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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
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ZMA and Erections
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.
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You might have had a zinc deficiency.
Are you taking a multi-vitamin? What does your diet look like?
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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But if I have a Zinc Deficiency, why did the ZMA work at first and now it doesn't work anymore? I haven't made any strange dietary changes lately.
Basically I just eat whatever my parents cook. And lots of it too. I am in fact taking a multi vitamin but it is one of those cheap centrum 1 a day...
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I would see an endocrinologist and have your hormonal levels tested.
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Nerd
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
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an appointment will take weeks, if not months to make with my crappy doctor..
did anyone have any similar experiences? erection problems that they were able to fix? any insight would be appreciated..
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agreed, but your local family doc can do this test.
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why? you make an appt. go have blood drawn and get the results in about 3-4 days, pretty simple.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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i have this clueless family doctor who doesn't know what he's doing, but my parents like him because he gives easy prescriptions, all you need to do is ask and he will give it to yo u, even if its something that you don't really need..
i need to change him though, he's an idiot. anyone had an erection issues that they were able to resolve?
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Nerd
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
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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..
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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. IronMagLabs 1-ANDRO Rx Pro-Hormone - BUY 2 GET 1 FREE SPECIAL! BOARD SPONSORS: ![]()
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also, i can't get an erection from just looking at a woman, wether she's naked or not.. (and im not gay either).. it's just that she has to do some stroking before it gets up.. just looking at a girl naked doesn't get me excited, even if she's gorgeous and it's the first or 2nd time i'm with her.. and i'm not nervous when i'm naked or any of that bullshit either.. it's just the way it is.. but on ZMA, I would wake up with a boner every morning and it would take a few minutes till it would go down and i would get pretty hard and didn't require much stroking to get it going.. maybe i do need an urologist..
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Just get a blood test and ask the doctor for the results.
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Patrick
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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.
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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.
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Yes, that might be it. Crono would know too, as he is well known to be an adept at playing the pink trombone......
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I doubt that ZMA will help, you may want to try Tribulus, however you may also consider getting your testosterone levels checked.
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But actually I've been seriously thinking about taking Tribulus. Last edited by vortrit : 10-14-2007 at 02:48 PM. |
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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 ![]()
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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. |
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All around from what I've read ZMA sounds like it would be better in general to take, so I MAY still give it a shot.
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iwillmakeyousmelltheglove
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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.
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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.
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iwillmakeyousmelltheglove
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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
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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. |
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iwillmakeyousmelltheglove
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![]() 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
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