Please help! Had sex for a while but now cant get and/or maintain an erection after using fluoride toothpaste for the first time in long time

[TreasureVibe]

Hey all, I have a girlfriend now and we've had sex maybe 9 times and it all went perfect I was hard but then one time she made me use her fluoride toothpaste just once which I haven't used for years and that night i could get get an erection but it was somewhat softer after a while and the next day and the days since I can't get an erection or I get a soft one or I get a hard one but can't maintain it. My thyroid levels were measured 2 months ago and they were on the low end. I also have a varicocele on the left side and a very mild one on the right side. I also have slight hemmorhoids.

I don't get morning erections either anymore. I'm on 20 mg of valium currently and 3 mg of risperidone. I smoke cigarettes a lot, about 25 cigarettes a day. I don't use any other drugs.

Please help!!!

 

[ursidae]

Cigarettes are a goitrogen too

 

[TreasureVibe]

Cigarettes are a goitrogen too

I was thinking of using iodine and selenium to get rid of the fluoride out of my body. Is this a good idea?

 

[Vins7]

can using fluoride toothpaste really have that much impact on metabolism / health / libido?

Don't be offended but it sounds a bit ridiculous, there must be other kinds of problems.

 

[stumpus]

 

[cupofcoffee]

cigarettes, valium and risperidone are probably doing more damages than anything else, fluoride is indeed bad but it's the last of your problems at the moment.
Iodine and selenium can probably help getting of fluoride's effects tho.

 

[TreasureVibe]

I took 5000 IU vitamin D3 transdermally on my wrists and now my penis slightly hurts, it has been hurting before too slightly on the tip. The expiration date for the vitamin D3 was December 2020.

I've had a penile contusion in 2018 or something and the urologist told me to take vitamin E so I did and eventually it healed. Could the sexual positions we did brought this condition back?

 

[Ben.]

From all the variables that could play into this issue, using a fluoride toothpaste once is very unlikely to be the cause imo (altough i believe you that it happened in that time frame after using it)

varicocele and penile contusion sounds like you had problems with your sex organ before.

The only thing i would think of other than visiting the urologist would be to check if there is to much stress or some traumatic event. I know from some friends where this was a problem after some emotional stress with their partner/love life. And there is this vicious cycle happening because the condition scares/frigthens a person which thus creates even more stress because they feel"less like a man" and "i want to be able to perform and make this amazing for her, but i can't". For some, a one time usage of viagra and having good sex again was helpful too (to overcome the fear of inadequacy and the psychological trigger that induces the loop that prevents normal functioning).

Your relationship with this woman is private ofcourse but how is it going? Not talking simply about the sex but the emotional aspect, the relationship. Are there things that bother you? Do you have a intense drive to make stuff to perfect or some high expectations towards relationships?

The meds you are taking are for a mental condition? Do you have to take them? If not you could try stopping them and check if they are causing it.

 

[Ben.]

What is fluoride for you? what made you stop using it in dental care other than reading that it was bad? Could fluoride be a trigger of some sort?

Edit: Just thinking out loud here and trowhing ideas into the room. If they don't feel right or usefull to you, discard it.

 

[TreasureVibe]

@Ben. My girlfriend has very high needs as she is emotionally unstable and has ADHD. She has cut her thumb deeply last week thursday and I have to take care of her for almost everything. This has put a lot of stress on me. We live together in an assisted living house full of guys who are sexually active too and she asks for attention from them a lot. She has high expectations from me too, having to clean my room, do my weekly cleaning task of the house and she almost always asks me to grab this grab that for me etc. That all is putting a lot of stress on me and because she is overweight I'm not always that much aroused by her if at all. The fluoride lowers iodine levels which in effect lower thyroid hormone secretion. It also calcifies the pineal gland and I think this also affects erections.

 

[TheSir]

- has very high needs
- emotionally unstable
- has ADHD.
- I have to take care of her for almost everything.
- asks for attention from other guys.
- has high expectations from me
- is overweight
- I'm not aroused by her at all.

