Stress and No Morning Wood

Since PEing, I’ve made about a 1/4 inch growth. I stopped earlier this year around February after reading about “venous leaks” because I’ve had the symptoms since last year (Ive made gains with these symptoms) . The more I found out about it, the more depressed and stressed out I’ve become. Besides stopping PE, nothing else has changed. This “venous Leak” has been on my mind and its hard for me to function ( ie. low sex drive, lack of interest, etc). I’ve been waking up often in the middle of the night thinking and I have NO MORNING wood. The fact that im too poor to see a urologist has made me even more stressed out. Stress has definately hindered my gains and I dont know if my ED is physical or mental. As much as i love to believe its in my head, the uncertainty has given me Erection problems.

If you had gains despite those symptoms, why you stopped PE? The fact that the problem became worst after reading about venous leaking seems to mean that probably it’s just suggestion.

Anyway, without seeing an urologist it’s hard to know if you really have a venous leakage or not.

Try A look on Google for venous leakage, or ED. They have some advice which might help, such as herbal remedies. I can’t subscribe to any recommendation as I don’t suffer, But hopefully you will find some useful comments.

Hope that helps

Petit

Sorry Marinera, Our posts crossed lines again :)

Petit, my friend, there isn’t anything in the forum guidelines like “Two mods can’t post in the same thread”. :)

I am learning first-hand (I guess second hand would be difficult to come by) that stress kills morning wood. I’ve been having work, money and girl problems for over 2 months. This is the most consistent I have ever been with PE, and I’m gaining, but no morning wood. It’s amazingly frustrating what your brain can do to you.

It isn’t just a brain issue, it is an issue of physiology, because the same hormone precursors are used to make sex hormones and stress hormones, and the body doesn’t make both at the same time in great amounts.

You only have so much DHEA to use, and it can be used to make either sex hormones, like Testosterone or stress hormones, like Cortisol. Essentially, stress short-circuits the normal hormone production, and the result is no morning wood.

Increase your DHEA, by increasing the relaxation response in your body through things like meditation and exercise, and you will have more of it to use for sex hormones, and simultaneously lower your stress hormone production. Over time, this is the solution. It could take anywhere from a couple of days, to a few weeks to see a change, but it will help.

Not only that, but stress itself is an erection killer because it activates the fight or flight response, and cuts off the parasympathetic aspect, which is necessary for an erection to even happen. The reason healthy men have night time erections during REM is because the sympathetic system is blunted, and parasympathetic is dominant.

Deep sleep/relaxation produces good erections. The ones in the night (while you sleep) are harder than daytime erections.

I used to think I had a venous leak but I now know it was all in my head, because one day while sitting on my couch in a really good mood I pulled down my pants and got a raging erection and it just stayed like that for a long time without even the glans deflating any. Your mind can do some powerful stuff!

donalgodon, you are awesome. That all makes sense for my problems. I’ve been working out enough, but lately with yoga and breathing I’ve been more relaxed. I’m hanging fuller today, so that’s an unexpected yet very positive by-product. Thanks for the information.

While it’s debatable, I think stress can affect morning wood. Morning wood happens when you’re in deep sleep…when I’m stressed, I THINK that I enter satisfying deep sleep much less….