Poor sleeping quality due to frequent erections at night

Has anyone tried Botox injections to release the pelvic floor tension? There are some journal papers which talk about this.

Hi MJ,

Wow! It's amazing that your exercises have helped you so much.
In the case series of 24 patients released last december (by the urologists of the University of Groningen), it was stated that 3 patients out of 5 had full remission of symptoms after pelvic physiotherapy. However, it's the first time i read a post on a forum that has an outcome so positive and promising! Thank you for sharing that! :)

As the administrator of the Fb page on the matter, i confirm that you are indeed welcome to join in if you get to create your Fb profile.

My experience with pelvic physio is not that positive so far, unfortunetely. For a little more than a month now, i've been doing breathing, low back and pelvic floor muscles relaxation exercices, as prescribed by my physiotherapist (specialized in pelvic floor), without improvement so far. How long did you have to wait until the first signs of improvement?

You mentionned having googled key words such as 'pelvic floor exercises' and 'pelvic stretches' in order to get specific videos. I guess you found them through YouTube? Would it be possible for you to give us the authors (just under the titles of videos) of the videos you use the most (since it's not possible to post the links here), or any other clues that would be helpful. Therefore, i could post those in our Fb page. The positive stories are so scarce; it'd be really nice if your experience could help other guys with that alienating condition.

Again, thank you for coming back here to give us such positive news!

Take care man!

JS from Mtl

Hi guys.
Im 32 years old and had this problem for about 2-3 months, I woke up like 4-5 times a night from an erection and it really started to bother me as I couldnt keep up with my studies due to the lack of sleep and it really started to have an impact in other aspects of my daily life. I found this thread as I was googling my symptoms and it didnt exactly give me any hope of finding a medical solution to the problem since I saw that many had been struggeling with this issue for years having been to various doctors and trying many different methods. This however got me thinking.. all too often when the doctors dosnt understand a condition it is because the root of the problem is spiritual. I started to pray to Jesus Christ to set me free from whatever was giving me these erections and sure enough, I am not having the same issue any longer and am sleeping well again, thank God.
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I was thinking it might be an age thing like prostate problems because I’m 64 but I see young guys have it too. It’s only been going on a few months with me. Hopefully someone will give the answer.

It's not a spiritual problem, lol. I sometimes think the drug companies send people on here to say crazy stuff like that every now and then to make us look bad. My problem started after taking Propecia. I took it for three months then it started happening. I think propecia damaged nerves in my prostate that mediate erections. We have a couple other propecia users on this board. I think it's possible SSRI medications can cause this as well.

I’m at the end of a week long vacation in which I haven’t done any of my normal stretches. By Wednesday night, I noticed that dreaded sensation begin to wake me up several times. So I started stretching my low back and pelvis again. I haven’t noticed the pain since. I lay on the floor with a rolled up towel under my lower back and the bottoms of my feet together like a butterfly stretch for ten minutes. Then for ten more minutes, I extend my legs, still with the towel under my low back. After that, I slowly remove the towel, slowly sit up and do some low back twists. After the soreness goes away, I stand up and do some toe touching. That seems to be what works for me. Like I said in another post, google “pelvic stretches for men” and check out some videos. There’s one titled “6 essential stretches....” with a woman demonstrating. I do 3-4 of them on the regular. Good luck gentlemen.

MJ from NJ

Hallo,

Thanks for your post. I'm struggling with the same issue now for 8 years. Have you had any breakthrough in the meantime??

If not, I'm planning to do active research on this in the hope to find answers/solutions. I'm busy creating a group of men from all over the word who struggles with Sleep Related Painful Erections (SRPE). I will also be sending out a questionnaire to partake in; in the hope to "connect the dots". There has to be one reason and a sollution! Do you want to partake in this? You are welcome to use a different name (if confidentiality is important to you). Thanks. Mr Researcher

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I agree with the SSRI theory. While not strictly an anti-depressant, Tramadol acts in a very similar way on serotonin. My SRPE began soon after I took Tramadol in high doses (100mg SR) for a two-year period.

Another thing I may end up trying is baclofen cream. I have a script for 30 mg a night but I try to only take the minimum amount. The problem is baclofen is not exactly targeted when you take it orally and as a result your entire body is affected. I'll let you guys know if it helps.

I'm 52 and it's been one year since I started with this problem. After several years of inactivity I resumed working out. The more I work out, the more lasting and annoying erections. Could it be an overproduction of testosterone?

I'm 34 and having same exact issue. Every night i've got wood. Sudafed was helping for a year or so and then it got to where it didn't help anymore. Went to urology who consulted an andrologist and they put me on an aspirin a day and propecia. Said if that doesn't work we're gonna try cialis then something else, so on and so forth. I'm otherwise healthy. I use kratom for back pain every once in a while but there's no research on whether that causes the issue. I've stopped for a period of time and it didn't matter. Every night despite being sexually active it happens and is horrrrriible! It's low flow priapism. I can tell because my penis is cold when it's stiff. Hypoxic blood stuck in the cavernosus....If none of this works i'll be requesting the tools to drain myself. Can't go on like this.......

As others have previously mentioned, I thought I was the only one out there with this problem too and I'm glad to have found this message board. I've had sleep related erections for several years now, at least five years.

Some nights/mornings could be two, others could be three or four. Wouldn't really call it painful, but very hard and annoying. Majority of the time it isn't an erotic feeling, but makes me feel like I have to go to bathroom. However, most times when I go to bathroom I don't void much.

Granted I've been in a tough spot for a while with career/job seeking issues, but I don't think it makes sense to tie to a psychological condition since I believe I also had this problem when I was freelancing. But what do I know, obviously not a doctor.

Have tried clonazepam and sedated to no avail, as they both gave me excessive fatigue.

Looking forward to reviewing past and future posts to see if I can gain any more potential solutions.

Sudafed I meant

How do you cope with the fatigue caused by Baclofen? I can't even take 5mg

Tarlov cysts in your sacrum. Ever have a MRI of your pelvis?