Misc embarrasing, but, for the GUYS on methadone ... or girls who can help

[NewarkShamRock]

like i said this will be embarrasing, but i need to reach out to the other Guys who are on methadone, or perhaps women who have dated men who take methadone, two words: Erectile Dysfunction. Help!

I am 24 years old and not half bad looking, attracting women and pleasing them have never been hard tasks for me. Now all of the sudden, i stopped using dope and to stay off i figured id do maintenance for 6 months of methadone, and have been on for 3 weeks. I am on 90 milligrams. I cannot get my my stick up now, AT ALL. Feels almost numb like. Still have the urge just no physical reaction. HELP!

Is there a certain dose not to go over for this not to happen? Or does this happen to everybody? Will viagra be any help? what else can help?

Please, im going crazy, this is embarrasing and depressing.

 

[Swerlz]

ED is common when using opiates.. It was always a mission for me and my girlfriend to get it hard.. and once I was there, trying to keep it hard long enough for both of us to use it.

You're not the only, so don't worry

I've taken ED pills and they worked like they are suppose to lol.. so maybe taking half a viagra will suit you.

 

[nervousone]

nothing you can do levitra can help

 

[NewarkShamRock]

this is insane i hate this

Guys thanks so much for your input,

Hey, i appreciate that bit about you and your partner struggling, what did you guys do to work around it, did you try any excercises or take pills or what?

And you, number 2 response, have you personally taken levitra?

 

[nervousone]

yeah I started taking it when I was on methadone maintenance. it gets the job done but it hurt my ego when I wasn't even able to be with my girl so I ended up getting off methadone.

 

[CaseFace]

Dope dick. 'Tis a bitch.

Take less methadone however, and rather than ED you will get hard and last hours. At least that's the way it was with heroin for me.

Welcome to Bluelight by the way!

 

[waldo777]

^Agreed

Over the course of years and years of opiate addiction, not once was my friend unable to achieve or sustain an erection regardless of how high he was, what girl he was w/, or whether or not he used a condom. BUT, my friend did have the same problem as just mentioned by "Caseface99"---- being hard but not being able to climax. (For my friend this was a problem, though I'm sure others might disagree... )
He'd be having sex, stay hard the entire time and never climax, sometimes this would go on for hours. There isn't anything one can do to fix this except take a smaller dose in the future. Opiates are great painkillers b/c they are very effective at "numbing" ALL physical sensations---both painful ones and pleasurable ones....

BUT, here are some tips:
1) Lots of lube
2) Wait as long as u can after dosing to have sex or lower your dose
?) Just an unconfirmed, unsubstantiated theory...but some lubes now are made to make genitals more sensitive (mostly meant for woman to help them reach orgasm) and therefore could help counteract the "numbing" effects of opiates...for men and women

As for ED problems, I can't provide any help but would advise against taking Viagra or any similar pharmaceutical, unless they were Rx'ed by a doctor who is FULLY informed

 

[Ripamaru]

This is very common.

I can get it up on methadone but my general interest is less than normal. It didn't help my relationship any but that was doomed anyway.

I am on 70mg now and don't have much problem at all but that isn't really normal. I seem to have no drive when it is working and then when it starts to fade at night my drive goes back through the roof.

I have also experienced the other problem. When on high levels of hydro/oxycodone I would be able to stay hard for hours but not able to climax......Didn't really bother me though as I enjoy getting the woman off more than my own climax which I can usually obtain in seconds by myself if needed....

 

[BrokedownPalace]

I have also experienced the other problem. When on high levels of hydro/oxycodone I would be able to stay hard for hours but not able to climax......Didn't really bother me though as I enjoy getting the woman off more than my own climax which I can usually obtain in seconds by myself if needed....

So true. When I was with my ex and we were both using heroin, we would go at it for hours. she loved the effect opiates had on me, lol. Now that I am on methadone i have the same problem pretty much, although it seriously destroyed my sex drive. Unfortunate..

