Stuck Facial Muscle Spasm?
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| Thu, 06-23-2005 - 1:21pm |
With one ex-boyfriend I had a few of the most intense orgasms of my life. Sounds great, right? Well...it was...trouble is a handful of times I would get this numbing feeling in my face and my upper lip would curl under and be stuck in a weird position showing my teeth for about 2 min. afterwards. I couldn't move it...it just tingled. Soon after the feeling wore off and everything would be normal again. However it's extremely embarassing.
I made it a point to cover my mouth, roll over face down on a pillow, or leave the room so it wasn't noticed. After catching a glance at myself in the mirror a couple of times I can say it's not exactly vision you want to have of your partner right after sex. And I know I certainly would rather be a little more intimate and loving after such an experience instead of fleeing the room with my hand over my mouth! Don't get me wrong...we were very comfortable together and open sexually. Just tuck your lip under and take a look at yourself in the mirror and you'll know exactly why this makes me so self concious. It literally lasts a couple of minutes, not spasming, just stuck like that!
This has never happened with anyone except that one ex-boyfriend (and can't be self-replicated) but (god willing) I would really like to have massive orgasms again in my future without this weird lip freezing thing! Any solutions?

Hi what_the_heck, Welcome!
We have had members post about an arm, fingers or an upper lip tingling as though they were asleep during a very intense sexual experience. I don’t know if this phenomenon has been studied and the reason definitely identified but it has been suggested that because so much blood pools in the pelvis during sexual arousal the tingling might be a sign of poor circulation to those parts of the body during arousal and climax. If that is the case perhaps it has something to do with a change in blood pressure or other condition of the circulatory system. When you find another partner you can be that intense with you might try burying your face in his chest and caressing him while your circulation returns. It would be a good idea to ask your doctor about the situation and see what s/he has to say and perhaps have some tests if there is any thought that you could have a circulatory problem. Thanks for posting. Let us know how you’re doing and what your doctor says.
Good luck,
Jill