anhedonia??

[fred3141]

I am 50+ years old, have had great orgasms all my life until recently.

The sensation of having an orgasm disappeared too quickly and completely to be explained by lazy muscles, drugs, loss of interest in my partner.  She is the love of my life and our sex is great, I am in excellent physical condition and while I did have a disc decompression at L5 S1 in 2004, I continued to have great sex beginning the day after surgery.  I am not depressed, I have led a charmed life.  I do fear it may have had something to do with bicycling, however 'don't do that' has not helped.

My urologist will not take the problem seriously or just has no answers.

I have taken time to read posts and forums and the answer is the same do kegels, see you urologist, I have done  that so now what.

I am considering a neurologist at the suggestion of the urologist, what kind or questions might I ask before making an appointment?

Somebody has to have faced this before and going real answers, thanks for reading

[jim9800]

I developed anhedonia orgasm at 17 and it really never got  better.  Now it is horrible.  I have copd so i can't work to come without suffocating from breathlessness.  The ejaculation is blank and the feeling is a pulsatile numbness if i do manage to get there.  I am no flomax and venlafaxine which may be causing the greatly reduced orgasm.  I don't even bother much anymore and don't see anyone at all now.

[ATnyc]

Hi there...This just happened to me recently, I'm 45 and had complete loss of feeling during the "peak" phase of orgasm.   I don't know what caused it but it came on fast.  I'm wondering if you ever found any answers or if the feeling of orgasm ever came back?   Hope to hear back.

[potatoeboy]

I am 56 years old and in the last year have developed the same problem as you describe.  Much less horniness especially if i watch porn, use to get me going, can get erection and ejaculate but very little orgasmic feeling and getting less.

Got my testosterone up to high levels with HCG but has not helped maybe even worse.

My brother has gone thru the same problem at about the same age as I am , he is 3 years older.

Have you gotten any answers?

[mjbrown]

I have a mild form of this... but it is from my use of SSRI antidepressants. Your disc decompression can be a possible cause; however, if you had a healthy sex life after the surgery, this is not likely to be it. But I would talk to you doctor about it, if you haven't already, nonetheless. It might be possible that you have a pinched nerve somewhere.

You state that you are over 50 yrs old. Have you had your testosterone levels checked? Low testosterone is notorious for causing sexual anhedonia.

Definitely find a doctor who will take you seriously and keep looking for an explanation. Are you able to orgasm (and get pleasure from it) when you masturbate? If so, there might be a psychological explanation. Either way, I hope you can get some answers from the neurologist.

Best of luck...