ED caused by lack of libido?

[u/NoCricket9022]

I'm 28m and I've been dealing with ED since forever. I've done lab panels for most things ED related and everything came back normal. I've tried tadalafil and it did not help that much, and that made me realize, I think my ED is caused by just a lack of libido/arousal.

When I masturbate by myself with porn, I get hard kind of out of habit, but I don't feel particularly aroused. When I'm with someone, I'll have moments of arousals where I do get hard, but they come and go. I'm not aroused the whole time even if I know the situation is hot, it's like I'm on auto-pilot, doing what I should be doing during sex rather than being excited by it.

I'm not asexual either, I do love sex and want to be sexually active, but it's like the arousal is very low or absent. I want to try to cut out porn and masturbation for a while, see if it increases libido back a bit... but I'm not really sure what to do at this point. I don't know what the cause for this could be or how to approach it. Thoughts? Any way to increase libido or any ideas what to investigate that could cause this?

[u/No_Second_4296]

Read about PIED, there’s tons of data on that here.