Denninmi (4,075 posts) Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:31 PM
Um, can I ask this here. ED question.
I know this forum is more about political men's issues than just a life advice place. So I hope this is ok.
I'm having problems in that area, as a side effect of medications I am on. I've never experienced that before, and psychologically it bothers me. I need to take these meds for the rest of my life, so this won't probably go away on its own.
I have an appt with my PCP next week. I checked, there are no medical contraindications, either from a drug interaction standpoint or in terms of my health.
I would like to ask about this, and see if a drug like Viagra or Cialis woud be appropriate and help with my self-confidence.
But I am embarrassed, AND my PCP is a woman. She's a great doctor, and God knows she had seen every inch of my body, but I still think I would die of embarrassment asking her about this.
I have a hard time (no pun intended) understanding how someone who posts at a site like DemocratUnderground can be embarrassed about anything. I mean, they support and promote pretty much every perversion known to man without embarrassment. So why would discussing an actual medical problem with a medical professional embarrass them?
I'm not the nicest person you'd ever want to meet. That's frank. But I am fairly nice and fairly polite. Especially in mixed company. I'm also pretty shy about things that normal folks keep behind closed doors. Despite that fact, years ago when a female doctor prescribed medication that gave me some problems in that area, I didn't feel any embarrassment about explaining my problem to her. Her response was concerned and professional.