Declining Sexual Potency

- Roger Mason

     

If you watch te1evision you must have seen the recent one minute spots for "Ener-X" the herbal sexual potency enhancer. Certainly readers of this newsletter were not stupid enough to call the 800 number and order any, but millions of people were obviously stupid enough as the ad has been running for months and TV time is very, very expensive. I will not waste time even discussing why something like this cannot help you regain the sexual potency, performance, desire and satisfaction you had in your 20's.

Why can't we realize that as we age our sexual desire is rightly replaced by other interests more and more. Sure, we should enjoy a satisfying sex life as we age especially if we are married. But to be obsessed with sex as we were in college is rather immature obviously. As we get older Nature intended us to gradually replace our interest in sex and reproduction with other interests. This is not a matter of some modern malady. Primitive peoples go thru the same gradually declining interest in sex decade after decade. But there is a matter of loss of potency becoming more and more prominent in our culture. There is increasingly a lack of ability to enjoy a happy sex life and to enrich our marriage with intimacy. The answer obviously doesn't lie in listening to television ads for herbal concoctions. And this author very much believes and practices herbal healing. It is said that sex is 10% physiology and 90% psychology and this is some of the best advice you are ever going to hear about the matter.

It is pretty easy to rule out the 10% physiology. Are you fit and healthy and reasonably free from illness? Or are you overweight, never exercise and on at least several medications? Right there gives you the answer as to why your sex life went south with the rest of your health. There are two hormones that do, in fact, affect our sexual desire, potency and performance. It is very easy to clinically determine if our levels are healthy so we can either rule them out or supplement them.

DHEA is a most important sex hormone and longevity hormone for both men and women. It falls from the time we are 30 or 40 and we are generally severely deficient by the time we're 70. If you are low you can buy inexpensive 25 mg tablets at any drugstore and raise your DHEA levels safely, effectively, inexpensively without seeing a doctor. Do NOT take DHEA unless you have tested your level either with a saliva test kit or by blood analysis with a physician. You are looking for a youthful level like you had at 30 or 40. Testosterone is also a most important sex and longevity hormone for both men and women. In men it falls gradually from the time we are about 50. In women it can either be too high or too low. If men are low they can take 50 mg of androstenedione tablets and check their levels again six months later. If women are low they can take a 1/4 or 1/2 tablet and test their levels again in six months. Do NOT take androstenedione unless you have proven your level of testosterone is low. You are looking for a youthful and not a high level. You can also choose to use testosterone gels or patches (but NOT oral salts) from the doctor.

Hormone saliva kits have been discussed in earlier articles.

If your problem is psychological this column cannot help you. Sorry.