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More people suffering from sexsomnia, study says

CAROLINE ALPHONSO

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 1:56 PM EST 05/06/07

Reports are increasing of the sleep disorder that causes people to have sex with others or masturbate without waking up ...Read the full article

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  1. Jim Whittier from Hamilton, Canada writes: This nonsense must be part of the marketing plan for a new drug.
  2. Dennis sinneD from Calgary, Canada writes: I agree, Jim Whittier. It's nonsense that it has anything to do with "caffeinated, high-stress society". It's nonsense that one should have to be embarrassed about it. I doubt it needs to be treated with anything medicinal. It requires an understanding partner.

    My wife absolutely has a sex-sleep disorder. I've always said so, since we met when she was a young adult 17 years ago, though I'd never heard of it. I thought she was just pulling my leg... haha. Now, I just make sure I gently wake her during the commission of her "offense", so she can enjoy too.

    She also talks quite clearly during sleep. This often wakes me first, particularly when she's talking about sex.

    The only time it's maddening, is when I really, really need sleep because it's very difficult to say no. Poor me! haha
  3. F M from Toronto, Canada writes: As Johnny Carson once commented in the midst of the great bran craze of the 1980's, he couldn't wait until a good greasy homeburger at the highway diner would be considered the next health food; and, for some, that could very well be the case.

    It seems everytime someone picks-up on a mode of being that they are not accustomed to, they consider it a negative deviation from the norm that needs to be controlled. I would suggest that many of these so called aberrations are just another normal aspect of the diversity that exists as part of normal human behaviour.
  4. Voice of Reason from Montreal, Canada writes: Hmm...sex while we sleep. And they say we can't be productive 24/7!
  5. David Williams from Canada writes: I agree with FM. I think people need to start reading Foucault again. If people are being injured, then I can see why people might be concerned. But embarrassed? That's what articles like this are for - to let us know we should be. I agree with the first couple of posts too - this article probably had its genesis with a drug manufacturer.
  6. Another Opinion from Toronto, Canada writes: Hmmmm, asleep during sex... I think I dated someone like that once.... or maybe she was just bored.
  7. Lowen Wrainger from Canada writes: This must be the follow up on the 'Workaholics' article that ran last week. These people are so busy when they are awake that sleep time is when the real action happens!
  8. Mike L. from Somewhere in Quebec, Canada writes: Sex while asleep? I think I'm missing something here...
  9. David Rouleau from Canada writes: lol @ Another Opinion...I KNOW I dated one like that...it gets worse when they ask "why does it take you so long". Sheeeeeeeesh...hasn't their complaint always been that it is over and done with too quickly? Maybe the big pharmco should invent a pill to negate fickleness. Cheers and have a great weekend all!!
  10. S. H. from Toronto, Canada writes: This actually isn't as funny as it sounds. I've been struggling with this issue for years and it has taken a toll on my marriage. My wife feels assaulted when this happens.

    While for some this is no big deal for others it is a real problem. There have been cases where children have been assaulted from this disorder. That's no laughing matter.
  11. Another Opinion from Toronto, Canada writes: For S.H.: Sorry, didn't mean to be disrespectful but that topic just begs for a punchline.

    Isn't there any way to work out a system between the two of you so she can tell when you're being amorous and when you're in la-la land? Or some reliable way to wake you up before you get busy? Perhaps a bedside taser?

    There must be ways of dealing with it, isn't there?
  12. Pearl Van Oyster from Canada writes: LOL, a bedside taser -- yes, good show of sympathy, Another Opinion!

    I thought all men touched themselves as often as possible, including while sleeping...guess my husband has a problem....
  13. Just Asking from Canada writes: Yes, yes... While it's easy although puerile, to go for the simple adolescent joke, obviously this disorder has a darker more dangerous side. Children, roommates even strangers are all put at risk. The article did mention a rape. If that is an overreaction to a "normal aspect of the diversity that exists as part of normal human behaviour" (thanks FM) then I suppose I'm guilty. Or perhaps there is more to this than dozing self gratification.
  14. Susie Q from Canada writes: "Suffering"?
  15. Albin Forone from Toronto, Canada writes: Never mind. "Sexsomnia" is the erotic fantasy of having sex with an attractive and soundly snoring patient, a fantasy peculiar and limited to certain medical practitioners specializing in diagnosis of sleep disorders. The fantasy resolves imagination the crude, non-medical and therefore counter-productive, hypothesis that a good screw is all that a regular insomniac needs.
  16. Mike L. from Somewhere in Quebec, Canada writes: I always wondered how we ended up with three children...maybe it wasn't the postman after all!
  17. A. Person from Canada writes: I seem to remember an episode about this on "Mad about you"???
  18. Tinfoil Hatt from My Private Island, Canada writes: David Williams from Canada writes: "I think people need to start reading Foucault again."

    That is, providing people start to find Foucault readable. ;-]
  19. sleepy in Ottawa from Canada writes: I feel better to know that my orgasmic dreams are actually dysfunctional. Now I can be medicated and will no longer have that irritating disappointment when I occasionally awaken at the wrong moment. Although I would dearly prefer the aforementioned good screw. Not to minimize the more serious side of the Sexsomnia Spectrum Disorder.
  20. John Arthur from Canada writes: Separate beds maybe....
  21. slapdash dapoint from Canada writes: this was standard operating procedure in university - wake up in the middle and enjoy the best part! then, some food, a drink and either back to sleep or back to fun

    now, however, i'm hoping it's happening. 'cuase it ain't while i'm awake
  22. Montgomery J. Klaxton from United States writes: Yeah,old news,... my friend Davout says that he's been having sex with his neighbor's wife for years while her husband slept!...just joshing!
  23. Some Guy (The ORIGINAL!) from Canada writes: l don't want to sound insensitive, but i worry that this will be abused by defense attorneys.

    "he didn't know he was raping her your honour, he was asleep!"
  24. nathan w from China writes: Sooo.... the moral of the story is "don't spend the night unless your planning on getting it on". It may not even depend on your newfound close friend's intentions. This could make life easier for some people and more difficult for others. "Sorry, I don't want to spend the night because you might be a sexomaniac and not know it."

    also - If only a little more of what FM had to say could be thought through before passing judgment on a whole array of things.
  25. Midtown Bob from Toronto, Canada writes: Sexsomnia is terrible - sometimes I wake up with a large gob of sperm in the bed. It sucks. My wife wants to know who I've had dream sex with and to make matters worse, my dog lies in it and thus requires grooming.
    EWWWWWWWWWW - CURE ME NOW!!!!
  26. Montgomery J. Klaxton from United States writes: Midtown Bob, that's not funny, that's absolutely disgusting!

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