Strange observation: sleepy during sexual arousal.

[Schizophonia]

I am severely insomniac (2 to 3 sleepless nights per week for over a year) and basically wired all the time.

EXCEPT when I'm sexually aroused, when I'm horny, most of the time I feel a strong sense of sedation that closely resembles what a pre-sleep phase (including naps) used to feel like.

Cumming actually makes me more awake and keeps me away from sleep.

How to explain this?

 

[EustaceBagge]

This is practically unexplainable. But what makes sense to me is that, sexual arousal being energy that you can dispense, is valuable especially if your already in a weakened state. So that energy may be getting used to boost metabolism slightly, thus dropping reliance on adrenaline/cortisol.

And conversely, if you do ejaculate, you waste the energy and prolactin rises as a response. In my case, being stressed makes me very horny, but when I'm very tired I have trouble getting aroused. So it is more of a spectrum where I need to be the right amount of stressed to want to masturbate.

Or if your sexual arousal is artificial (imagining sexual fantasies, seeing sexy people outside or at work, porn) it may be a dopamine issue? These things are so fking difficult I don't know man... if you find the answer let us know.

 

[learnedhelpless]

I am severely insomniac (2 to 3 sleepless nights per week for over a year) and basically wired all the time.

EXCEPT when I'm sexually aroused, when I'm horny, most of the time I feel a strong sense of sedation that closely resembles what a pre-sleep phase (including naps) used to feel like.

Cumming actually makes me more awake and keeps me away from sleep.

How to explain this?

Cumming increases all adrenal hormones, so that could lead to insomnia.