GAD=Sexual Dysfunction?

Any GAD guys out there have sexual dysfunctions (erectile probs, ejac probs, low desire, fear of intimacy, sexless marriage) due to their constant anxiety?

I've never heard anywhere that GAD Causes problems with erections and so forth, when I read this I first thought it was in the wrong forum.

Of Course. Anxiety is the number one cause of sexual dysfunction for both men and women.

for me personally anxiety hasn't caused me to have any problems, one time side effects from medication did for awhile, but after a time that went away.

If so, take the time to use the resources which are available at the end of this article to identify and make plans to get treatment for anxiety disorders which are ruining the quality of your life. There are many different anxiety disorders, and there are excellent sites on the internet which can help you decide if you have one.
For your sake, check them out after reading this article for useful information. This is a good time to to learn about a particular anxiety disorder which causes havoc in lives and ruins sex lives as well.If you recognized yourself in the questions at the beginning of this article,answered two or more yes, you should contract a health care professional to see if you have a very common condition Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD.

I have this problem too. I suffer from anxiety induced sexual dysfunction and can't function sexually once a relationship I'm in starts getting serious. This is a type of intimacy anxiety and has the same root cause as my GAD- childhood abuse. I am also anxious out of the bedroom with the GAD which often spills over into depression if the anxiety gets really bad and inside the bedroom with the intimacy anxiety which kills all sexual desire so I am unable to get an erection.

I suffered with this when I was single too. I dated lots of women but no relationship would last more than a few weeks because after starting out just fine I would suddenly, after three or four normal sexual encounters suddenly be unable to perform. Years of therapy has been unable to fix this and my marriage has been sexless almost from the beginning because of it.

It was explained to me by one of my therapists that what happens is my anxiety causes the hormone cortisol to flood my body. Cortisol is the "fight or flight" hormone which kills sex drive as a survival mechanism. This only happens in a relationship when the intimacy alarm bells go off and I start feeling extremely anxious. Medication doesn't work because it kills my libido as a side effect.