 

[oxymoron87]

u have only been on fer 3 weeks after a few months u get used to the methadone and i felt that the side effects really go away once u are on a good stable dose for a while in the beginging on like 45mgs i had super bAd respitory depression like gasping fer air almost and really hard to get hard now 2 or 3 months later all the negative side efects seem to be completly gone i have no problem having sex and the respitory depression is gone even tho im on 110mgs now and the clinic also sells nutridone that says it helps with sex but i have yet to buy any cause i dont reallly need it

 

[tryingsohard2011]

I fell your pain!

I am married and both my husband and I are addicts and were on methadone maintence now. I am detoxing 10 mg a week down to 55mg now from 135mg and he is starting to slowly come down so he can feel his penis again. He can't stay hard very long, I can't arrouse him (which beleive me I am a very good looking woman who has never had a problem arrousing him or anyone) I used to walk in the room and he would get a boner, but now...Nothing!
I know its not his fault, well I kind of blame it on him because he is only on that high of dose because it gives him a buzz and that makes me mad that he would rather get a buzz than please his wife.
He has no interest in foreplay, we didn't even have sex on valentines day! Before methadone we had sex every single day (as long as we weren't having withdraws). I kind of miss that! Don't get me wrong, methadone has saved our lives but I miss having sex! Soooo much!

Have you tried taking Nutradone? They sell it at my clinic and I heard its supposed to help with getting your stanima back. My husband says it messes with his heart (BS) its a vitamin.

Good luck, the only advice I can give you is right now worry about staying clean and then when you get off methadone it will be like losing your virginity again!
Hope this helps a little!

 

[tryingsohard2011]

u have only been on fer 3 weeks after a few months u get used to the methadone and i felt that the side effects really go away once u are on a good stable dose for a while in the beginging on like 45mgs i had super bAd respitory depression like gasping fer air almost and really hard to get hard now 2 or 3 months later all the negative side efects seem to be completly gone i have no problem having sex and the respitory depression is gone even tho im on 110mgs now and the clinic also sells nutridone that says it helps with sex but i have yet to buy any cause i dont reallly need it

I wish it would have gotten better with time with my hubby, we've both been on methadone for a year and just about 3 months ago is when the problem got really bad! I mean if I didn't initate sex I would never get laid!

 

[NewarkShamRock]

shit sucks

Wow, i really appreciate all you guys helpin me with info, hey, this 'vitamin' id be interested in tryin that for def,

as far as whoever said about maybe if i lower my dose id get a hard on but not be able to bust, pardon my french, thats exactly what it was when i did dope, if i was mad high i couldnt bust but i could always get rock solid hard. to be honest, with methadone, i came up quickly (started at 40 and came up 10 a day until i hit 90, i was comin off of a 25 bag a day habbit - newark bags too, so no garbage i had a high tolerance). For the first week, i diddnt 'try' at all, you know? The thought and desire is still there, and i brought a woman home, (luckily for lack of embarrassment its a woman ive been friends with for a long time, so she knows what im capable of) and boom, NOTHING - im 24, 'young, numb and full of uh yea, so i never had a problem like this EVER, i know it comes with age, but im still young it scared the shit out of me.

so at least i know its common with mmt, but what to do about it?
definitely try vitamins, i like that suggestion. Perhaps try levitra or cialis or viagra - where do i get a prescription like that? will they give that to a guy my age? obviously id like to get it done naturally, any other suggestions?

 

[Ripamaru]

Just a note.....

No matter how beautiful a woman is guys will eventually lose interest in sex with you.


I didn't used to believe that myself and just thought other guys were assholes. Then I was in a serious 4 year relationship and learned first hand that it's true.

I never felt any differently about her and still loved her but I lost sexual interest and I couldn't get it back to where it was. I can't explain why but it sure as hell happened. She was every bit as gorgeous as day 1 but it didn't make a difference.



I hope that isn't the case for you but I wouldn't be so certain that it is just the methadone. I became more interested in getting a buzz than sleeping with her too.....and it had nothing to do with being addicted to methadone (which I still am). even though I used that as an excuse for a while.