You must've done a lot of crap in your previous life to reincarnate into all of that. Please go through this list for a couple of times and reconsider if it's really fluoride that is causing your erection problems.

 

[Ben.]

The fluoride lowers iodine levels which in effect lower thyroid hormone secretion. It also calcifies the pineal gland and I think this also affects erections.

That may be so but please do not undermestimate your body and its capabilities. Fluoride is in food and in our drinking water too. Feel free to experiement with iodine/selenium but maybe try to not take this one time usage of toothpaste as this world ending thing. It may be problematic in certain conditions/amounts but what you describe here would require a insane problematic health condition for a simple toothpaste to have that effect.

I agree with The Sir here. Idk how your relationship realy looks like and what your story/feelings entails but what you describe here sounds to me like one person doing so much for another (and that is very kind ofcourse) but what i wonder is, if you are not taking care enough of yourself and your own needs.

Her issues are not your cross to bear. But hers. You can help her ofcourse, but don't do it for her and let yourself fall short. Men like to be the Knight in shining armor and help a damsel in distress but that often times backfires. Just because shes a woman or has some conditions does not automaticly mean that she does not have work or self-improvement to do.

 

[Nathan777]

The fluoride lowers iodine levels which in effect lower thyroid hormone secretion. It also calcifies the pineal gland and I think this also affects erections.

The most energetic and happy people around you probably use fluoride in their toothpaste and drink fluoridated water daily. Doesn't mean it's good, but it's also not going to destroy you instantly. Fluoride, like most things, isn't going to suddenly shut down your metabolic system from one use. You have a lot more going on that you should focus on. The fact that using fluoride toothpaste one time stressed you out so much might suggest some of your problems are more psychological than physiological. No offense.

The best thing I ever read on this forum was years ago when someone said how stressing about eating perfect or living a perfectly clean life probably does way more damage than just aiming for "good enough" and not panicking every time you can't live up to your own self-imposed standards. It's hard to do, and probably never truly achievable for some of us, but it's a good goal to aim for.

 

[laleto12]

Bro as some have said above, do you really think its fluoride?

 

[ursidae]

You must've done a lot of crap in your previous life to reincarnate into all of that. Please go through this list for a couple of times and reconsider if it's really fluoride that is causing your erection problems.

Lol it’s not like he was reincarnated into a bad family, he made the choice to be with her

 

[GelatinGoblin]

You must've done a lot of crap in your previous life to reincarnate into all of that. Please go through this list for a couple of times and reconsider if it's really fluoride that is causing your erection problems.

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[SamuraiJack]

You smoke more than a pack a day and think your issue is because of a one time toothpaste usage?
If you want straight advice it sounds like you should leave your 'girlfriend' and focus on yourself.

 

[TreasureVibe]

I really think it was the toothpaste, there's a ton amount of fluoride in regular toothpaste. The doctor said it's my risperidone but didn't mention cialis or Viagra. I want cialis because it's more healthy.

 

[Nathan777]

I really think it was the toothpaste, there's a ton amount of fluoride in regular toothpaste. The doctor said it's my risperidone but didn't mention cialis or Viagra. I want cialis because it's more healthy.

I really don't think it was. The amount of fluoride you absorbed from one tooth brushing might as well be ZERO. And now you want more prescription medications? Really?

 

[tankasnowgod]

I really think it was the toothpaste, there's a ton amount of fluoride in regular toothpaste. The doctor said it's my risperidone but didn't mention cialis or Viagra. I want cialis because it's more healthy.

Lol, what are you doing? You've been on the RPF for a few years now, and still considering Cialis or Viagra?

I wouldn't think brushing your teeth once with fluoride toothpaste would be that big of a deal...... unless you decided to swallow all of it?

How about this..... try taking some vitamin D and K2. Maybe 10,000 iu D and 5-15mg K2 for a few days. Also, maybe eat some more eggs and sugar for cholesterol and downstream steroids. After that, you can experiment with thyroid, and maybe pregnenolone and DHEA.