getagrip
Active Member
I'm 66 years old and have had E.D. for about a year and a half now. Several things happened at about the same time: I was going through a very messy divorce (stress); I started taking Adderall, a known cause of E.D. in some users-- mine legally prescribed for depression, BTW; and I started watching a lot more porn because I was living on my own again and without "adult supervision."
I have been on Adderall almost this entire time except for the past month or so when I switched to Provigil because it supposedly gives a stimulating effect without the sexual side effects. In fact, Provigil has been known to increase libido in many users. A google search always provides what I want to find, lol, and it did seem like the vast majority of Provigil users either had no adverse sexual side effects or an increase in libido, if not in performance. And so after being off Adderall for more than a month I was hoping my E.D. would be cured. WRONG! Much to my dismay, my E.D. has continued. Once again I googled Provigil and lo and behold, I began to notice that a number of users were in fact reporting dysfunction, both men and women. And with my many years of experience with antidepressants, if .05% of users of a particular med report a sexual dysfunction, I'll be in that .05%. I was very disappointed and vowed to get off the Provigil and see what might happen, or try yet another med.
This thought that meds could be at the root of my E.D. turned into a trigger to PMO. My addicted brain thought, "Well, if it's the meds, who cares how much I PMO?" And I planned to do just that tonight. But how silly-- my E.D. could still very well be PIED or might be other factors... who knows. The point is, I have at my disposal the opportunity to reboot now and why not continue my effort, if only to maybe eliminate porn as the cause of my E.D.
So I will continue my reboot, now only four days old, but with renewed commitment knowing that PMO can't be good in any case. If I still have E.D. after a good reboot effort, I will see a urologist for a complete work-up, or I may even do that sooner. But for now my reboot continues despite my devious mind's twisted effort to derail it.
I have been on Adderall almost this entire time except for the past month or so when I switched to Provigil because it supposedly gives a stimulating effect without the sexual side effects. In fact, Provigil has been known to increase libido in many users. A google search always provides what I want to find, lol, and it did seem like the vast majority of Provigil users either had no adverse sexual side effects or an increase in libido, if not in performance. And so after being off Adderall for more than a month I was hoping my E.D. would be cured. WRONG! Much to my dismay, my E.D. has continued. Once again I googled Provigil and lo and behold, I began to notice that a number of users were in fact reporting dysfunction, both men and women. And with my many years of experience with antidepressants, if .05% of users of a particular med report a sexual dysfunction, I'll be in that .05%. I was very disappointed and vowed to get off the Provigil and see what might happen, or try yet another med.
This thought that meds could be at the root of my E.D. turned into a trigger to PMO. My addicted brain thought, "Well, if it's the meds, who cares how much I PMO?" And I planned to do just that tonight. But how silly-- my E.D. could still very well be PIED or might be other factors... who knows. The point is, I have at my disposal the opportunity to reboot now and why not continue my effort, if only to maybe eliminate porn as the cause of my E.D.
So I will continue my reboot, now only four days old, but with renewed commitment knowing that PMO can't be good in any case. If I still have E.D. after a good reboot effort, I will see a urologist for a complete work-up, or I may even do that sooner. But for now my reboot continues despite my devious mind's twisted effort to derail it.