Ejaculation issue

JohnC43

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Hi, I began taking Propecia about 4 years ago and for a while had no problem ejaculating, and only noticed minimal changes in my sex drive. A little less than a year ago I began to notice I had a slightly lower volume of ejaculate, and it was a bit more watery. Shortly after, I found as I reached climax, I would orgasm but the contractions would sort of come to a halt about 3/4 way through orgasm and very little if any semen if any would be released. At first I thought of the commonly mentioned side effect of decreased ejaculate volume, but there was clearly ejaculate still in there that didn't make it all the way out, as when I squeezed hard around the base of the shaft and worked slowly up like a tube of toothpaste and bent it downward it would release a fairly decent and solid white amount of ejaculate. I am wondering what could be inhibiting ejaculation or keeping the contractions from forcing the sperm out? It feels much more physical than mental, as I am able to get horny and into it all the way up until ejaculation and am even able to get most of an orgasm.
 

Optimistic

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These side-effects could be from something else. Have you eliminated other potential causes?
 

raggy29601

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I've gone through the same thing off and on for several years. I started propecia 10 years ago and things were pretty normal until the past two or three years. At first I would notice that the semen was much more watery and lately I've done the same thing you have - nothing comes out but it is in there and I can squeeze it out, though the ejaculation feels normal.

When I was a teenager I had a friend who was on different prescription drugs for various reasons and he was telling me that he didn't produce semen sometimes because of the drugs (he probably did but it wasn't visible). I found that really hard to believe, but now that it's happening to me, I'm thinking that different drugs or drug reactions do actually cause that.

I've also been on heavy doses of new allergy medications the past year or two and am thinking that different drug interactions may have something to do with it. I do want to emphasize that it varies, though; sometimes everything is normal, sometimes it's clear and watery and sometimes nothing comes out.

I'll probably want to get checked out by a urologist when (or if) the time comes and I'm ready for a child, but for now I'm not letting it bother me; it's probably just a quirky drug side effect.
 
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