Disorder Makes Patients Have Sex During Sleep....
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:14 am
Doctor Says Disorder Makes Patients Have Sex During Sleep
POSTED: 8:57 am EDT October 14, 2004
CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian doctor said one of his patients has a disorder that led her to have sex with strangers while she slept.
The doctor tells The Sydney Morning Herald that the middle-aged woman would later have no recollection of her activities.
It wasn't until her partner woke, discovered she was missing from the bedroom, and found her having sex with another man that she discovered what she was doing.
The doctor will discuss the case at a meeting this weekend. He told an Australian radio station that "people are often stunned and overwhelmed" when they find out what's been happening.
He worries that people might be inhibited to seek professional help for the disorder because of the embarrassment and fear that partners and doctors won't believe that they were asleep.
POSTED: 8:57 am EDT October 14, 2004
CANBERRA, Australia -- An Australian doctor said one of his patients has a disorder that led her to have sex with strangers while she slept.
The doctor tells The Sydney Morning Herald that the middle-aged woman would later have no recollection of her activities.
It wasn't until her partner woke, discovered she was missing from the bedroom, and found her having sex with another man that she discovered what she was doing.
The doctor will discuss the case at a meeting this weekend. He told an Australian radio station that "people are often stunned and overwhelmed" when they find out what's been happening.
He worries that people might be inhibited to seek professional help for the disorder because of the embarrassment and fear that partners and doctors won't believe that they were asleep.
