25 years old Should i have an implant?
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:57 am
Hello i am a 25 years old young member who is considering having a penile implant. I have a lot of questions in my mind and hoping to find some answers in this wonderful community. Before asking my questions a little background about me:
I was diagnosed hypertension when i was 18 years old and on medicine since then.
I first noticed my ED about 1 year ago,when i was 24 years old, during foreplay my girlfriend. I noticed i am not as hard as i used to be with my ex girlfriend (when i was 19, so its like 5 years ago). I was using antidepressants at that time (SSRI) which are notorious for causing sexual dysfunction. So i did not pay so much attention, discussed the topic with my psychiatrist. He lowered the dosage of my medicine at first, but it did not improve things so he stopped the treatment and told me wait for 6-8 weeks to side effects go away. I stopped antidepressant treatment 6 months ago but my ED did not improve, it got worse and i became more and more depressed.
1 month ago i went to an urologist and he asked a blood test,pelvic ultrasound, penile doppler. Ultrasound and penile doppler came normal, ( i even had a prolonged erection after doppler test) my testosterone level was just a little above normal level (my urologist told me its below normal for my age but not low enough to cause ED), my prolactin was slightly elevated (again my urologist told me it should not cause ED). In conclusion my urologist seemed confused and told me it might be psychological. But since i was never having morning erections and was not able to have a full erection even while masturbating he started me 5 mg Daily cialis for a month to see what will happen.
After starting cialis my ED symptoms relieved a little, and after 2 weeks starting Cialis i was able to have penetrative sex with my girlfriend first time in my life. Even though it was not great ( i needed constant stimulation to maintain my erection, and lost my erection in some positions like girl on top) i managed to have sex 3-4 times on my second week with Cialis.
But after 3rd week Cialis seemed to be no longer effective, and my erectile capacity is not enough for having sex. That made me even more depressed, i was already depressed since i have to use PDE5 inhibitors to have sex at 25. Anyway i discussed all these with my psychiatrist and he told me its all psychological which i strongly disagree.
THESE ARE MY SYMPTOMS PLEASE TELL ME YOUR OPINIONS IF IT IS ORGANIC OR PSYCHOLOGIC:
-No morning wood. Never.
-Able to have a %80-90 erection on sitting, lying positions with manual stimulation.
-Once stimulation stops erection goes away very quickly (10-15 seconds)
-Once stand up erection goes away in 20-30 seconds EVEN i stimulate it with my hand.
-Can’t start an erection while i was standing up.
-These symptoms are same when i was with my girlfriend or alone(masturbating)
Last week when i was with my girlfriend i took 10mg levitra in addition to my Daily 5 mg cialis regimen and barely had an erection to make me able to have intercourse.
I have appointment with my urologist and psychiatrist in 3-4 days but it seems my options are (unless they put a magical solution on table) injections or implant.
I have concerns about both, injections will kill spontaneity and i think it will kill my self-esteem even more, on the other hand implant is an irreversible solution and i will lose any chance to have a natural erection.
TO SUMMERIZE I AM 25 YEARS OLD. I HAVE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS FOR 1 YEAR SHOULD I HAVE AN IMPLANT OR GO WITH INJECTIONS? (ORAL MEDS ARE NOT WORKING, ALL TESTS CAME NORMAL, I HAVE HYPERTENSION SINCE 18 YEARS OLD) IS IT PSYCHOLOGIC OR ORGANIC?
-No morning wood. Never.
-Able to have a %80-90 erection on sitting, lying positions with manual stimulation.
-Once stimulation stops erection goes away very quickly (10-15 seconds)
-Once stand up erection goes away in 20-30 seconds EVEN i stimulate it with my hand.
-Can’t start an erection while i was standing up.
-These symptoms are same when i was with my girlfriend or alone(masturbating)
I am closer to having an implant since i think i can i manage to hide it (even most of you do not suggest that, but please consider i am 25 years old.) and as per i understood injections are unreliable and you need to up your dosage and eventually they stop working.
