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I was watching Dr. Gregory House last night, and they tackled this incredibly wild case:
Some guy is out driving a buggy when he hits an orgasm mid-drive, which ends up causing him to crash and catch fire.
When they put him in a testing chamber, he starts having these sudden "attacks"—basically more orgasms.
Turns out, it was all due to a nicotine deficiency.
He’d been hiding his smoking habit from everyone, so he wasn't getting his fix regularly, but he had become totally dependent on nicotine. His body had basically started using nicotine as its own antidepressant. Once that supply ran dry, his system pivoted to its own natural antidepressant: nocturnal emissions (since he was kept under anesthesia following the accident).
In the medical world, it's well-documented that wet dreams in men typically happen after periods of abstinence. That could be anywhere from 7, 10, 20, or even more days. You can actually trigger them in people who've never had them by forcing them into abstinence until it happens. But there’s also this weird phenomenon where it can happen on the sixth day even if someone has been sexually active every single day prior—which makes zero sense. Technically, the tank should be empty and there hasn't been any period of abstinence, yet the body just forces the issue anyway. A lot of guys claim they don't even have erotic dreams when this happens.
The way it works is that the body produces serotonin along with several other supporting hormones. Now, serotonin is a delicate balance; you can't have too little or too much without things going haywire. Ironically, serotonin is one of the primary targets of most antidepressants. It acts somewhat like nitroglycerin—if you have too much, it triggers massive headaches. That explains why so many people get those pounding headaches after multiple orgasms.
It's pretty fascinating that the human body has these built-in failsafes designed specifically to keep us from spiraling into misery.
Some guy is out driving a buggy when he hits an orgasm mid-drive, which ends up causing him to crash and catch fire.
When they put him in a testing chamber, he starts having these sudden "attacks"—basically more orgasms.
Turns out, it was all due to a nicotine deficiency.
He’d been hiding his smoking habit from everyone, so he wasn't getting his fix regularly, but he had become totally dependent on nicotine. His body had basically started using nicotine as its own antidepressant. Once that supply ran dry, his system pivoted to its own natural antidepressant: nocturnal emissions (since he was kept under anesthesia following the accident).
In the medical world, it's well-documented that wet dreams in men typically happen after periods of abstinence. That could be anywhere from 7, 10, 20, or even more days. You can actually trigger them in people who've never had them by forcing them into abstinence until it happens. But there’s also this weird phenomenon where it can happen on the sixth day even if someone has been sexually active every single day prior—which makes zero sense. Technically, the tank should be empty and there hasn't been any period of abstinence, yet the body just forces the issue anyway. A lot of guys claim they don't even have erotic dreams when this happens.
The way it works is that the body produces serotonin along with several other supporting hormones. Now, serotonin is a delicate balance; you can't have too little or too much without things going haywire. Ironically, serotonin is one of the primary targets of most antidepressants. It acts somewhat like nitroglycerin—if you have too much, it triggers massive headaches. That explains why so many people get those pounding headaches after multiple orgasms.
It's pretty fascinating that the human body has these built-in failsafes designed specifically to keep us from spiraling into misery.