Weakened erections.

[NormanNorwood]

I've been on finasteride for around 3(ish) weeks now. I'm still able to get it up with no real worries, takes me a tad longer and will go down quicker without stimulation but I can.

However my erections run at like 90% (even with p**rn which with nofap I'm gunna try and cut out), it still feels good and is still hard enough for sex so at the moment I'm not too worried. Obviously I will keep an eye out though.

However does anyone know the mechanism behind why this happens? Also I saw one guy write that he had this and then it went away on it's own. Is that normal or do most of you just live with slightly weaker erections?

I'm doing Kegals now and am going to do a bit more cardio (bike riding likely).

 

[hair_nag]

I ve been on finasteride for about 10 months. I can get full erection still but its harder to maintain. There was also a decrease in sensitivity too, but the climax itself feels pretty much the same, but my ejac has become somewhat clearer and has less viscosity. I wonder if part of it might just be that I do it so often, and maybe if I did nofap periods it might improve.

 

[NormanNorwood]

I've been on finasteride for 9 months, I'm unable to get an erection and have no libido at all.

So why don't you quit?

As for the rest of you thanks for sharing, it is valuable information but you didn't really answer what I asked..

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Can you explain the difference in liquid Finasteride and it's application compared to the tablet form please?

Why is liquid more beneficial? Do you apply it to the scalp and it stays localised rather than entering the blood stream?

 

[Fullhead1day]

This is normal for a lot of us. You have to make a decision. Either 90% erections with hair, or 100% erections while bald. Pretty easy decision to me.
If your sexual sides are really bad, then you should get off the drug, and take the topical anti androgen route. But if you're jacking off 5x a day, and then finasteride reduces your fapping to 2x a day, and you start making a huge fuss about that, then you're an idiot.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

One thing you can do if your erections are not what they use to be is to change the quality of p**rn you are viewing. I had the same problems that the OP is currently having. I had to switch from traditional Asian to European p**rn. I haven't had erection problems since.

 

[NormanNorwood]

Why should I? Losing my hair is NOT an option. Better this than looking like a deformed, skinny, cancer patient.

I'm not saying you should, I just wondered why you don't. If you are happiest doing what you are currently doing then I won't judge you for it.

I can relate by the way, I'm very skinny, even when I used to hit weights 10 hours a week so being bald won't suit me. Would you consider Histogen or Replicel when/if the technology becomes available and affordable in the near future?

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If it gets any worse then I'll stop finasteride and see what alternatives there could be. This sounds pretty common like you said though, mildly weaker erections but you keep your hair.

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Not sure if you're trolling or not?

Either way, instead of changing p**rn I'm just gunna cut it out. I never really had much problem sustaining an erection with just photos of clothed girls anyway but I'm sure stopping p**rn couldn't hurt..

 

[ydahman]

Finasteride and erection

Ive been on Finasteride for almost a year now and I do feel low erections sometimes and sometimes I dont. But I certainly feel like I dont get hard as I used to before I started taking the pills. Thats my experience with it.

 

[shookwun]

Once I eliminated pornography and chronic masturbation I started having morning wood every single day after a month clean.


It leads back to pornography in my case. I have no nitric oxide, and underlying physical ED issues

 

[Giiizmo]

On topic: we don\'t really know why it happens.

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[NormanNorwood]

On topic: we don\'t really know why it happens.

Thanks for staying on topic.

This all sounds very fancy, can't pretend I understand what it means though.

I mean I can live with 90% boners but if I am to ever stop Finasteride they're likely (not guaranteed, I know) to come back full mast in all it's glory even if it does take a few months..

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To be honest I only plan to be on Finasteride for a year or two until Histogen or Replicel (yes no guarantees but fingers crossed eh) become available..

 

[hair_nag]

Ive been on Finasteride for almost a year now and I do feel low erections sometimes and sometimes I dont. But I certainly feel like I dont get hard as I used to before I started taking the pills. Thats my experience with it.

Same for me. Sometimes it feels just as good as before and I don't have a problem maintaining an erection, other times I have to stimulate vigorously to maintain. Which is why I think part of it definitely has to do with how in the mood you are.
But my semen has definitely lost some thickness.

