Reading a little bit of this thread I see that some of you have experienced similar problems that I have. Here's my story: Started into H around 17-18, got real bad by 19 (for argument's sake, I'll just say I used ALOT). I weaned myself down on H to about 4 bags a day before I switched to Suboxone. I started at 32mg/day (4x 8mg tablets) and worked my way down, I currently take about 6mg/day.
Unlike many people seem to experience, I don't think I had a decrease in sex drive or arousal ability (as far as I know), and never any problems with ED. My main problem has always been in lasting, not getting it up. I always figured my EXTREMELY fast climax was a result of minor Suboxone withdrawal, so I would always try to take some Sub before sex (ideally half hour to an hour before). This helped some, but I could rarely last 3 min with this technique alone and eventually resorted to a 'self warm up' process (the 2nd climax would usually take 10 min (relatively reasonable), but sometimes still 3 min or less). Before using H (while using I rarely cared to have sex), I had no problem lasting 20-30 min or more.
Now, I have to try to anticipate sex and sneak off for some "alone time" to prepare; and still it had a very poor success rate. Way too embarrassed to admit this to my girlfriend (same one through all of this), I spent the past years trying to live up to the original me she knew before H. Despite my preparation for sex, the majority of the time I still ended up coming 1-3 min into sex (sometimes even during other pre-sex acts) and usually try to pretend it didn’t happen and keep going for awhile (risking losing my erection).
I have had my share of bad outcomes and every single time I feel somewhat guilty, incapable of pleasing her, and it’s a major blow on my manhood. I have always told myself it was the Suboxone and that I would be normal again someday (when I have been weaned off of it awhile). However, lately I feel like this problem has been getting worse (as my Sub dosage continues to decrease) and I am thinking more about my fear that this problem is either not from Suboxone (its just me), or its from Suboxone but I'll never be normal again. I was just wondering if any of you out there have had a similar problem, and if so, could you provide me with any input to these questions:
- Will this problem go away when I am weaned off Suboxone? If so how long will it take?
- Will I ever be completely normal again (like before)?
- In the mean time, until I finish weaning off Sub, is there anything I can do to help with this problem? (vitamins, supplements, Rx's, exercises, etc)
Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance