PREMATURE EJACULATION: SOME HELPFUL MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS
How long can you last in bed? Not every man can confidently answer that question because of the problem of premature ejaculation, which makes them release semen as soon as they start making love to their partners. In certain critical circumstances, some
men have confessed to ejaculating 3 or 5 minutes into penetration! And this condition has a far-reaching and mostly destructive effect on relationships between couples and lovers. Check out these helpful medical and psychological treatments for premature ejaculation:
Doing pelvic floor exercises
You may have premature ejaculation due to the weakness in your pelvic floor muscles. You need some exercises to strengthen these muscles so that you can hold your ejaculation longer. Where are my pelvic floor muscles? Most people often ask. You can identify your pelvic floor muscles by holding urination midstream or not passing gas when you feel like doing so. Those muscles below your rectum and prostate gland are the pelvic floor muscles; you can actually feel them while holding urine midstream or refusing to pass gas. You can lie on your back or any side to exercise these muscles. Practice tightening and relaxing your pelvic floor muscles for 4 seconds each time. Do about 2-3 sets of this exercise every day (one set may equal to 8-9 tightening and relaxing of the muscles) and focus only on your pelvic floor muscles, not any other muscles in your body.
Psychological or behavioral approaches
Anxiety has been identified as one of the reasons men ejaculate prematurely. One of the ways to remove over-sensitivity to romance and sex is to masturbate one or two hours before intercourse. This may help you sustain an erection when you eventually penetrate your partner. It is advisable that you have some counseling sessions with your doctor to find the better way to manage your anxiety.
Use of condoms
Condoms have also been found to hinder premature ejaculations by reducing the extent of penile sensitivity during intercourse. Condoms such as Durex Performax Intense, Trojan Extended, and Lifestyles Everest Intense are referred to as “climax control” condoms. They have numbing agents like lidocaine, benzocaine, or any other latex-thickening agents that reduce penis sensitivity. You can purchase these condoms over the counter.
The pause-squeeze method
This method requires that you and your partner actively participate in the process of stopping your premature ejaculation. You can both begin romancing and having intercourse as usual. Immediately you feel like ejaculating, you withdraw your penis and ask your partner to squeeze the end of your penis, holding the squeeze for some seconds until the urge to ejaculate disappears. Then, you can resume making love.
Use of medications
You must work with your doctors to discover the best medications for your premature ejaculation. However, there are two kinds of medications you can use to fight this problem.
- Topical medications: These include anesthetic creams and sprays that have numbing agents like lidocaine, benzocaine, or prilocaine.
- Oral medications: Some of these oral medications that can purportedly delay orgasm include analgesics, antidepressants, and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. Make sure your doctor prescribes any of these medications before using them. The reason is that many of them have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). So, please play safely in this regard; this is why having initial consultation or counseling with your doctor will go a long way to helping you resolve this problem of premature ejaculation.
