First time posting here, excuse me for any formatting mistakes I may make. I am a sixteen year old guy and afraid that I might have a penile disorder that is affecting my sexual health. For the past couple of months, I have been struggling to get and keep an erection, a problem which seems to be staying constant, if not worsening as time passes by. It should be noted for the past few years I had also noticed that i had stopped getting "morning wood", a thing odd for people my age, but I just shrugged it off and assumed that i just woke up at a different point of my sleep cycle, considering that my penis was just fine in sexual settings. Until the problem started appearing around a year ago (That's when I got into my first relationship if that matters), i was your typical teenager, just holding hands with a girl was enough to get me hard. Now that it my penis seems disfunctional in intimate settings, it has really affected my confidence. It has gotten to the point where everytime I am in a setting where normally I would be aroused, even when masturbating, i just start overthinking, "I should be hard why aren't I", entering this vicious cycle and making the situation even worse. Other possible contributors are the fact that I have 0 facial or chest hair, and very little armpit hair. (Maybe I have a lack of testosterone). I am in healthy and athletic, in the normal BMI range. I have started eating more healthily, sleeping more, and working out more, but the improvement seems to be next to none. I have been taking minocycline for a year as acne medication, and I've started taking vitamin D and C supplements recently. So, is it possible for me to be suffering like this due to physical issues or is it just in my head and I've just blown it out of proportion?
Have you had any injuries to the groin? Is there something that could cause you to be stressed? Are you sexually active? I have looked at the side effects of minocycline, and it doesn’t mention anything that could possibly lead to it, such as depression. There are many psychological factors that can lead to erectile dysfunction. I’d say that, if you can maintain an erection long enough to ejaculate and haven’t had an injury, then is may just be psychological incompetence.
Thank you so much for your swift response. Right now I am not sexually active, due to the fact that I broke up with my ex of over a year about 2 months ago, and i am taking a bit of time off to heal and focus on my studies. I can masturbate yes, although erections go away much more quickly than they used to, and i do not get random erections/morning wood anymore. If this is due to a psychological cause, do you think going to a therapist would help?