Viagra/Cialis

I have heard of many men (porn, swingers, etc) taking Viagra and/or Cialis, NOT because they need it, but because it will make them "supermen" in bed. e.g. Faster recovery, last longer, and have sex more times in a night. I've never tried these medications, so I put these questions out to you all (men and women):

1. Is it true that it will make men "supermen" in bed?

2. If so, would/could it 'F' you up physically (and more importantly psychologically) to always NEED/WANT it in the future once you do it? I think I am more concerned of the psychological aspect.

Thanks!

There is a psychological side here. If a guy believes the pill will help him, it may well do so. These pills don't cause erections, stimulation is still necessary. But they can enable performance. If they make the guy more confident, he will probably perform better or longer. Absent the pill, if the guy has doubts about his performance, that can be self fulfilling.

I'm 76 and without Viagra (better, the cheaper Avigra) I can't get a hard enough erection to satisfy my wife - and that's important to both of us. We tried Cialis, and it worked - sort of. My my erection didn't last long enough for me to come! I could satisfy her (and how!) but I got left hanging. Avigra does the trick for both of us. Here's to long sex life, plenty of enemas and fun in bed!

Johnny

Quincy... Is this your experience or just your theory?

Quincy... Is this your experience or just your theory?

What he says is basically true. You can't take the pill, sit in a chair and get an automatic erection.

ALL pills have a psychological component to their activity. Even the color and size of the pill matters, and believe it or not, culturally and geographically, different pill colors of the same drug will evoke different responses to pills.

Quincy, truth is important to us all. It's experience painfully gained.

Johnny

Well guys, my first hand experience was that Viagra did me almost as much good as the glass of water I took with it. In other words, it didn't do a darn thing. Penile injections were a very different story. They gave me a durable erection that greatly improved staying power.

I've had the same experience as Eleutheros. A small amount (25mg) of Viagra allows me to maintain a strong, hard erection for as long as I need to (in other words while having sex with my wife). Previously, if I wasn't completely "in the mood", my penis would not stay hard if my mind wandered, which of course bothered my wife. Since I have been using Viagra, sex is much more satisfying for both of us. Though it's true that stimulation is needed to get an erection, I find that the mental stimulation of knowing I've taken it gets me hard fairly quickly.

I use Viagra - I have to, cannot maintain an erection consistently without it. That said, if I had known about it or if had been available when I was younger (I'm 57) I definitely would have taken it. It doesn't seem to affect everyone like this, but, I'm a complete animal on this stuff... especially if I take 100mg. I fuck hard and long through and after orgasm. Like for hours. Better than I ever have before Viagra. The Doc can't prescribe me enough... I get more from secondary sources. I love this...

As for it causing an immediate erection... no. Just makes it easier, and harder when stimulated. Although for hours afterwards, my flaccid cock is somewhat larger, kinda like a nascent erection. I avoid taking it before going to a nude beach because people may think I'm walking around half hard. I'm usually a grower not a shower but after I take viagra, it shows.

My husband who does NOT need viagra once told me if he ever becomes impotent he will not take any of the erection drugs-viagra, cialis, levitra because they all have possible side effects including hearing loss and he loves his music too much to risk it.

Susie I'm glad to hear hubby doesn't need anything and I hope he never does. But when the time comes he will take the meds like I did. The good sex is to important, he will risk his hearing for that any day!

because they all have possible side effects including hearing loss and he loves his music too much to risk it.

I thought the main risk was related to cardiac insufficiency of one kind or another? That heart problems were the main counter-indications and and possible side-effects.

... viagra, cialis, levitra because they all have possible side effects including hearing loss and he loves his music too much to risk it.

A rather severe side effect is blindness. Rare and not completely researched yet (as far as I know), but these drugs can do permanent damage to the optical nerve.

I have only taken Viagra a couple of times and it did work. It took about 30 minutes after taking the pill for me to get an erection and that was with lots of stimulation in the 30 minute run-up period. But once hard I did stay very hard until I came. Then like always for me, I lost my hard-on after my orgasm.

I could see where you would get psychologically dependent on thinking you need to take a pill to get hard. In most cases I can hard enough and quick enough to have sex with my wife but there are those times when maybe I can't stay completely hard before I cum. I am probably right on the edge of needing to take a drug all the time to get hard. But for now I can get by without needing it.

I think the stimulation part of the equation is very important to getting hard. For me, I need a combination of physical and psychological stimulation to get hard after taking Vigara but that is probably true when I don't need to take it as well.

I found the worst part of having to use Viagra was the 30 minute or more wait for it to kick in. No more spontaneous sex, it had to be planned and hope there were no interruptions after taking it. It worked and did the job but I hated the time delay. I was also on Detrol LA because I was going to the bathroom 3 or 4 times a night. A couple of years ago the Detrol stopped working and Cialis came out with its daily pill for ED and BPH and offered a free sample by prescription. I got my doctor to let me try it and it took care of both problems. I have been on it ever since and love that I no longer get up and go to the bathroom at night but I can "get up" whenever I want without planning or delay. My doctor has to jump through hoops every year to prove to the insurance company that it is medically necessary for me and it is not real cheap, now almost 2 dollars a day, but for me it is worth it.