Wow this is the first I've heard of the vasectomy thing. I too had a vasectomy at about 33 years old and also felt that I've never been the same. I slowly started developing ED symptoms but chalked it up to being in a bad marriage and having no interest in her. Fast forward 13 years post divorce tiny hot asian thing sitting on my lap and nothing. No desire just meh.
Testosterone made me me again. In the gym it is no magic bullet but I work hard and it gives me the extra edge. In 2 years I've put on 20lbs of muscle and the hormones have made it much easier to control my body fat.
Yeah. The thing is I had to have it done 2 times. And let me add that neither time was comfortable. After the first time, I felt ok, orgasms were the same, desire was the same. I don't know if that had to do with the failure of the procedure or not but I felt like, oh, no big deal until I found out that it didn't work. After the second time, when it finally succeeded was when I was like, WTF!!. I was trying to think of reasons like it was my mind, or I just needed more healing time. I started to look around more and found out that there were more men who have had issues after a vasectomy, less intense orgasms, decreased volume, pain in the scrotum area, less desire. There is even a website dedicated to not doing vasectomies.
This was a tough thing for me. I was the one who wanted to have sex all the time with my girlfriend, then all of a sudden, it was like it didn't matter. The crappy part of it was that before my vasectomy I was always the one wanting it and she didn't, I would get so frustrated. Now the tides have turned, she wants it, and I don't really care all that much.
I did it because I read that nothing changes. I think they're full of shit. There is too much money involved. My volume isn't the same, my orgasm intensity isn't the same, my erections aren't the same, and I even feel like my sensitivity isn't the same. Getting a vasectomy isn't something I would recommend to any male, no matter what they say. Don't mess with your junk. I don't think sperm was meant to be blocked off, no matter how harmless it may seem.
Maybe there are guys out there who it truly did not affect, but I'm here to tell you that it affected me in a negative way. And possibly there are men who are afraid to admit that it affected them negatively.
With that said, I'm gonna try the clomid first and go from there. I appreciate the people who have chimed in. I hope I don't have to do injections but we'll see.