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How Poor Sleep Destroys Your Erection
Episode 34620th January 2026 • Sexual Health For Men • Dr. Anne Truong
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Ever wonder what really controls your erection day and night? It might not be what you think.

In this episode, we dive into the surprising science behind how sleep impacts your erections, testosterone levels, and even your mood. You’ll find out why those missing morning erections might be more than just a fluke and how your nighttime routine could be affecting your performance in more ways than one. If you’ve been feeling off, tired, or not quite yourself, this episode may have the answers you’ve been missing.

Tune in now to discover what’s really going on behind the scenes while you sleep and how it’s shaping your health in ways you never imagined.

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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my website at

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sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and

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resources from the show. See you on the inside.

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Do you know that sleep controls and trigger and maintain your

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erection, not only at night, but also during the daytime as well?

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So stay tuned to this episode the beginning to end. I want to

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give you some very surprising reason how sleep is affecting

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your erection and also your mood. I'm Dr Anne Truong. I've

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treated over 7000 men with ED.

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All right, let's dive into it. Sleep is something important

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that we do every day, but yet we take it for granted how

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important it is to our life. Sleep is essential for our

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attention, but it's also essential for your sex life. By

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the end of this video, you're gonna know why men get morning

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wood, I talked about in my last video here, and that sleep

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duration and quality affect your testosterone and also your blood

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flow health as well, and how not having good sleep, like sleep

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apnea, can contribute to your ED. So what happened to your

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erection during a sleep? At my last video, I talked about how a

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man can get three to five nighttime and morning erection

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during sleep, particularly at rapid eye movement, right? And

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it can last for about 20 minutes or even 30 minutes or even 40

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minutes as well. So key point here is that when you are in

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rapid eye movement or REM sleep, you actually feel more relaxed,

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and therefore you put a break on your erection. You don't have

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that stress factor like something called epinephrine.

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Number two, your relaxation nerve, which is parasympathetic,

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which parasympathetic mean erection, and nitric oxide

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increases during REM sleep, and therefore allow the blood to

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fill in the penis. And then number three, and that when

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you're sleeping, is mother nature, way of exercising your

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penis, making sure that you have enough oxygen so that way your

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penis doesn't become scarred down. So that's the three

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important thing.

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The next part is that, why do you have erection in the first

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place? Erection when you're sleeping is mother nature's way

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of stretching, bringing more blood flow and allowing you to

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kind of exercise the penis while you sleep, but it's only

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critical when you are in good quality sleep, which is rapid

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eye movement, which is when you dreaming. Know most of the time

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you don't know that you're dreaming at all, but you'll know

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that your dream or sometime when you wake up, you will have that

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kind of like peaceful feeling.

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Men, struggling to stay hard? Most of the time it comes down

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to poor blood flow. That's why I put together the Good Morning

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Wood smoothie, a nutrient packed blend designed to restore blood

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flow naturally. My patient often notice improvement in just a few

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weeks when they take this part of their daily routine. Click

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flow and firmness today, or go to goodmorningwoodsmoothie.com.

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But do you know that good quality sleep, which is about

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seven hours of sleep with multiple episode REM actually

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increases your testosterone, and then it will also help increase

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nitric oxide, which then increases blood flow, which then

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help with daytime erection. But not only that, it will also help

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with your mood, decreasing depression and decreasing

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anxiety. Studies have shown that if you have less than five to

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six hours of sleep per night, several nights in a row, it will

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actually reduce your testosterone level in healthy

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men. And that if this is repeated over a period of time

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where you're not getting good sleep, you're going to have

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lower sex drive or libido, fatigue during the day, as well

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as reduce morning erection. So chronic sleep deprivation not

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only contribute to ED but will also contribute to your sex

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drive and also your mood as well too. That's something to

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remember, guys. So how long is long? The study shows that if

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you go for a week that you're not getting good sleep, that

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will start affecting your erection as well as your

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Now let's talk a little bit about sleep apnea. Sleep apnea

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testosterone.

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is the condition where you have excessive snoring, sometimes

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you're not getting a lot of oxygen into your nose or your

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mouth, and it affects your brain. Well, if you have sleep

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apnea, decreases oxygen, it will also increase sympathetic

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activity, which then inhibit erection, and then also cause

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kind of, so what we call oxidative stress, or kind of

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like inflammation stage. But the bottom line is that sleep apnea

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will actually affect the inflammation of the lining of

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the blood vessel, causing decreased blood flow, reduces

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nitric oxide synthesis and also decrease your sex drive as well.

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So very, very important, short sleep duration and poor sleep

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quality is associated with ED because it lowers your

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testosterone, increases inflammation and decreases blood

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flow and your mood. So if you're noticing decreased morning

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erection and you're also noticing decreased sex drive,

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then you need to look at your sleep quality, all right. So how

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do you know? Sometimes you can go to get a sleep study. Ask

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your doctor to order a sleep study test for you. Now you can

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even get to sleep study at home, you will put the monitor on, and

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it will monitor the quality of your sleep to determine how

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you're sleeping, as well as determine whether you have sleep

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apnea.

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Okay, Modern Man. If you're struggling with weak erection,

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low energy, the food you eat could be the big part of the

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problem. One of the best research pathways to boost

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circulation, support healthy testosterone and improve sexual

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performance is the Mediterranean diet. It's packed with food that

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open up your blood vessel, lower inflammation, and fuel your

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hormone, naturally. I've seen men notice real improvement in

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both energy and erection within weeks when they shift to this

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style of eating. So check out the Mediterranean diet link

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right here below, and get that as soon as you can. Stronger

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testosterone and better erection.

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So those are the things you really need to look at closely,

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because sleep is so important, and it will affect how you

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function during the day, your alertness, your productivity. So

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you're starting to feel, and you're feeling fatigued, you're

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feeling low libido, and your erection is not as good as it

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used to be, and your mood's not as good you used to be. Then you

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need to get your sleep study test, and you'll know if you're

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having frequency of morning erection, whether it's decrease

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or not, as well, because that's another indicator as well. So

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prioritize your sleep. Get a seven hours of sleep, good

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quality sleep. Go to bed on early schedule. I recommend

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going to bed no later than 11 o'clock and decrease your screen

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exposure on the phone two hours before you go to bed. Don't take

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caffeine more than past 6pm before your bedtime. And also

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alcohol, believe it or not, will also affect your sleep quality

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as well too. Unfortunately, you drink alcohol most of the time

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at night. But alcohol do affect sleep quality. Believe me, I

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like my wine too, and I will feel it sometimes when I go to

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my wine dinner party as well. So the bottom line is, erection is

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not just about arousal or blood flow at all. It affects your

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mood, affects your testosterone affects your energy level. It

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will also affect your productivity. It will affect

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even daytime. So it's not just about erection alone. So get

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that good sleep quality, if not get a sleep study test.

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So I hope you find this is helpful and that it will guide

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you on what you need to do for getting out of ED. If you need

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point. Okay, modern man, let's create a sexual revolution.

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Let's break down ED and do an ED reset. I'll see you in the next

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Thanks for listening to the Sexual Health for Men Podcast.

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