WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING an errant one-night-stand or having sex with a longtime girlfriend, you know the common side effects that can befall you and your lady. Or do you? Beyond unwanted STIs, strange fluids and noises, and UTIs, there are lesser known symptoms—good and bad—men and women can experience post-sex.
POST SEX..
Post-coital tristesse (PCT) or post-coital dysphoria (PCD) is the feeling of sadness, anxiety, agitation or aggression after sexual intercourse. Its name comes from New Latin postcoitalis and French tristesse, literally "sadness".
SEX PUTS YOU TO SLEEP.
No matter how exhilarating the romp, you still want to conk out as soon as you roll over. There are about as many theories for why this occurs as there are positions that get you to that state.
One of the most recent explanations comes from researchers in the Netherlands who study men’s brain activity in a PET scan before, during, and after orgasm.
What they’ve found: During orgasm, there’s a tremendous shift in blood flow throughout the brain. About 70 percent of the left side, which is involved in decision-making, is devoid of blood flow when you climax.
“With less blood flow, you can’t activate as many neurons and this can make you feel sleepy,” says Irwin Goldstein, M.D., director of sexual medicine at The Institute for Sexual Medicine in San Diego.
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YOUR PENIS IS SORE.
As long as it’s a short-lived, sharp pain that only lasts a couple of seconds or minutes, then it’s likely normal and nothing to worry about.
“If you ejaculate forcibly, the muscle contraction can cause some pain,” Dr. Schiff says.
You can release as fast as 25 miles per hour—not exactly a Maserati, but impressive nonetheless. If the pain lasts longer, like a few hours or a few days, you may have an infection in the testicles, epididymis, prostate, or urethra, or a sexually transmitted disease.
IT'S HARD TO PEE AFTER SEX.
A double (or triple) stream isn’t the only post-sex pee issue you may experience.
Trying to take a leak soon after ejaculating can make you feel like your pipes are clogged.
“In order for fluid to come forward during ejaculation, the internal sphincter muscle clamps down tightly to close off the neck of the bladder,“Otherwise the fluid would go back in through the bladder instead.” It can take some time for the muscle to relax after sex. “If you force it out, it may be a little painful—but it's harmless,” he adds. “It’s better to wait and let things relax before urinating.”
Try to avoid having long time sex, and be healthy in your sex life.