Self Assessment:

At Sexuality EDucation Network we understand the need for absolute privacy for our visitors and customers. That is why we are offering download of our two books from the site so that only you and your laptop need know that you are researching this topic. For the downloadable questionnaires, we suggest setting up an email pen name, for example through google, so that when you return them to us your privacy will be absolute.

Every person is an individual and we want you to have information organized according to your specific set of circumstances. For some, weight loss may be more important. For those with high blood pressure, following all of our recommendations should give the best effect in lowering their pressure. For others, psychological issues might be critical factors. We know you will be more likely to activate a plan if you understand your particular set of circumstances and the corresponding recommendations.

We have therefore devised a set of five questionnaires (19 pages) for you to fill out, with specific recommendations according to the results. You can download them and then fill them out so that your answers are known only to you and your PC. The questionnaires are designed to do a comprehensive analysis of your specific characteristics so that you will have the information necessary to design your plan of attack based on you as an individual. The following are examples for each questionnaire to help you see how this process can be helpful:

1. Health screening.

One study showed that 41% of overweight people thought they were underweight or “just about right”. With so many overweight people, our perception of normal has changed. Check your BMI . Also measure your waist/hip ratio, as some people may not meet the BMI criterion to be classified as overweight, but their weight is distributed more in the abdomen, which is a very unhealthy place for fat to be located. Abdominal fat is usually due to consumption of excessive carbohydrates and alcohol (the so-called beer belly) and lack of exercise (couch potato). Beer and TV is a very erection-unfriendly combination!
- Many people with high blood pressure are unaware that they have it. Untreated hypertension damages the blood vessels by increasing atherosclerosis and can lead to heart attack and stroke. Some medications for hypertension can cause erection problems, while others can improve that function.

2. The International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF).

The IIEF is a 15 item questionnaire that has been validated for men with ED. Each item has a maximum score of 5, making the highest score a total of 75. We have added an additional point for each item because some men may do even better than was expected for the best therapeutic outcome for men with ED when the questionnaire was devised. You should feel very good if you achieve anywhere near 75, and the real yardstick is whether you and your partner are satisfied. This is not an Olympic competition. We just wanted the modified questionnaire to cover the full range of responses that could occur. Use it as a way of indicating how much you have improved, and by returning them to us you will provide important data for us to analyze to make even more effective recommendations in the future.
 
3. Erectile Function Food Survey.

    -This questionnaire will assess your diet and suggest ways you can improve your nutrition, or if necessary, augment it with supplements. For example, if your intake of natural antioxidants is poor, we would suggest taking a higher dose of pycnogenol and low carb chocolate. If you are in the habit of grilling your food often, you may be building up your levels of advanced glycation end products, which may break down nitric oxide in your cells. You are what you eat.

4. Anxiety and stress questionnaire.

If the answers to any of these questions are positive, anxiety and stress are playing a very significant role in reducing your erectile function. In this web site and in our books we give some suggestions of ways to reduce stress, but this is more easily said than done, particularly in these difficult times. If this is a factor, we would suggest doing every one of our recommendations and you still may need to do something to reduce the stress in your life.

5. Depression questionnaire.

Depression is a common cause of decreased erectile function and the most common antidepressants themselves reduce erectile function and desire. Seek professional help if you need it. Welbutrin is the antidepressant with the least effect on erectile function.

A sixth questionnaire is fashioned to allow you to realize what you have and have not done out of all of our recommendations. That way if your response is less than hoped for, you can see what areas you need to work on.

If you don’t identify a problem, you can’t solve it, and if you don’t admit to yourself that you haven’t made a full effort to solve the problem, you may not be successful. We highly recommend that you fill out these questionnaires and review the suggestions we make after each one. Problem solvers don’t just stumble on a solution. They define the problem, they gather all necessary information, they formulate a plan of action, and they carry out that plan. This section is designed to help you to formalize that process and to assure your success! We’d say good luck, but solving a problem has very little to do with luck but it has a lot to do with how you go about it. There never was a truer saying than “it isn’t what happens to you but how you handle it that counts!

We very much want to know how our customers are doing with our recommendations and supplements. Please send us the initial completed assessments and a second set of completed questionnaires, including the sixth one, following at least a two month trial. This information will be helpful to future clients by indicating what proportion of individuals are benefited and to what degree. Given enough data we will also be able to analyze which particular individuals may need other approaches. We are very aware of the need for absolute privacy, so we recommend setting up a gmail with a pen name specifically for the purpose of returning the questionnaires to us. The email address to return the responses is at the top of the self evaluation form.

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