Trigger factor
Sleep
People say too little or too much sleep, an irregular routine, naps, sleeping on the back or stomach, or getting too hot in bed bring on symptoms or wet dreams.
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What people said17
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- “I had been sleeping roughly 4 hours a day for weeks... severe stress + sleep deprivation that started it all. I had one day off came 4 times... I knew something was wrong with my body.”
- “I got POIS after I had sleep deprivation for a month and my brain crashed.”
- “There are sleep fragmentation and deprivation, alcohol or drugs consumption, stress, previous surgery, etc.”
- “I think it was lack of sleep for a 5 day period that triggered it.”
- “or have bad sleep”
- “Sleep deprivation, stress, environmental change, surgery (anesthesia?), antibiotics all could be triggers.”
- “not only does it happen when I sleep on my back”
- “only happens when I sleep on my back”
- “You have to sleep on your side. Not on your back... If I sleep on my back I will get wet dreams again.”
- “I have had Wet Dreams caused by sleeping on my back actually.”
- “when I wake up from a wet dream it's always after sleeping on my back”
- “I still get symptoms if I sleep on my back”
- “Sleeping on back means blanket puts pressure on my genital area, making me have dreams in which I hump someone, increasing night emission odd,... even dry Os give em to me.”
- “Sleeping on your back... Avoid spicy food... Avoid pornography... Reduce your stress levels... Excessive sexual stimulation to be avoided.”
- “Sleeping on my back is a great way to insure I have one.”
- “I always have an increased chance of wet dreams when I’m too hot”
- “Not to get too warm at night.”