Anxiety and Erectile Dysfunction

What is anxiety?

Anxiety is an emotion where an individual experiences a constant unpleasant state of worry. It includes signs of restlessness, muscle tension, fatigue, breathlessness, tight abdomen, concentration problems, and nausea. This emotion is closely related to fear and it is a response to a situation in which your brain might feel like it’s a threat. 

This situation can be due to a certain situation that is happening or will happen. Moreover, it can also be triggered due to past incidents as well. Prolonged constant states of anxiety (more than 6 months) lead to anxiety disorders. It can affect your personal and professional/academic life to a great extent.

What is Erectile Dysfunction (ED)?

Erectile dysfunction is also known as impotence. It is a common type of sexual dysfunction in which a person is unable to erect their penis during sexual arousal or perform sexual activity. 

This condition occurs in men commonly. In most cases, 80% cause of Erectile Dysfunction is caused physically because of other conditions like diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease. On the other hand, 10% cause of ED is psychological. This condition is quite common and often disrupts your level of self-esteem, sexual relationships, and overall personal life to some extent. 

Is there a link or relationship between anxiety and Erectile Dysfunction?

Studies show that anxiety can interrupt your brain’s way of sending messages of blood increase in your blood during sexual activity. It also affects the ongoing conditions of Erectile Dysfunction. 10% of ED causes are psychological which includes anxiety too. 

We are exposed to the porn industry where people are exposed to unrealistic body and beauty standards which include unrealistic sexual performance. People are expected to last long in their bed and have prolonged sex and delayed ejaculation levels due to all this. It leads to performance anxiety while performing sexual activity. Performance anxiety can lead to Premature Ejaculation and ED problems. 

On the contrary, patients who are going through Erectile Dysfunction constantly go through phases of anxiety in their sexual relationship or when they are performing sexual activities. In conclusion, this emotion can lead to ED and vice versa.

How to treat anxiety?

There are various natural and medical ways to treat anxiety and its related disorders.  Chronic anxiety disorders need medical attention always. 

Natural ways include: 

• Practicing breathing techniques
• Expressing and accepting your feelings 
• Distracting yourself with something you love
• Taking cold shower
• Being physical activities
• Avoiding intoxicant consumption
• Quit smoking and drinking
• Maintaining the proper amount of quality sleep
• Eating healthy and nutritious meals on time

Medical treatments include:

• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Psychological counseling
• Psychotherapy
• Antidepressant medications
• Anti-anxiety meds or anxiolytics
• Benzodiazepines or beta-blockers

How to treat Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile Dysfunction mainly affects adult men and boys. Natural ways and home remedies work well if someone is going through ED at acute levels. Medication treatments are also available to treat Erectile Dysfunction with the help of professionals. 

Natural ways include: 

• Exercise
• Quitting smoke
• Weight loss
• Avoid intoxicant and sedative use
• Work on your sexual relationship both physically and psychologically
• Talk to your sexual partner 
• Try methods to cope with your anxiety and stress

Medical ways to treat Erectile Dysfunction are:

• Detect any side effects caused due to another drug usage 
• Treat your other medical conditions which cause Erectile Dysfunction well
• Penis pumps
• Penile implants
• Testosterone Cypionate
• Testosterone Enanthate
• Tadalafil
• Sildenafil
• Vardenafil
• Avanafil
• Alprostadil
• Treat your psychological problems better
• Psychological counseling

Medicines that contain Sildenafil which is suggested by most doctors frequently are:

• Aurogra 100

• Cenforce 100

• Sildenafil 150mg

• Sildigra 100mg

• Fildena super active

• Sildigra 100

How to cope with Erectile Dysfunction anxiety?

Erectile Dysfunction is caused due to various reasons and anxiety is one of them. It can lead to ED and vice versa. Anxiety due to performance pressure in bed, worktime, or a prolonged state of worry about something or someone can lead to Erectile Dysfunction. We can cope with ED anxiety in many ways as follows:

• Accept your condition and seek professional help
• Talk to your sexual partner
• Seek the help of sex experts
• Go for psychotherapy
• Write your anxious feelings down
• Evaluate your feelings at the time of sex
• List down things that trigger you while performing sexual activities
• Observe your anxiety levels during sexual arousal
• Understand external factors which may trigger you leading to ED 
• Go for physical activities
• Look for ways to boost your self-esteem
• Try to improve your sexual relationship
• Enhance your sexual life
• Find out other ways of pleasure which you can do instead of intercourse
• Look for ways to make your sex enjoyable
• Try relaxing methods through yoga, breathing techniques, or medicines
• Improve your sexual intimacy with your partner
• Practice self-love more

Conclusion

Erectile dysfunction is a common type of sexual dysfunction in which a person is unable to erect their penis during sexual arousal or perform sexual activity. Anxiety is an emotion where an individual experiences a constant unpleasant state of worry.  

Studies show that it can interrupt your brain’s way of sending messages of blood increase in your blood during sexual activity. It also affects the ongoing conditions of ED. Anxiety can lead to Erectile Dysfunction and vice versa.