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Once I eliminated pornography and chronic masturbation I started having morning wood every single day after a month clean.


It leads back to pornography in my case. I have no nitric oxide, and underlying physical ED issues

yeah I noticed this too. More morning wood the less p**rn I see.
I think p**rn generally deflates men's sexual energy after a while. Fortunately it goes back if you steer away for a while.

 

[g.i joey]

Once I eliminated pornography and chronic masturbation I started having morning wood every single day after a month clean.


It leads back to pornography in my case. I have no nitric oxide, and underlying physical ED issues

the weird thing is for me, whenever i engage in any sexual activity, the next day i ALWAYS have morning wood. If i dont jerk off for a day the next day i wont have. Im on finasteride for a little over 2 months now and id say i get morning wood 4-5 times a week.

When im with a girl i dont have a problem getting and staying hard but if im masturbating and distract myself for 10-15 seconds it could sometimes be a struggle to get back up again... but i mean, my friends who arent on finasteride tell me about how sometimes they're having sex and they get soft midway, take a break with some foreplay and they're good to go again.

i also agree with the other poster that mood is a huge factor.

 

[shookwun]

the weird thing is for me, whenever i engage in any sexual activity, the next day i ALWAYS have morning wood. If i dont jerk off for a day the next day i wont have. Im on finasteride for a little over 2 months now and id say i get morning wood 4-5 times a week.

When im with a girl i dont have a problem getting and staying hard but if im masturbating and distract myself for 10-15 seconds it could sometimes be a struggle to get back up again... but i mean, my friends who arent on finasteride tell me about how sometimes they're having sex and they get soft midway, take a break with some foreplay and they're good to go again.

i also agree with the other poster that mood is a huge factor.

Since I have been clean with pornography I have been getting morning wood every single morning, and multiple times during the night from just laying in bed.

But yes generally after sexual activity your dopamine, and test levels are shortly spiked and do result in that after math horny effect. Especially after a night of drinking.



Mood, being comfortable, and relax is very important for having strong blood flow. I have been in situations where I was tense, and felt pressured and couldn't perform. It is rely important to relax, and just smooth sail it out.


Your friends probaly have semi-ed from p**rn..... it's not drastic but still present. The more i steer clear, I have literally been having half an hour erections from just laying in the bed in the morning not even thinking about anything. Not to mention while I have sex now I can literally just stop mid way, go take a piss, grab a drink and come back with a rock hard erection. it is getting to the point where it doesn't even go away. Just being in bed next to a women is enough to get it up.

I remember in the early stages I would literally ahve to whip a condom on right away and bang, and not stop or it would start going semi soft mid way.


generation ED chumps lol. Kinda sad because are parents are still stallions in there 40, 50 and 60s yet healthy twenty somethings are experiencing high speed ED? :whistle:

 

[NormanNorwood]

Since I have been clean with pornography I have been getting morning wood every single morning, and multiple times during the night from just laying in bed.

But yes generally after sexual activity your dopamine, and test levels are shortly spiked and do result in that after math horny effect. Especially after a night of drinking.



Mood, being comfortable, and relax is very important for having strong blood flow. I have been in situations where I was tense, and felt pressured and couldn't perform. It is rely important to relax, and just smooth sail it out.


Your friends probaly have semi-ed from p**rn..... it's not drastic but still present. The more i steer clear, I have literally been having half an hour erections from just laying in the bed in the morning not even thinking about anything. Not to mention while I have sex now I can literally just stop mid way, go take a piss, grab a drink and come back with a rock hard erection. it is getting to the point where it doesn't even go away. Just being in bed next to a women is enough to get it up.

I remember in the early stages I would literally ahve to whip a condom on right away and bang, and not stop or it would start going semi soft mid way.


generation ED chumps lol. Kinda sad because are parents are still stallions in there 40, 50 and 60s yet healthy twenty somethings are experiencing high speed ED? :whistle:

I couldn't agree more with you about being relaxed. I have general anxiety and the most awful concentration in the world. My mind constantly wanders away from what I'm doing and I'm constantly "uptight" from my anxiety.

When you're not relaxed your blood vessels constrict obscuring blood flow. Story of my life haha.