SomeAdvice

I know straight up I have seen on many pro marijuana sites that they claim it does not lower testosterone levels. Maybe not in all individuals but I am positive that CHRONIC use in some males may lead to this problem. I even read in Maxim's ask Dr Maxim section that toking daily can lead to low testosterone and libido levels. Now I have been smoking quite heavily for 3 years and even after a couple months of use I noticed my sex drive had decreased and so did the firmness of my erections. Are these effects from smoking reversible or what? And before anyone asks I exercise regulary, eat properly, get adequate rest etc.

MrIMStoned

I don't know anything about testosterone but if you are a chronic then you should just smoke a doobie before sex. Holy cow will you have a hard erection for quite some time.

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ComfortablyNumb

I know nothing of this topic. I just wanted to say "Hi, and welcome to cheap talk". I'm kinda high...werd.

Giggles

I haven't read any studie or anything on this, but my understanding, from word-of-mouth/street knowledge, was that CHRONIC use, ie: everyday for a number of years, non-stop, could affect your libido & ability to get an erection... But as far as I know a little toking here and there never hurt anyone, and I know when I get stoned, I get horny, and I can keep it up forever... Believe me, if anyone's girlfriends out there don't like 'em smoking up, just have sex with them when you're baked, and you'll never hear another complaint!

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Mamabudz

In other words, you smoke pot and are now having erection problems and you think the two are connected

And you are so scared by this problem you are clutching for straws as to possible reasons for your erectile difficulty and think that advice from this website (http://www.easyadvise.com/maxim/drmaxim.htm) is a bit better than trusting the your next prostrate examination to the PlayBoy Advisor.

Son if you think you have a problem with libido or sex drive GET THEE TO A UROLOGIST (a Penis Doctor) PRONTO, QUICKLY, SKIDADDLE!!!

So you have had problems that you can date back possibly for 3 years but have not yet gone to a doctor...


Sorry to tell you this but the effects you just described can be due to a number of possibilities from enlarged benign prostate disease to testicular cancer. The effect of smoking pot even "quite heavily" has not been shown to lower libido or increase flaccidity. From the Three Things That Marijuana Doesn't Do a study:

A ...study by Dr. Robert Block at the University of
Iowa disputes the commonly held notion that marijuana alters
the level of testosterone and other sex hormones.
The study contradicted a widely publicized 1974 study
by Dr. R.C. Kolodony, which reported decreased testosterone
levels in men who smoked marijuana chronically.
The U. of Iowa study found that chronic marijuana use
had no effect on testosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle
stimulating hormone, prolactin and cortisol in men or women.
Noting that six other studies had failed to show
lowered testosterone levels in men, Dr. Block concluded: "It
appears that marijuana, even heavy use of the kind that's
typical in the United States, doesn't alter testosterone levels."
However, he cautioned that heavy use might have other
adverse effects, including "possible effects on reproductive
function and mild, selective cognitive impairments associated
with heavy, chronic use."
Block's study is published in Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, Vol. 28: 121-8 (1991).

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And before anyone asks I exercise regulary, eat properly, get adequate rest etc.

Good to hear that, what ever may be wrong should be fixed up then in no time

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SomeAdvice

First I would like to thank you all for replying.Now secondly I would like to tell you I did see my family doctor I am 19 btw.He did a prostate exam said everything was normal.Theres no lumps or any symptoms of me having testicular cancer except for the lowered sex drive.He said because of my age he didnt know what to recommend me to do.He didnt even refer me to a urologist which I found strange.How would I find a urologist on my own? I was asking here because I didn't know if anyone else has had similar symptoms?See I read so many mixed reports on the net about this issue some said marijuana may temporarily repress the testicular functions.Anyone have any suggestions?

jebus

well i think this is kinda obvious yet noone has said it yet. lay of on the weed fer a while and see if your sex drive will come back. if it does its probly due to the weed if it doesnt well sucks to be u lol
peace

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EeJay

^Good idea. After three years, you still haven't just taken a break and found out for sure? If I was that concerned, it's what I would've done by now.

Now I could be wrong, but maybe it's not totally about testosterone levels. Maybe it has to do with motivation or some other mental factor. I think there are plenty more variables to explore before you blame weed. I'm not totally ruling weed out, i'm just saying there's possibly other reasons.

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FreudPhilly

It could be alot of things! One symptom of Depression is a reduced libido, for example. Maybe talk to your doctor about "differential diagnosis". Ask your doctor to explain to you the possibilities of what could be leading to your symptom.

Mamabudz

Or ask your doctor for a referral to a specialist -- a urologist -- and take it from there.

Sounds like there is a problem that needs to be addressed.

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