I HAVE READ ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TOPIC IN FRANKTALK, HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLANTS:
(I know some (maybe all) of them were asked before but i will ask again anyway to have more opinions and to put together all questions can be asked before considering an penile implant for a young guy like me)
1) Does it feel natural to you while having sex? Could you please compare the joy with natural erection on 10 points. (natural erection->10 implant erection->?)
2) Does it feel natural to you while having oral sex? Could you please compare the joy with natural erection on 10 points. (natural erection->10 implant erection->?)
3) Does it feel natural to your partner while having sex?
4) Does it feel natural to your partner while having oral sex?
5) Is implant noticable by eye to you or your partner when erect/flaccid?
6) Is implant noticable by touching your penis to you or your partner when erect/flaccid?
7) Is it possible to hide the implant from a partner that you have penetrative and oral sex with? (again please do not judge, it is hard at age 25)
8) Does implant cause any pain or discomfort to you or your partner during sex?
9) Is sex or masturbation more enjoyable with a natural erection or same with implant? If it is not same could you please compare on 10 points?
10) I have 5’5 erect length 5’ erect girth 5’5 flaccid strected lenght, how much length and girth size loss should i expect? Does size loss happens every time?( I know all people are different but wondering what your urologists told you)
11) I am going to have to have a number of revisions in my lifetime because implant will fail eventually, do you lose size on every revision? (excluding situations like infection)
12) Is masturbation feel different with implant? Could you please compare on 10 points.
13) How painful is surgery?
14) How long does it take to come back normal activity or work after surgery?
15) How long does it take to be allowed to masturbate after surgery?
16) How long does it take to be allowed to have sex/oral sex after surgery?
17) How painful is a revision surgery?
18) How long does it take to come back normal activity or work after a revision surgery?
19) How long does it take to be allowed to masturbate after a revision surgery?
20) How long does it take to be allowed to have sex/oral sex after a revision surgery?
21) Does flexing bulbocavernouse muscle (the one that moves your penis up when you flex) feels same after implant?
22) Could you please compare the feeling and enjoyment between having sex/oral sex/masturbation with a natural erection and implant assisted erection on 10 points?
23) Do you recommend an implant or injections for a 25 years old?
I know it has been a very long post, but i will be more than appreciated if you can answer my questions. I apologize for grammer and other expression mistakes, English is not my native language as you can notice. Thank you very much
I was diagnosed hypertension when i was 18 years old and on medicine since then.
I first noticed my ED about 1 year ago,when i was 24 years old, during foreplay my girlfriend. I noticed i am not as hard as i used to be with my ex girlfriend (when i was 19, so its like 5 years ago). I was using antidepressants at that time (SSRI) which are notorious for causing sexual dysfunction. So i did not pay so much attention, discussed the topic with my psychiatrist. He lowered the dosage of my medicine at first, but it did not improve things so he stopped the treatment and told me wait for 6-8 weeks to side effects go away. I stopped antidepressant treatment 6 months ago but my ED did not improve, it got worse and i became more and more depressed.
1 month ago i went to an urologist and he asked a blood test,pelvic ultrasound, penile doppler. Ultrasound and penile doppler came normal, ( i even had a prolonged erection after doppler test) my testosterone level was just a little above normal level (my urologist told me its below normal for my age but not low enough to cause ED), my prolactin was slightly elevated (again my urologist told me it should not cause ED). In conclusion my urologist seemed confused and told me it might be psychological. But since i was never having morning erections and was not able to have a full erection even while masturbating he started me 5 mg Daily cialis for a month to see what will happen.
After starting cialis my ED symptoms relieved a little, and after 2 weeks starting Cialis i was able to have penetrative sex with my girlfriend first time in my life. Even though it was not great ( i needed constant stimulation to maintain my erection, and lost my erection in some positions like girl on top) i managed to have sex 3-4 times on my second week with Cialis.
But after 3rd week Cialis seemed to be no longer effective, and my erectile capacity is not enough for having sex. That made me even more depressed, i was already depressed since i have to use PDE5 inhibitors to have sex at 25. Anyway i discussed all these with my psychiatrist and he told me its all psychological which i strongly disagree.
THESE ARE MY SYMPTOMS PLEASE TELL ME YOUR OPINIONS IF IT IS ORGANIC OR PSYCHOLOGIC:
-No morning wood. Never.
