How long does it take to treat sexual dysfunction?

There is no unified standard answer for the treatment and recovery of sexual dysfunction. A quick recovery may take 1 to 2 months to achieve significant improvement, while a slow recovery may take half a year or even longer. The core depends on the cause, severity of symptoms, and the individual's coordination with the treatment.

I just met a 28-year-old Internet programmer some time ago. He had been rushing to launch the project for three months in a row. He stayed up until two or three o'clock every day. He was full of mental stress. He failed to have sex with his partner three times in a row. He was so panicked that he didn't dare to speak loudly when he came for consultation. After checking that there was no organic problem for him, it was a typical case of physical overdraft and psychological anxiety, so I asked him to adjust his schedule back to going to bed before 12 o'clock, and set aside half an hour for jogging three days a week. He should not touch work news for half an hour before going to bed. I also specifically chatted with his partner to ask him not to put too much psychological pressure on him, and he took some mild conditioning Chinese patent medicines. After only a month and a half, he came over and reported that he was completely back to normal.

Of course, if organic damage has occurred, the recovery pace will not be so fast. A 42-year-old patient who came for review last month has a history of diabetes for more than 3 years. He has not been able to control his blood sugar well. He has already suffered from endothelial damage and erectile dysfunction caused by insufficient blood supply to the cavernous body. This cannot be cured overnight. Basic indicators such as blood sugar and blood pressure must be controlled first, and then with erectile dysfunction. Combined with treatment to improve local blood supply, he only recovered his morning erection slowly in the first three months. By the fifth month, the success rate of sexual intercourse stabilized to more than 80%. He is still undergoing maintenance and conditioning. After all, the damage caused by chronic underlying diseases is accumulated over a long period of time, and conditioning cannot be done once and for all in a short time.

There have been two extreme opinions on this issue on the Internet, but neither of them is actually tenable. One theory is that "it can be completely cured in up to three months." This statement is actually only applicable to young people with no underlying diseases, temporary poor conditions or mild mental disorders. If this standard is applied to everyone, it will make people who have not improved after two or three months of treatment more anxious, which will aggravate the symptoms and prolong the recovery period. There is also a saying that "sexual dysfunction cannot be cured at all and can only be maintained by taking medication." This is too negative. For many mild to moderate organic problems, as long as early intervention is performed and the cause of the problem is solved, stable normal functions can be maintained even after the medication is stopped.

In addition, I would like to remind everyone, don’t believe the false advertisements on the market that “result in 7 days and cure in 21 days”. They are all based on people’s desire to get better quickly. I have encountered several people who randomly bought aphrodisiacs from Internet celebrities and took them. Instead, they turned the original mild problem into a more stubborn erectile dysfunction, which was not worth the gain. In fact, the state of mind is really important when adjusting. The more you focus on the days and count the progress, the more likely you are to be nervous and anxious during sex, and the recovery will be slower. To use an inappropriate analogy, it is like waiting for the bus. The more you stand on the roadside and stretch your neck to look, the slower you feel the bus is coming. If you lower your head and play with your phone for a while to relax, maybe the bus will stop in front of you in the blink of an eye.

To put it bluntly, conditioning itself is a completely personalized matter. There is no need to compare recovery speed with others. Just adjust your living habits and cooperate with the treatment according to the doctor's instructions. On the contrary, you can avoid detours and get better faster.