Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Insomnia and Sexual Performance: How they are connected #insomnia #shorts #youtubeshorts #viral

18 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by Anne Truong MD defining insomnia and chronic insomnia and explaining how sleep deprivation affects men's testosterone and sexual performance. The video defines chronic insomnia as three months of symptoms occurring at least three times per week, states that men produce testosterone during sleep with peak levels in the morning, and cites research that a few nights of <5 hours sleep can reduce testosterone by about 10%.

Questions this video answers

Three months of insomnia occurring at least three times per week.

Fewer than five hours of sleep per night for a few nights.

About a 10% reduction.

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Insomnia, which is defined as difficulty or inability to fall asleep and stay asleep despite having adequate opportunity for sleep. So chronic insomnia is defined as having three months of at least three times per week of insomnia. Again, these are contribute to sexual performance. For men, insomnia and sleep deprivation have been found so be associated with decreased testosterone level. Because we know that men make testosterone at nighttime and it's the highest in the morning. So if they're not getting enough sleep, your body's not making enough testosterone. Surprisingly, research showed that a few nights of sleep deprivation, like less than five hours of sleep a night, can actually result in a 10% reduction in a man's testosterone level.