Does having sex wake you up or make you sleepy?

I tend to go into this meditated state for a few minutes after sex. Strange but wonderful, relaxed feeling. I am not fully asleep but I am in between being awake and asleep. When I rise from it, I feel chilled but energetic. I don't take drugs.

SnL wrote:

I tend to go into this meditated state for a few minutes after sex. Strange but wonderful, relaxed feeling. I am not fully asleep but I am in between being awake and asleep. When I rise from it, I feel chilled but energetic. I don't take drugs.

Thats about how I feel, but I tend to go to sleep after the several minutes.

sharry wrote:

My OH and I were discussing this last night as (he) dosed off after sex. I find that afterwards I feel energised yet relaxed, a strange, contradictory feeling I suppose. My OH almost instantly falls asleep.

I know that the general consensus is that afterwards men roll over and women lie awake but is this really true? Is it the same for same sex relationships?

I am very much like you, I get a feeling of total relaxation (depending on how good the O was!). My partner just gets hungry or sleepy...

Em x

Sometimes it wakes me up sometimes it puts me to sleep, but it always makes me feel all relaxed

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Strangely enough, I’m ready for a sleep a few minutes after sex, while my other half is so worked up after sex that she can’t sleep, and that’s every time.
But if I masturbate, I don’t feel tired after that - very odd!

Males have a tendency to feel sleepy after ejaculation due to the pleasure hormones released in the brain, but yes it doesn’t seem to happen after masturbation to me either! :thinking:

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Her: Relaxed and sleepy. On a good day almost melts into a liquid state.

Me: Not allowed to come so absolutely wired and high as a kite after sex.

It really depends on the time of day and type of sex.

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I feel sleepy and often nod right off. I rarely feel energised after.

We’re both tired :joy: after sex and fall asleep cuddling in the spooning position.
If we have sex in the morning it’s a different story :thinking: don’t know why :woman_shrugging: