
Fri, 04-13-2007 - 4:00pm
I too am over 50 and my "equiptment" and my libido are the same as they were in my twenties. Maybe, because I have always stayed in good shape by working out, my body has stayed younger.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2007
Fri, 04-13-2007 - 4:55pm

About 8 years ago, my DH started having problems with arrhythmia and then ended up with a virus (Epstein Barrs Virus). He had to start taking meds for his heart problems, was very tired from the virus, and took more than 6 months to fully recover. During that time, he did develop problems with ED, which have continued off and on throughout the years.

At one time, he was more bothered by it, but now he doesn't view it as a big deal. Most of the time he doesn't have any problems and on the occasion that he does, we just enjoy each other without including intercourse. He does have a prescription for Viagra, and sometimes uses that, but normally only if we are planning for it. If he uses Viagra, well, I don't have any complaints there either ;-)

I know it seems like it would be difficult to discuss with a doctor, but it really is worth bringing up for anyone who is dealing with ED.



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