How long does it take for sexual dysfunction to return to normal?

There is never a unified standard answer to this matter. Based on clinical data and the thousands of cases I have been exposed to, most people with mild to moderate psychogenic sexual dysfunction can return to a satisfactory state within 3 months. ； If it is an organic disease or combined with chronic underlying diseases, the conditioning period usually ranges from 3 months to 1 year. Some severe nerve and blood vessel damage may not even be fully restored to the level before the disease.

To be honest, many people ask "how long will it take for me to get better?" in fact, they ignore the impact of individual differences - if you survive for half a month and suddenly die, can the recovery speed be the same as if you suffer from diabetes for 10 years and damage the cavernous blood vessels? I met a 28-year-old Internet programmer during Double 11 last year. He worked on projects for more than 20 days and finally had time to sleep with his girlfriend on a date. However, he couldn't get hard, and he was so scared that he signed up overnight. The hormones and cavernous blood vessel functions were checked and all were normal. It was a transient problem caused by long-term tightness of the sympathetic nerves and excessive pressure. I prescribed some short-acting auxiliary drugs for him, and asked him to take 20 minutes a day to run, not to check work messages before going to bed, and to do some stop-and-go training. As a result, he came back for a follow-up visit in less than 3 weeks and said that he was completely back to his previous state.

Different conditioning logics lead to very different judgments on recovery cycles. Western medicine is used to break down the causes of the disease in detail: if the cause is low androgens, take hormone supplements; if it is caused by the side effects of antihypertensive drugs, work with the cardiology department to adjust the medication plan; if the cause is vascular stenosis or endothelial damage, use drugs to improve microcirculation. The cycle will follow the cause - for example, if the hormone level is mildly low, supplementation may return to the normal range in one month, but if vascular calcification has already occurred, it must be adjusted slowly on a cycle of more than half a year. Traditional Chinese medicine mostly differentiates syndromes from the perspectives of liver stagnation, kidney deficiency, and dampness and heat. After all, many people have functional problems that are the result of long-term depletion of emotions, work and rest, and physical constitution. It is usually recommended to adjust slowly in a 2 to 3-month cycle, and it is not recommended to take supplements all at once. There are really too many cases where "deficiency is not supplemented" and the more supplements are made, the worse it becomes. There is no difference between the two logics. Only by finding the right direction that suits you can you avoid detours.

Don't tell me, a lot of people really waste their time on detours. There used to be a 32-year-old salesperson. At the beginning, the hardness was occasionally not enough. He read on the Internet that "tonifying the kidneys can cure impotence." He bought a bunch of deer antlers and deer whip paste and ate it. After taking it for three months, not only did he not get better, but he got angry every day and had nosebleeds, and his condition in the sex got worse. When I came for a checkup, I found out that he had been traveling for social events all year round, and his body was very damp and hot. The more he took supplements, the more blocked he became. It was not a problem of kidney deficiency at all. Later, I adjusted the plan to clear away dampness and heat, soothe the liver and relieve depression, and adjusted my habit of drinking and staying up late. I recovered in less than 2 months. The previous 3 months were just a waste of time.

Many people will also ask "Is there a way to recover quickly?" To be honest, there are temporary relief methods, such as PDE5 inhibitors such as sildenafil, which can be effective if taken 1 hour in advance. However, this is only a temporary improvement of symptoms, and it is not considered "adjustment" at all. Once the drug is stopped, it will return to its original state. Those on the Internet who shout "7-day radical cure" and "guaranteed cure" are all IQ taxes. They either add large doses of blood vessel dilating ingredients in violation of regulations and have a lot of side effects after taking them, or they are just cheating money.

The influence of age and underlying diseases cannot be avoided. There used to be a 45-year-old middle-level employee with high blood pressure who had been taking beta-blockers for 6 years. In the past 2 years, he gradually felt that he was unable to do what he wanted. At first, he was too embarrassed to come to the doctor. He bought tens of thousands of health products for himself, but they were of no use at all. Later, in conjunction with the cardiology department, he was given antihypertensive drugs that would have less impact on sexual function. Together with a conditioning program to improve vascular endothelial function, he was asked to control his weight and take time to swim twice a week. It took almost nine months for him to return to 80% of his pre-illness level. He himself is quite satisfied, saying that after all, at this age and with many years of underlying diseases, it is impossible to force himself back to the state of a 20-year-old, as long as it is enough.

I have been working in this industry for almost 10 years. To be honest, I have seen too many patients who could have recovered quickly but ended up delaying their recovery for more than half a year. Basically, it was not the problem with the plan, but they were either too anxious or had poor compliance. I asked you not to drink and stay up late. You keep socializing until two or three o'clock every day. ； Let you do behavioral training three times a week. If you do it twice and it’s too troublesome, you’ll give up. ； Some people stare at the day every day and think, "I've been adjusting for 10 days, why am I still not feeling better?" The more anxious they are, the tighter their sympathetic nerves become, which creates a vicious cycle. You really don’t need to worry about the gap of those few days. Finding the right cause and cooperating well are better than anything else.