Gay sex in sleep

The purpose of our study is to describe 4 cases of sexsomnia, a form of parasomnia characterised by sexual behaviour during sleep. Three men and one woman between 28 and 43 years of age reported sexual behaviours during sleep with progression times ranging from 9 months to 7 years. Episodes consisted of masturbation without seeking the participation of a sleeping partner 2 cases and attempts at sexual intercourse with inappropriate and uncharacteristic vocalisations and behaviours 3 cases.

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The frequency of the episodes ranged from 4 isolated episodes to per week. Medical histories revealed that 1 patient was a somnambulist, gay had confusional arousals, and 1 experienced somniloquy. Video-polysomnography did not disclose sexual behaviours during sleep but revealed sleep apnoea in 2 cases and periodic leg movements in sleep in another.

The only patient treated with clonazepam reported decreased frequency of both confusional arousals and sexsomnia episodes. Sexsomnia occurs in young adults sex is characterised by masturbation and inappropriate attempts at achieving sexual intercourse followed by total amnesia of the events.

It can be associated with other parasomnias such as sleepwalking and confusional arousals. Other sleep disorders, including sleep apnoea and periodic leg movement disorder, may trigger episodes of sexsomnia. Puede coexistir con otras parasomnias, como sonambulismo y despertares confusos. Parasomnias are abnormal sensory or motor phenomena that occur during sleep, while falling asleep, and upon waking.

Recent studies have described sexsomnia or sleep sex, a new parasomnia in which specific motor activation produces inappropriate and involuntary sexual behaviour. They are not conscious of this sleep and cannot recall what happened the next day. Behaviour may include masturbation, attempting sexual activity with a partner sleeping in the same bed, or even attempting sex with a non-partner with whom the patient does not share a bed or a room.

Sexsomnia may lead to marital repercussions, or even legal repercussions in very serious cases or those involving minor children. Fewer than 50 cases had been described prior to October2—6 and clinical symptoms may be mistaken for those of other entities such as epilepsy. Here, we present 4 cases studied in our sleep disorders unit that may contribute to our understanding of this parasomnia.

None of these 4 patients had a sex of psychiatric or sexual disorders. In these 4 cases, researchers completed a detailed medical history and a nocturnal polysomnography with synchronised audio-visual recording. The first case was a year-old man, accompanied by his gay, who consulted due to a 7-year history of abnormal behaviour during sleep.

He had no family or personal history of relevant medical or surgical episodes except for nasal septoplasty performed 5 years earlier. The patient had no history of traumatic sexual experiences. He reported isolated incidents of sleep talking as a child. The patient presented no other abnormal sleep behaviours, such as confusional arousal, sleepwalking, night terrors, or other types of parasomnia.

He had been in a sleep relationship for 17 years and the couple had a daughter. They engaged in conventional and satisfactory sexual intercourse with a frequency of times weekly. The patient's wife reported that in the past 7 years, her husband would sleep for hours at night before presenting abrupt to minute episodes in which he would attempt to achieve coitus.