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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 15;14(1):141-144.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6902.

Sleep-Related Orgasms in a 57-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report

Muna Irfan  1   2 , Carlos H Schenck  3   4
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Sleep-Related Orgasms in a 57-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report

Muna Irfan et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .

Abstract

We report a case of problematic spontaneous orgasms during sleep in a 57-year-old woman who also complained of hypnic jerks and symptoms of exploding head syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in the English language literature of problematic spontaneous orgasms during sleep. She had a complex medical and psychiatric history, and was taking oxycontin, venlafaxine, amitriptyline, and lurasidone. Prolonged video electroencephalogram monitoring did not record any ictal or interictal electroencephalogram discharges, and nocturnal video polysomnography monitoring did not record any behavioral or orgasmic event. Periodic limb movement index was zero events/h. Severe central sleep apnea was detected with apnea-hypopnea index = 130 events/h, but she could not tolerate positive airway pressure titration. Sleep architecture was disturbed, with 96.4% of sleep spent in stage N2 sleep. Bedtime clonazepam therapy (1.5 mg) was effective in suppressing the sleep-related orgasms and hypnic jerks.

Keywords: NREM parasomnia; abnormal sexual behaviors in sleep; sexsomnia; sexual parasomnia; sleep sex; sleep-related orgasm.

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