Should I be taking viagra in this case?

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Not sure if this was the right forum to post this, but basically I have been having erectile dysfunction problems for a while now. So I went to a specialist and he examined me, and he said that medically/physically, I am fine, and that it's psychological.

So he prescribed viagra to me. However, this is what I do not understand. I did some reading about it, and viagra is meant to treat a medical condition, not a psychological one. So why would he prescribe it to me, if my issue was psychological?

I tried the viagra, and it definitely worked, but why would it, if the problem was psychological and not medical?

It's not a treatment to cure the cause but instead to remove the side effects. If you want to cure the cause of your problems I guess you'll need psychological help or maybe you'll get over it on your own.

Okay thanks. I know it doesn't cure the cause, but I was told that viagra, expands the veins in the penis allowing more blood in, or so I read. But what is it about me psychologically, that would be causing my veins to close up? Do the veins close cause of an emotional problem? I was just wondering...

It's more likely your psychological issue is preventing the trigger that causes the "process" to start rather than it stopping the actual process itself.

Okay thanks. But that doesn't seem to add up to me, cause if I have an issue that is preventing the trigger, than the viagra would not be triggered, and it would not work, right? So what is causing the viagra to work, if it needs a psychological trigger?

Unfortunately if a doctor cannot prescribe a medication they are at a loss so they make the psychological cop out. You are very young to be experiencing ED. Mine appeared around age 60 which isn't so unusual. Let me pass on two things that helped me.

First was finding out about kegel exercises for men. I'll let you research just how to do them but by strengthening the prostate and nearby muscles, you are more capable of holding that blood in your penis and thus sustaining an erection.

The other was saw palmetto, an herbal extract that aids the prostate. It helps to restore the prostate to a more healthy condition. This helped me more when I got so I could hardly go an hour without having to pee. But it plays a role in maintaining an erection too. I got mine here: http://www.

Mind you neither of these work in a matter of minutes or hours like viagra but then the results are much longer lasting. PM me if you have any questions.

Okay thanks. I tried the whole not masturbating for a week like I have been told too, and I keep getting erections while on my own all the time because of it. I keep waking up with them too and have a lot of erection energy, while by myself.

Even when I go on dates, I get erections at dinner with them, or out and chatting with them. But as soon as I get back to her place, and my pants come off, the erection goes away, and I start to have trouble. It keeps happening when the sexual intimacy starts.

But on my own, I am able to get them. So I guess that would make it psychological then, right?

Talk to a psychologist regarding how you feel about this individual and how you feel about sexual intimacy with this individual.