Nocturnal erections and broken sleep

[bens]

My sleep is so broken that I wake up every 2 hours (roughly the length of one sleep cycle). I am always dreaming so I imagine I always wake up during or after REM sleep.

I have noticed that the quality of my nocturnal erections improves with each awakening. Over the past few days, the typical sequence is:

1st awakening - limp
2nd awakening - semi
3rd awakening - poor/decent erection
4th awakening - poor/decent erection

I know that REM cycles get longer in later sleep cycles, but since my sleep is broken and I regularly awake at 2 hour intervals, I don’t think that applies to me. I am thinking that either:

1. Neurotransmitters are progressively replenished as I sleep. They build up and my body becomes more physiologically normal in the later sleep cycles. REM sleep is when the body replenishes neurotransmitters as far as I know.
2. The sympathetic nervous system is more successfully inhibited the longer I sleep.

I am leaning toward 1. That would explain why many users state that their symptoms are better in the morning. Has anyone else noticed this?

[mamoo]

@bens

My sleep is so broken that I wake up every 2 hours (roughly the length of one sleep cycle). I am always dreaming so I imagine I always wake up during or after REM sleep.

I have noticed that the quality of my nocturnal erections improves with each awakening. Over the past few days, the typical sequence is:

1st awakening - limp
2nd awakening - semi
3rd awakening - poor/decent erection
4th awakening - poor/decent erection

I know that REM cycles get longer in later sleep cycles, but since my sleep is broken and I regularly awake at 2 hour intervals, I don’t think that applies to me. I am thinking that either:

1. Neurotransmitters are progressively replenished as I sleep. They build up and my body becomes more physiologically normal in the later sleep cycles. REM sleep is when the body replenishes neurotransmitters as far as I know.
2. The sympathetic nervous system is more successfully inhibited the longer I sleep.

I am leaning toward 1. That would explain why many users state that their symptoms are better in the morning. Has anyone else noticed this?

I have definitely noticed this. I have no understanding about why this is the case but my symptoms improve as a result of having a deep sleep… Slight improvement in libido, morning erections (at times,quickly go away) and on rare occasions soft spontaneous erections when I get up… Perhaps a positive sign for the future.