By: Iwu-Okereke John Kennedy

Scientists have said that men really do need to
sleep after sex when they climax because their
brains become flooded with sleep-inducing
chemicals such as oxytocin, serotonin and
prolactin. Also, the blood rush after the climax
depletes the muscles of energy-producing glycogen
and because men typically have higher muscle
density than women, they become more tired after
sex.
A research made it known that after sex, a man’s
cerebral cortex, which is the ‘thinking’ area, shuts
down almost immediately after orgasm, in which
two other areas, the cingulate cortex and amygdale
make the rest of the brain to deactivate from
sexual desire. This successive sexual behavior has
however been linked to only humans alone
according to research.
However it has been said that wives can talk to
their partners about how they feel after sex, urging
their husbands to dedicate few minutes for them
immediately after sex, so as to help enhance the
sleeping nature of their husbands after sex.
According to a Consultant Psychologist, Prof. Toba
Elegbeleye, said sex takes a lot of energy to
complete and that there is tendency for the brain
and the entire system to want to rest when such
intense energy is exhibited. He also made it known
that the location where the sexual activity takes
place also has a way of affecting the man. In his
words: “When you indulge in sex, which usually
takes place at night when people sleep naturally, it
comes with a level of intensity that involves all
your energy and whatever you can muster to make
it have a shaking effect, after which the multi-
nerve ends are relaxed. This makes people sleep
easily.
“It also depends on where you do it. Usually, if it is
a legal encounter, which takes place in your own
bedroom where you are comfortable, you might
sleep, which is different from when you do it in
your car or somewhere else under duress, that is
not so comfortable.
“Another factor that could aid sleeping well after
sex is eating good food prior to the act because
you may not be able to do it well if you are hungry
and the body entertains only one urge at a time
and hunger is as strong an urge and a drive as sex
is. Other factors could be to have a pleasant room
atmosphere with a good bed and if there is no
thought of threatening financial burden or security
issues in mind.”