Originally Posted by oaktownboy

I would see an endocrinologist and have your hormonal levels tested.

Originally Posted by reimon

an appointment will take weeks, if not months to make with my crappy doctor..

Originally Posted by PreMier

you should probably listen more.

see a doctor..

Originally Posted by reimon

the bloodwork looks fine though, the doctor looks puzzled at it and would say it's all in my head...

but that doesn't make the dick go up... if i dont have any sexual activity for 4 or 5 days, then i am able to get a decent erection... but still limped quite a lot..

otherwise, its pretty bad... if the minerals, vitamins and hormones are normal, it's kinda strange why it WORKED on ZMA ... and why now that effect has disappeared or diminished..

Originally Posted by Prince

dude, at 19 your test levels should be very high, you should have a raging hard-on every morning to the point where it's hard to piss, you should be so horny that every chick you see you think about sticking it in her, if this is not the case you have an issue!

go see a urologist if you don't want to have your family doc do the blood work, but either way you need to get your hormones checked out, particularly your testosterone levels.

Originally Posted by Crono1000

maybe you're gay.

just a thought

Originally Posted by vortrit

I have actually been considering taking ZMA, but I don't know after reading this. I have enough problems getting a raging boner when I don't want to, and I'm 34.

Originally Posted by Prince

I doubt that ZMA will help, you may want to try Tribulus, however you may also consider getting your testosterone levels checked.

Originally Posted by vortrit

But actually I've been seriously thinking about taking Tribulus.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Erection-wise it hasnt really had an effect on me to be honest, i expected it to, but i still get just as horny as when i didnt take it. What it DOES seem good for is maintaining and supplementing muscle gains.

Obviously, these are just casual observations and arent tested or measured in any real sort of way. It could be my imagination, but in the 3 months ive been off training my diet has been poor as hell, i have been doing next to NO exercise, and i havent been supplementing with protein because i ran out, yet i only lost 14lbs from 190 to 175.

Whether its my own natural ability to maintain, or its the Tribulus im not sure. Im still playing safe and taking less than the reccomended daily dosage, and cycling on and off every month or so. 6 weeks on, 2 weeks off *shrugs* i dont wanna fuck with my hormones TOO much

Originally Posted by vortrit

I actually thought tribulus was for sexual enhancement? Well, I got a bottle awhile back and I think I may cycle it for a month or so and see how it goes.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

It is, but extra Test obviously has some crossovers into muscular development.

My sex drive is abnormally high anyways, though to be honest now that i think of it, tribulus probably has had SOME effect, but then again i am only taking half the dosage.

Originally Posted by vortrit

I had done quite a bit of research on it when I bought it, but I've had the bottle for about a year unopened (it still don't expire until next year), so I can't remember all of the details. I think I may cycle it for a week or so. And then again I know what you mean about messing with your hormones, so I'm almost tempted not to bother with it at all.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Ive read a few articles when i was researching it where it says even in long term use its had no negative effects. On all the product descriptions i could find, the only sides anybody mentioned were a possible upset stomach, and a chance that it could raise your blood pressure.

Its not actually a hormone supplement per say, it just encourages your system to produce more test naturally.

Ive been taking it a little while, cycling it like i said, and i havent noticed any bad effects. When i was on it i noticed the muscle building effects, and a possible increase in erection frequency; when i went off it, my sex drive was still the same, i still had no trouble 'getting it up' and my training sure as hell didnt suffer.

As supps go i think its one of those ones that depends on the person. Some people will probably benefit a lot from it if they have naturally low test levels/low sex drive/impotency, wheras other people might see minimal effects, and the third category will get sick and have their blood pressure increased :P.

Personally, ive got nothing bad to say about it except the price im paying for it. Ill have to choose IronMagLabs next time methinks

Originally Posted by vortrit

Yeah, that one seems to be priced right. In fact, most of them I've seen in the states are not priced too bad.

I guess I will run a cycle of it and see what it does for me. Maybe I will try a 30 day cycle to see what happens and if I start noticing any negative sides I will drop it. From what I've read I was thinking that it was actually an all natural supplement, and also that Native Americans had used it. That's about all I can really remember off the top of my head. As I've said I researched it when I bought it and that had been a year ago or so.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Yeah, its naturally occuring. I dunno about Native Americans, but one or two places said something about China

Hell i dunno, lol. Yeah, just try it for a little while and keep a close eye on things, man.

Better safe than sorry is my motto

Originally Posted by P-funk

It is impossible for me to work with clients/patients when I am taking ZMA.....the erections are so hard and big that I can't do anything without feeling uncomfortable.

Originally Posted by Dodge

I always had a raging sex drive and when erect, a much larger than average penis, was able to have sex for long periods of time, with short gaps in between being able to get hard again.

Originally Posted by Dodge

About a year and a half ago i began to use creatine monohydrate pills, body fortress,and found them to be good, i also began eating healthy at this point and doing pressups, alot of walking, and occasionaly going to the gym
Atfirst while using creatine i noticed that i got more feeling from orgasms, but that went away.

Originally Posted by Dodge

After a few weeks, although i didnt relate it to creatine use, i noticed that sometimes id lose an erection while wanking, which wasnt usual for me. I stopped excersizing and using creatine for a while and that went away.
Since january this year i have been using body fortress creatine powder and working out alot, and lifting dumbells at home, and also alot of protein whey powders aswell as for goodness shakes and dunns river nutrient shake.
Then sometime midsummer i boaught maximuscle cyclone, which has protein, creatine and alot of other shit i dont know too much about.
I noticed a while after frequently using this that my erections were extremely hard to acheive, and harder to maintain, and not that hard or big. When the tub was nearly empty i used a scoop of a friend's bodyfortress creatine which seemed to give me back one days normal erection function which may be coincidence. After finishing the last of the cyclone i decided to quit creatine completely, and i read up about creatine and a few people have written on the net that creatine killed their sexdrive until 2months after they stopped using.

Originally Posted by Dodge

Its about 2and a half months since i stopped using, and it hasnt come back, its how the other guy discribed his problem to be.
In the meantime, maca and gojiberries appeared to help a little, and i recently tried zma but if i dont take it, my erection problem returns after a day.
Im too embaressed to go to a doctor. If anyone knows anything that will help, please share,
Thanks,
Danny

Originally Posted by Built

ROFLMFAO! Now I really AM cringing.

You forgot the header:

"Dear Penthouse Letters..."


WOW, you even went to the gym. Occasionally.


Weird question, but I'll ask it. Did you happen to check this out on pubmed?


Try going to a doctor. Seriously.

Originally Posted by reimon

I'm 19 right now. I've been working out for about 2 years.

From about the age of 16-17 I've noticed rather weak erections... I was convinced it was a mental thing, but lately I don't even get that many erections in my sleep.

For the past 3 months, I started taking ZMA (Zinc Magnesium Asparate) and to my surprise, after about 3 days, I started getting massive erections. I was also extremely horny and wat not.

This went on for the next 3 months, but now they have severely subdued. Even though I've been taking the ZMA pills, my sex drive has gone back to normal and so have my erections.

I don't think it's right to start taking Tribulus and other sexual supplements at my age, but I took ZMA since it's a vitamin/mineral...

Does anyone know why the ZMA worked? (increased testostrone maybe?)... and what I can do to maintain a healthy sex drive/erection?

Btw, I'm not fat or anything. I'm 6'2 weighting around 175lbs, bodyfat of 8-9%, which has been my natural bodyfat for my whole life.