A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to force his wife to have sex in the middle of the night but has no memory of his actions when he wakes up.

A married woman in her mid-20s often tears off her clothing and masturbates but remembers nothing when her partner rouses her.

For a dozen years, a 31-year-old man masturbates while asleep, at times injuring his groin. Embarrassed due to his unconscious behavior, he avoids relationships for eight years.

These are all clinically documented cases of sleep sex, or sexsomnia, part of a family of sleep disorders called parasomnias that include sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep eating and sleep terrors.

  • @[email protected]
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    57 months ago

    I OD’d on Benadryl once, it was like I was both asleep and awake at the same time. Dreaming and experiencing the horrors of what my mind could make worse. All while being nearly paralyzed in fear. That happened one time. It still messes with my head yesrs later.

    What happened, do you take something or go to a doctor or therapist?

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      27 months ago

      Sounds like the fever dream I had when I was a teenager and had mono and hep A at the same time (not uncommon apparently). I was both lying on the living room couch with the TV on and a soldier on a battlefield crawling through the mud. Also, unsurprisingly for me, occasionally I was on Star Trek (which wasn’t what was on TV).

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        27 months ago

        Went looking for an answer to your question and found this which I did not know was a use for benadryl (well, the active ingredient anyway).

        Usual Adult Dose for Insomnia

        Diphenhydramine Citrate: 76 mg orally once a day at bedtime

        Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride: 50 mg orally once a day at bedtime

        https://www.drugs.com/dosage/diphenhydramine.html

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        17 months ago

        A standard dosage for me is an overdose. I have a very low tolerance to Benadryl. Unfortunately, I learned this after that day at the doctor’s office.