[QUOTE=goldenchild1010;221892]I would like to know whether or not masturbation hurts your chances of getting an erection

[COLOR="Blue">In and of itself--NO. Erections come and erections go day in and day out. They are brought about from all sorts of sensory inputs like:
* visual stimulation (seeing an attractive person or photograph)
* imagination (fantasies)
* smell
* touch
* taste

The male of the species can depending upon age and sex drive have three, four, and as a post pubescent maybe even more for several months. As the years take their toll climaxes become less frequent, both as a daily and weekly event(s). [/COLOR]

if so, how long do you need to go without masturbation to ensure a proper erection? The most common answer is 'no', but I found this advice on another board and wanted to get some feedback on it:

"Excessive masturbation can stimulate acetylcholine/parasympathetic nervous functions. This immoderate amount of stimulation can result in an over-production of sex hormones and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine and serotonin, causing a considerable change in body chemistry."
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Perhaps Brandye our resident M.D. can address the physiology of this, all I know is that a person can masturbate as many times as he wants up to his normal maximum and if he attempts to go beyond what his body is capable of it will simply refuse to respond for several hours.

You may not be able to climax for awhile yet still have periodic erections. [/COLOR]

"The side effects of these changes in body chemistry can manifest themselves as: Fatigue, Hair loss, Memory loss, Blurred vision"

[COLOR="Blue">This is so much hooey as is getting hairy palms and going deaf. These are warnings from the dark ages when society did not believe in sex other than for procreation and that boys should not touch themselves (as if they could!). Now, having said that, I will agree that we can become tired and sleepy and perhaps weak kneed although these are temporary occurrences. If you get up and move around, you can get past the feeling of being tired and sleepy.[/COLOR]

I was with a girl again a few weeks ago and tried Cialis and still does not feel myself getting very firm. I was focusing more on her, which I suspected might be the reason because when i'm concentrating on her and trying to fulfill her, i'm not really thinking about my own pleasure. Does anyone have any advice?[/QUOTE]

You did good, yet if she does not reciprocate and/or if there is no "chemistry" between the two of you, you may experience a problem with an erection. Sex is a partnership, it is not about what we do to each other, rather, what we do with and for each other. It is not unusual for a guy or a gal to write in and be upset because he lost an erection and they had to end the love making session. WHY? As I said, erections seemingly have a mind of their own and come and go. Just rebuild it. Encourage her to do the deed! If necessary wait a few minutes and then go back to snuggling, cuddling, and fooling around.

As for any of the ED meds, if you do not normally have a problem achieving an erection then you should not be taking them. They are available only by prescription in the U.S. for good reason. If you got them from a friend or over the internet from a gray market online store, you might do yourself more harm than good. Your problem has more to do with methodology, or the lack of.

(BTW, do you know what to do if you do take a pill, have an erection, and it lasts for four or more hours? The answer is go to the emergency room. There they will stick this very large needle in a very sensitive area of your body and remove the buildup of blood.) Taking this or any other med without knowing the side affects and ramifications is dangerous. Don't.

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It took about ten seconds for a Google search to locate the pages with an exact quote. One is an advert with some kind of pills to overcome this problem; one is a homeopathic doctor who may have a similar interest - selling herbs. (Note: I have often lamented no homeopaths around to address some issues with homeopathic medications; homeopaths and allopaths such as I do not always agree); the others were rather technical treatments of psychiatric illness.

I am not familiar with sny clinical literature that raises these issues and never encountered them. I am neither urologist nor psychiatrist.

What you are raising is a question about such compulsive masturbation that it affects normal relationships. This is called an addicition - by definition. What the literature you cite describes a psychological compulsion that is to the extreme that body chemistry is changed. Not very likely. If you feel such an absolute compulsion to masturbate that you cannot ignore it, see a therapist trained and competent in sexual issues. Otherwise, slow down.

It is possible to masturbate to the point that the structures that support erection are simply fatigued. They will recover. Men can be satiated without being satisfied. That is true simply because you have fatigued the muscles, valves and vascular mechanisms that must be functioning in order to achieve erestion. When this happens, sedanifil will not help. Sedanafil citrate will improve circulation to promote erection but if the mechanisms (valves) is affects are fatigued, no amount will make them more effective in the short term. Think of someone running a marathon. For a few days after no amount of performance enhancing drugs will help a 100 meter dash.

My guess is that you may overdo it a bit but by giving it a rest, evertyhing will returm to normal. If you are hung up, see a therapist.