Sex and insomnia?

I fell asleep during sex with taking ambien...

I take my ambien before sex and when we're sine I go to the bathroom and soon as I'm back in bed I'm out like a light..just took 2 8mg of sonata and not feeling a thing been about almost hour for first one & just took 2nd about 5 mins ago I know I need ambien and that's the only thing that will work... &I can't get any for 2 weeks... what exactly if the name if a doctor I should see if I can't sleep I see a neurologist, and I did a sleep study and zilch I didn't fall asleep at all even with my ambien cause my routine that I do after I take it takes just enough time fire it to kick in

Hi Sandra,

Yeah, for the guys it seems they fall asleep right after. Just like today we did it in the middle of the day when our kids were at friends and he fell alsleep like a log and I got up and painted my nails. Funny eh?
Well at least your getting some good sex! Maybe you can get a nap in the day! Hee! Hee!

Hey Sandra, from another insomniac, you need some "down time" afterwards.. I have found that my best "sleeping pill" is not to watch TV, but to read a book afterwards, or any night when you need to settle down to go to sleep. It is a great relaxer!! I love my Kindle, I can get a million books for free!! Try the classics, or something boring might work even better, not a murder mystery, or a horror story before bed. You don't need anything to get your heart beating anymore than necessary!!

Best of luck to you!!

This is from THE hopeless insomniac,
I find that cuddling, with my head on his chest, listening to hearts beating, smelling him, possibly throwing one leg over him, is relaxing and allows me to drift off to sleep ... until his arm gets numb and he has to turn over. If he can extract his arm so as not to awaken me totally, keep on cuddling and then next thing I know ... it's light outside. Sleeping pills don't affect me at all, like taking a sugar pill.
This is my answer for how to sleep like I'm in a coma. Wake up in the same spot I drifted off.
So, I use this method of inducing sleep frequently.
Peace and Good Nights,
Hippie

I know I used to have trouble going to sleep after sex. Me and the guy I used to date for 11 years were either in a hotel making love or in his bedroom. Maybe you are just too wound up afterwards. Try cuddling after to "calm down." Maybe that will help. :) Typical man, tho. Out like a light. I'm just kidding, hun! He sounds like a good guy. Let us know the outcome of your dilemma. {{{{{{{{{{{{hug}}}}}}}}}}}} Sleep med of choice? How many do you have/take? Please only take one? Which one do you use?

This is very common. Sex is the equivelent of exercise and it is hard for some people to sleep if they have exercised close to bedtime plus, as kaismama states, it releases endorphines which can rev you up. It is very typical for males to be relaxed after orgasm and go to sleep and for us females, it tends to rev us up, especially if your man doesnt "ring the bell" but even if you do have a good orgasm it can have the effect of energizing you. Just another way that men and women can be very different.

Well isn't that the typical male reaction, lol? Sex releases endorphins, so they can rev you up for a short time, until they are out of your system.