A member asked:

Experiencing erectile dysfunction out of the blue. what the hell? is it my mind or body?

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Could be both: Most commonly men who have sudden onset of ED have inhibition as a result of some event- anxiety, pain, distraction, alcohol, fatigue. But there may also be excessive nerve tone expressed by the brain which contracts the blood vessels making an erection harder to obtain. This can be psychologically and/or physically activated. Either way it's complex and it the problem persists visit a urologist.

Answered 5/7/2016

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Dr. Mark Fisher answered

Specializes in Neurology

Erectile dysfunction: In a case like yours, top of the list of things to consider is drug side effect: Did this follow the start of a new medication. E.g. beta-blockers (propranolol, atenolol, metoprolol etc) are well known to cause this.

Answered 5/9/2017

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