Do you know what is "Sexomnia?" Did you know that such word exist? I only heard about it just recenctly and I search it immediatelt when I heard it. If you don't know ut yet, then I will share some information about it.

According to wiki, Sexomnia or "sleep sex" is a form of "parasomnia." Parasomnia are categorized in "Sleep disorder," it's involved unusual movements, manners, emotions, dreams amd perceptions, and this happens while sleeping and during arousal from sleeping. Sexomnia can be characterized by anyone who engage in sexual act while in non rapid eye movement. Sexomnia can happen to anyone who already has any sleeping disorder. People who have sexomnia may appear awake but, they really don't have any idea about their act while they were asleep.

Sexomnia Symptoms

• Masturbation is a sexual pleasure of one's own genital to the pointnof orgasm.

• Sexual Intercourse or Vaginal Intercourse is a sexual activity which involves the insertion and thrusting of man's "thing," for pleasure and reproduction.

• Groping or fondling this is touching another's body in unsexctual way.

• Sexual Assualt this is an act of forcing a person to engage in sex against their will.

Sexomnia Causes

Though doctors all over the world still can't see what really causes it, but they know that people who is already suffering from sleep disorders, sleep talking and sleep walking are more at risk and prone to this. Sexomnia can be triggered by too much drinking alcohol, unrestrained consumption of drugs, over stress and sleep deprivation. It is also said that a physical contact from your partner maybe, is maybe another reason why it's happen. But, if you want want to reduce it from happening, proper sleep is the key. Don't think too much and remove negativity in your system that may cause you stress.

Possible Risk

Sexsomnia can happen to anyone but, it has high chance of happening to those who is experiencing sleep disruption secondary to obstructive sleep apnea, existing sleep disorders, sleep related epilepsy and certain medications.

In some cases, physical contact has seen as a triggers to sexomnia. So, sexual arousal, pelvic thrusting and orgasm can connect to sleep epilepsy disorder. Sedative Hypnotic Zolpidem or "Ambien" are often used for insomnia and seen a high risk of sexomnia as an adverse effect or side effect that includes in Certain Medication.

Effects

People who has Sexomnia can experience a different negative emotions because of their disorder. There are secondary effects of sexomnia such as; shame, denial, condusion, frustration, anger and guilt.

Causal Factor

There is no final diagnosis of sexomnia but, there's a number of factors to determine this condition. And that are;

• Family history of sleepwalking or genetics

• Previous episodes of sleepwalking

• Disoriented

• Amnesia

• Can't conceal episode

Preventions

There is no medicine for treatment of sexsomnia that is FDA approved, though some peofessionals tried to treat it of different aproach. Creating and maintaining safe environment for those who are affected are the first line of prevention. Precautiinary measures are included but never limited, those people who are affected are, have their own rooms and their rooms has alarms and locked for safety purposes.

Treatment

Sexomnia has some medication too, such as prescription medications, CPAP or Continuous positive airway pressure and change od lifestyle.

Prescription Medication

Doctors prescribed Clonazepam or Klonopin as treatment for sexomnia and categorized as benzodiazepine. Chloride Channel can be open by Benzodiazepine to allow chloride and enter the neuron. This was often used as treatment dor seizures, panic diaorder, anxiety and sleep disorders.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

This is often used as treament for sleep apnea. In some cases where a person has sleep apnea and sexual behaviors like with sexomnia, the continuous use of positive airway pressure may bring to an end of unwanted behavior.

Change of Lifestyle

Negativity should be removed and change it into Positivity. Positive lifestyle is best for a person that has sexomnia. Lessening the stress that may triggers anxiety may reduce exacerbation of sexomnia. Being open to your partner may decrease the negative feelings, also having a suppport from them can change everything.

Swedish Man get Acquitted Year 2014 Case

Year 2014,

Suspect Name: Mikael Halvarsson a Swedish Man

There's a case reported of rape charges by a man but acquitted of the charges because the court discovered that the man is really asleep during the assault, and the man was proved that he was suffering from sexomnia.

It may seems like a made up disorder buy, Dr. Kingman Strohl, a professor of medicine and director of research confirmed that it is actually a disorder, it was unintentional behavior during sleep.

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