Neuropharmacological Help
One could consider any state of mind that is not sheer bliss an imbalance, or a neurological deficiency, or an outright illness. Nature and evolution have, through natural selection, tricked mankind into being unhappy because unhappy subjects strive harder. So, genetically, most people are descendants of unhappy winners.
Sooner or later, genetic engineering and neuroscience will correct nature. Maybe humans in the fourth millennium will be born with a genetic guarantee for a happy life, no matter what the conditions they actually live in will be.
Before that time, neurosurgery may do a good job of correcting chronic unhappiness by cutting short the firing lines of some neural circuits. But certainly not by just drilling holes into the brains of unhappy people, as was done with lobotomies in the 1950s.
For now, mankind has at hand only a limited number of pharmacological solutions. How good people feel depends a great deal on the level of neurotransmitters at synapses. Pharmaceuticals can increase neurotransmitter levels, mostly serotonin, and that’s what anti-depression medications are mostly about. The most widely used anti-depression medications are SSRIs, or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. They interfere with the reuptake of serotonin, thereby ensuring that levels of serotonin stay higher than they otherwise would.
Many people could just take some Prozac and, by and large, be happier than they are now. But becoming happier would also make them less competitive.
In order to achieve the goal of great sex, a lot of preparatory work needs to be done, and doing so requires competitiveness. One has to take care of one’s appearance. One has to study social conditions in order to know where they are favorable.
And one has to work on one’s capability to enjoy those moments for which one lives. Erection problems, or the failure to have a satisfying climax, are disturbances, not only to the mood but also to the whole system of values of Kreutz Ideology. But like happiness itself, sexual desire, erections, and orgasms, too, are matters of engineering. They are mechanical problems of wiring (nerves) and plumbing (blood vessels). Currently, the only effective methods for interfering with the neuromolecular basis not only for happiness but also for sexual desire are pharmaceuticals.
Yohimbe (with the pharmacologically active ingredient yohimbine) is effective, though, unfortunately, it also has significant side effects. It helps somehow with the wiring. Though not an MAO inhibitor, yohimbe does feel as if it elevates dopamine levels. One feels agitated, and blood pressure is actually raised by yohimbine.
Anything that raises dopamine levels is likely to have a positive effect on desire. That’s why many medications for Parkinsonism, particularly dopamine agonists, cause increased sexual interest. (Parkinsonism is a pathological depletion of the neurotransmitter dopamine through interference with the dopamine production sites in the brain.) The main effect of yohimbine is on the plumbing. Yohimbine blocks presynaptic alpha-2-adrenergic receptors, resulting in increased blood flow to the sex organs, and in reduced outflow. Thus better erections can be engineered, and because of the increased pressure in the sex organ, there is also increased pleasure, and the experience of orgasms can be heightened, though this is not guaranteed.
Bromocriptine is a prescription Parkinson medication (Parlodel by Sandoz), which also reduces prolactin levels. It helps in sexual intercourse primarily because it raises desire. In many cases, this will lead to better erections, too, though the effect may not be as pronounced as what is achieved by pharmacological agents acting directly on the plumbing. But bromocriptine can make for memorable orgasms.
Deprenyl is another prescription Parkinsonism medication, a selective MAO-B inhibitor. I do find that it raises desire but it also leads to some shrinkage, similar to what people experience on amphetamines.
DHEA has been hyped for years. It simply has no effect on sexual parameters.
Ginkgo biloba is an herbal product that presumably increases blood flow to the extremities, including the brain and the sex organs. Hyped but useless for sex.
Arginine is an amino acid and nitric oxide precursor. It has been much touted as an erection booster but one never notices even the slightest effect.
Pfizer’s Blue obviously works.
Scientific research indicates Tongkat Ali raises the body’s own testosterone production, and this could have a positive effect on several sexual parameters.