 

[NewarkShamRock]

nah, not that one

no, definitely not the case (the last response). While i appreciate your input shimaru, thats definitely not the problem here. Like i saidearlier, im young im only 24, and i have multiple sex partners, i just gave one example. Im not in a long term relationship or any relationship right now just have a few 'friends'. But i have always whether in a relationsip and faithful or single and playful, have never had a problem getting it up, enjoying myself and pleasing women. Dude im like a sex addict, for real man, im always thinking about it, and when im in a relationship i feel so tied down and when im single i get it any chance i can, or maybe its just that im young, but this to me is crippling id rather lose a leg; however, i normally wake up with a 'morning wood'. That hasnt even happened since i been on methadone.

No morning wood, cant jack off, cant get it up for naked sexy women./

Im seriously depressed, and while embarrased, just HAD to post it all on here to get input from people to see what i can do about it. I appreciate your input, but its definitely not an 'interest' issue, the interest is there now as much as ever.

 

[BrokedownPalace]

Just a note.....

No matter how beautiful a woman is guys will eventually lose interest in sex with you.


I didn't used to believe that myself and just thought other guys were assholes. Then I was in a serious 4 year relationship and learned first hand that it's true.

I never felt any differently about her and still loved her but I lost sexual interest and I couldn't get it back to where it was. I can't explain why but it sure as hell happened. She was every bit as gorgeous as day 1 but it didn't make a difference.



I hope that isn't the case for you but I wouldn't be so certain that it is just the methadone. I became more interested in getting a buzz than sleeping with her too.....and it had nothing to do with being addicted to methadone (which I still am). even though I used that as an excuse for a while.

Beware, semi off topic rather long post

Interesting point. I certainly hope this doesn't happen all the time, but I must admit I had a situation just about identical to yours. About a four year relationship, towards the end drugs (mostly heroin) just totally ruined my interest in sex. I still loved her dearly and she was still beautiful, but the physical part just wasn't there.

Im sure it has more to do with the opiates just ruining our sex drive, fucking with endorphin production, etc. She was using as well, and the constant cycle of get high, get sick, get pissed off, yell, gather money somehow, yell some more, go cop, get high, things are great, get sick, things suck.. etc etc etc.

MMT helped me get on track, but unfortunately literally two days before I started MMT she just up and left me and went to rehab, got clean, went to ahalf way house, and is now living down by atlantic city and has a good job and is taking classes hopefully to finish her degree soon. I'm happy for her, just wish I wasn't still stuck here fucking floundering around on MMT. Although I finally am done with cancer treatment, so despite all my close calls with death i am still alive.

Sorry for the completely off topic novel, I am in the typing mood today..

 

[NewarkShamRock]

hey, everybody, what if I were to skip a day, (i know i cant skip 2 or 3, id be sick as a chemo patient) would that help? would it give me any penal action?

 

[Ripamaru]

hey, everybody, what if I were to skip a day, (i know i cant skip 2 or 3, id be sick as a chemo patient) would that help? would it give me any penal action?

Possibly.......Not sure....

I am on MMT and my dose wears off at night time a lot. Sometimes I get a sudden jump in my sex drive as the done is at it's weakest.....Although you will feel like shit and not want to do anything lol.


You are better off just taking an ED med like Viagra to get it up than putting yourself into WD....

 

[BrokedownPalace]

sicker than a chemo patient

As somebody who went through chemo therapy last year.. Skipping my methadone dose for even three days has me feeling nowhere NEAR as fucking sick as I was during chemo. I'm sure you don't mean anything by it but I am borderline taking offense to it.

 

[HdoubleODeezy]

i know this is about erectile dysfunction and a lot of people are claiming they get it on opiates but, When i used to take them i would fuck my girl for hours at a time NOT being able to get it down, but i also couldn't bust a nut
And come to think about it, that was when i was ON methadone maintenance.. hm. everyones different i suppose.