-Able to have a %80-90 erection on sitting, lying positions with manual stimulation.
-Once stimulation stops erection goes away very quickly (10-15 seconds)
-Once stand up erection goes away in 20-30 seconds EVEN i stimulate it with my hand.
-Can’t start an erection while i was standing up.
-These symptoms are same when i was with my girlfriend or alone(masturbating)
Last week when i was with my girlfriend i took 10mg levitra in addition to my Daily 5 mg cialis regimen and barely had an erection to make me able to have intercourse.
I have appointment with my urologist and psychiatrist in 3-4 days but it seems my options are (unless they put a magical solution on table) injections or implant.
I have concerns about both, injections will kill spontaneity and i think it will kill my self-esteem even more, on the other hand implant is an irreversible solution and i will lose any chance to have a natural erection.
TO SUMMERIZE I AM 25 YEARS OLD. I HAVE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS FOR 1 YEAR SHOULD I HAVE AN IMPLANT OR GO WITH INJECTIONS? (ORAL MEDS ARE NOT WORKING, ALL TESTS CAME NORMAL, I HAVE HYPERTENSION SINCE 18 YEARS OLD) IS IT PSYCHOLOGIC OR ORGANIC?
-No morning wood. Never.
-Able to have a %80-90 erection on sitting, lying positions with manual stimulation.
-Once stimulation stops erection goes away very quickly (10-15 seconds)
-Once stand up erection goes away in 20-30 seconds EVEN i stimulate it with my hand.
-Can’t start an erection while i was standing up.
-These symptoms are same when i was with my girlfriend or alone(masturbating)
I am closer to having an implant since i think i can i manage to hide it (even most of you do not suggest that, but please consider i am 25 years old.) and as per i understood injections are unreliable and you need to up your dosage and eventually they stop working.
I HAVE READ ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TOPIC IN FRANKTALK, HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPLANTS:
(I know some (maybe all) of them were asked before but i will ask again anyway to have more opinions and to put together all questions can be asked before considering an penile implant for a young guy like me)
1) Does it feel natural to you while having sex? Could you please compare the joy with natural erection on 10 points. (natural erection->10 implant erection->?)
2) Does it feel natural to you while having oral sex? Could you please compare the joy with natural erection on 10 points. (natural erection->10 implant erection->?)
3) Does it feel natural to your partner while having sex?
4) Does it feel natural to your partner while having oral sex?
5) Is implant noticable by eye to you or your partner when erect/flaccid?
6) Is implant noticable by touching your penis to you or your partner when erect/flaccid?
7) Is it possible to hide the implant from a partner that you have penetrative and oral sex with? (again please do not judge, it is hard at age 25)
8) Does implant cause any pain or discomfort to you or your partner during sex?
9) Is sex or masturbation more enjoyable with a natural erection or same with implant? If it is not same could you please compare on 10 points?
10) I have 5’5 erect length 5’ erect girth 5’5 flaccid strected lenght, how much length and girth size loss should i expect? Does size loss happens every time?( I know all people are different but wondering what your urologists told you)
11) I am going to have to have a number of revisions in my lifetime because implant will fail eventually, do you lose size on every revision? (excluding situations like infection)
12) Is masturbation feel different with implant? Could you please compare on 10 points.
13) How painful is surgery?
14) How long does it take to come back normal activity or work after surgery?
15) How long does it take to be allowed to masturbate after surgery?
16) How long does it take to be allowed to have sex/oral sex after surgery?
17) How painful is a revision surgery?
18) How long does it take to come back normal activity or work after a revision surgery?
19) How long does it take to be allowed to masturbate after a revision surgery?
20) How long does it take to be allowed to have sex/oral sex after a revision surgery?
21) Does flexing bulbocavernouse muscle (the one that moves your penis up when you flex) feels same after implant?
22) Could you please compare the feeling and enjoyment between having sex/oral sex/masturbation with a natural erection and implant assisted erection on 10 points?
23) Do you recommend an implant or injections for a 25 years old?
I know it has been a very long post, but i will be more than appreciated if you can answer my questions. I apologize for grammer and other expression mistakes, English is not my native language as you can notice. Thank you very much