21 Male- Sex drive vanished
Hey everyone,
So towards the end of August, my sex drive randomly vanished overnight. I've been dating my girlfriend for about a year and a half, and we've been sexually active since the beginning. Up until August (and for my entire life), I had a really strong sex drive. I would get an erection just cuddling with her on the couch or taking a shower with her. I would also masturbate at least once daily.
Then in August, like I said, poof, gone overnight. At first I thought it was because my senior year of college was starting and I was stressed. But school had never effected me before, and even after getting into the swing of things it still didn't return. I no longer felt like initiating sex, and had no desire to even masturbate anymore, although once a week I would force myself to anyway. Then I thought maybe I had over-done the masturbating thing, so I stopped completely. But it's been over 2 weeks since I stopped completely and still no desire.
She still initiates sex a few times a week, and I can still usually get hard enough to go along with it. But it's not like before, and I find myself having to concentrate to keep the erection or else it dies down. And yes, I'm still very attracted to my girlfriend. It's not that I want to sleep with another girl (I hope to marry this girl some day) nobody is sparking the interest for me.
I went to the doctor last week for a checkup and brought it up. He said sometimes this happens to guys my age sometimes and that it usually comes back after a few months. But I've never heard of that, has anyone here gone through it and had it randomly return? They ran a blood test to check my testosterone levels on Monday, I get the results tomorrow. I'm almost hoping my levels are low so I have an answer.
The whole situation has me feeling depressed and miserable. I never imagined I'd have this problem in a million years. I feel pathetic and I'm scared out of my mind that the drive will never return. I don't think my girlfriend would leave me or anything, but I'm sure lack of sex puts a strain on any relationship. Basically I'm asking if anyone has gone through something similar, and what were the results?
Thanks,
Derek
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