@Dick, I never messed with SSRI's because I thought the side effects weren't worth it. Plus, I have a low libido (I think due to some health issues) and I know SSRI's make that go even lower.

Alright, so I kept with my plan (2x a week, 90mj 14hz, 1000 each side, 500 each crus) for 4 weeks. During that time, I definitely felt improvements to my erection quality! My erections definitely felt a lot stronger. In comparison, it made me realize that my EQ for most of my life was around 70% at best. But with the shockwave, my EQ felt like it was usually around a solid 90-100%. It felt really great...at times like my cock was gonna burst if I did some kegel squeezes.

Around this time, I also started taking 5mg of Tadafil (generic for Cialis, bought from All Day Chemist) every other day, due to the study mentioned on Dick's blog. Not sure if I totally felt the effects from this, but it did seem to increase my spontaneous boners more from a low 10% to 25%.

And from the very beginning of my shockwave treatment, I noticed my night wood being a lot stronger and more frequent. Felt like I would often wake up in the middle of the night with a strong boner. I've always had night wood but this felt stronger and more frequent throughout the night.

Also, I've always had some scar tissue bumps where my Peyronies curve was located. It's not external on the skin, but was noticeable when feeling my cock. But it seems like the shockwave treatments has caused about 75% of those bumps to go away.

So after 4 weeks of this (8 treatments), I decided to take a break for 3-4 weeks. But almost immediately, about 5 days later, I felt my EQ dropping quite quickly.

Within a week, it felt like I was back to where I was before shockwave, where my EQ felt only around 70% strength. Night boners felt like they reset too. As well as the slight increase in spontaneous erections...gone as well.

I waited 3 weeks to see if I would have a positive boost effect later on, like Dzappa mentioned he got after 2-3 weeks of rest (http://shockwavefored.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=25#p25) But in my case, it really didn't seem like anything was happening. So I decided to restart things this week.

So I'm not sure what's going on. It seems from my first month that the effects I got were just temporary and didn't last.

I'm gonna go for another 4 weeks to see if another round helps things last longer. But not sure what to do different this time. Some ideas:

- I think I'll take 5mg of Tadalafil every day (instead of every other day) like the study listed, and see if that helps cement the results more.

- I wonder if I should increase the settings? I've been doing 14hz, 90mj, 1000 each side, 500 each crus. But maybe I should increase to 15hz? Or up to 1500 each side?

- Or maybe even lower the frequency...is it possible I'd get better results with lower settings?

- Or possibly increase the amount of sessions from 2x a week to 3x?

If anyone has any advice or thoughts on what to try differently (Dick? StillLimpen? Dzappa?), would appreciate any help!

So will move forward with another 4 weeks of treatment like this then see what happens. I'm simultaneously encouraged by the results but also discouraged by how long they lasted.

Will keep you guys updated on what happens. Again, let me know if you have any thoughts or questions!

QUICK SUMMARY: I resumed shockwave sessions and it worked again for 2 weeks, returning me back to those strong erection levels. Then it mysteriously dropped back to old levels the day after my 4th session. And then on my 5th session, the machine handle broke. So now I'm waiting for Lingmei/BeautyTSL to get back to me. And EQ has stayed at old, lower levels since.

LONG UPDATE:

Alright, I've got another update for y'all...

So I did another 2 weeks of treatment (2x per week, 14hz, 90mj, 1000 each side, 500 each crus). A day after my first treatment, my stronger erections returned! Again, I felt like I went from 70% EQ to 90-100%. Strong night boners. And it took much less effort to get and keep an erection.

It stayed like this for the rest of the 2 weeks until my 4th session.

After my 4th treatment, the next day, my EQ felt like it completely dropped off again to old levels and it stayed that way for the next few days. I was pretty confused. I hadn't done anything different. One possible variable is that I had my strongest jelq session ever that morning - there was a lot of pump and blood flow and it felt like my cock was definitely expanding. But it's possible that it pushed my cock too far and so the EQ dropped afterwards? I did my jelq session that morning and then the shockwave session later that afternoon...maybe that was too much for my cock to take in a day?

I'm not sure. But for the next few days, my EQ dropped away to the previous levels.

And then 4 days later, I got ready to do another session. This time I dialed it down from 14hz to 13hz, just in case 14hz was too much for my recovering cock. But as I started the session...after about 100 pulses, the handle STOPPED pulsing completely. And I smelled a slight burning smell.

The handle display kept counting upwards, as if nothing was wrong. And the fan kept going. But no pulses were coming out of that thing. It seemed like it was broken.

I emailed the company (Lingmei aka BeautyTSL) for support and they were pretty slow at getting back to me. They just sent me a video showing how to replace the long metal cylinder inside the handle with a new one. But that didn't work. The handle still wasn't pulsing at all.

So I've asked them to send me a replacement but I feel like it's going to take forever and they'll probably make me jump through a bunch of hoops. Sigh. So I guess I'm on an unofficial break for a little while.

Anyways, it's been exactly a week since my last shockwave session and my EQ is still back to it's old levels. I'm beginning to lose faith that this will help long-term...but it is still a promising sign that I've gotten such good results immediately after my sessions.

I wish I could consult an expert to ask what they think I may be doing wrong. Is it possible my settings are too strong and it's overwhelming my cock? Maybe it's better to induce a lighter stimulus, and also less frequently, to give the penis time to heal and grow back stronger?

I was thinking about possibly reaching out to one of the researchers listed in the science study but not sure if that's a good idea. Does anyone have any thoughts? Could really use some guidance here.

Last edited by GrantMalkom (5/23/2019 12:14 pm)

It's an exercise to increase blood flow to the penis and can make it bigger if done consistently and carefully over a long period of time.