Hormone problem

[adamexe]

Hi,

I realize what I'm about to discuss isn't linked to porn use, but may be related to the sexual dysfunction that had me come here in the first place, so I'm trying my luck here to see if anyone has ever had that problem.

So to make it short, my problem is that many years ago, I rather suddenly lost any pleasurable sensation to my penis. Yes, I was making heavy use of porn at the time it happened.
I did not lose my sex drive, or my ability to maintain an erection, or even to cum. Except it would all happen without me feeling the slightest hint of sexual pleasure. I have no idea how I can still cum.

However, cumming and maintaining an erection even during real sex has become more difficult with time, and I did see significant improvements from stopping all porn use.

Now here's the other side of that. I've been working with a urologist to try and find the source of the problem. I took blood tests to check my testosterone levels. Apparently, my testosterone is quite high. So that's not the problem. However, my estrogen level is basically through the roof from what I understand.

I have no explanation for this. I have never taken any hormone supplements that could explain any imbalance. All the factors I see for high estrogen (estradiol, to be clear) don't seem to apply to me, except maybe stress... But I don't believe I'm really that much more stressed than the average dude.

They say high fat, sedentary lifestyle or high alcohol consumption can lead to high estrogen. None of that apply to me.
I also don't seem to have other symptoms of it. Like I never had issues such as enlarged breasts, weak bones, small stature, etc.

 

[TantraMan]

Hi,

I realize what I'm about to discuss isn't linked to porn use, but may be related to the sexual dysfunction that had me come here in the first place, so I'm trying my luck here to see if anyone has ever had that problem.

So to make it short, my problem is that many years ago, I rather suddenly lost any pleasurable sensation to my penis. Yes, I was making heavy use of porn at the time it happened.
I did not lose my sex drive, or my ability to maintain an erection, or even to cum. Except it would all happen without me feeling the slightest hint of sexual pleasure. I have no idea how I can still cum.

However, cumming and maintaining an erection even during real sex has become more difficult with time, and I did see significant improvements from stopping all porn use.

Now here's the other side of that. I've been working with a urologist to try and find the source of the problem. I took blood tests to check my testosterone levels. Apparently, my testosterone is quite high. So that's not the problem. However, my estrogen level is basically through the roof from what I understand.

I have no explanation for this. I have never taken any hormone supplements that could explain any imbalance. All the factors I see for high estrogen (estradiol, to be clear) don't seem to apply to me, except maybe stress... But I don't believe I'm really that much more stressed than the average dude.

They say high fat, sedentary lifestyle or high alcohol consumption can lead to high estrogen. None of that apply to me.
I also don't seem to have other symptoms of it. Like I never had issues such as enlarged breasts, weak bones, small stature, etc.

It's funny how doctors say everything is ok but they can't address the problem . How have you been dealing with those problems over these years?

 

[adamexe]

Once the initial grief was passed and I became more or less used to not feeling orgasm, the association of "satisfaction" kinda rewired itself towards whatever dim sensation I was feeling across the pelvic area while cumming.

However it's made many positions or practices almost meaningless. Blowjobs do very little for me unless the girl somehow has an absolutely insane technique. Most positions where the woman is on top of me also do very little. If I'm to cum from penetration I have to be pounding hard and fast for some time and not be interrupted or distracted. So it did make things a bit more stale.

I mean... if the girl is down to do something that does nothing for me I'll still go for it and pretend I'm getting some kind of pleasure out of it, but of course overall that makes me much less passionate. Also after I cum once the game is over. Gone are the endless reboots and full afternoons of sex. I mean, part of it might just be age now, but that's been the case since that started, and I was about 24 at the time.

One of my exes once described my drive this way: "it's like you do get passionate, but once it's done it's done. It's something you get out of the way and then move on to other things."
Which is quite accurate.

Now I have to say, I've been pretty active about attacking this problem recently, and while throughout the years, I've had sporadic episodes where I thought things might be coming back a bit, in the past few months I have by far had the most instances of this.

Cutting off porn, doing exercises to relax my "hypertonic" pelvic floor, and recently, using a very light prescription of anti-aromatase (aromatase apparently being some kind of enzyme or whatever, that converts testosterone to estradiole) to curb down the estrogen levels. I also happen to be doing lots of stretches to gain hip/groin flexibility lately (nothing to do with that but with sport).

Hard to tell which of these elements is having an effect, but I do feel like there might be something moving a little bit. Nothing stellar though. And might just all be in my head.