Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Broken Sleep Kills Testosterone & Causes ED. #Testosterone #Sleep #ED #Libido

26 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Anne Truong MD explains that most testosterone is produced during REM sleep. Fragmented or poor sleep drops testosterone levels, killing libido and causing erectile dysfunction. She recommends seven hours nightly with a consistent bedtime and wake time.

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Point number three, Sleep. Sleep is so important. If you have ed, you need to fix your sleep and also breathing at night too. Most testosterone is produced when you're sleeping and rapid eye movement. But if your sleep is short or broken, testosterone level decreases and therefore you're going to notice a change in your and your libido or sex drive. So you need to sleep about seven, at least seven hours at nighttime. What that mean is try to keep a regular bedtime and wait time, even on the weekends, not just the days that you're working at all.