Nocturnal erection - How much pain is too much pain

Do you wear a plastic cage? Reason I ask is because I used to have the same thing when I wore a plastic cage. Since I got a metal one that isn't totally enclosed it's not been a problem and I sleep right through.

 

Go for PA cage and sleep very well

 

I found that the issue is that when I got hard in my sleep there was nowhere for my penis to go, meaning the cage was pushed away from my body and put a load of pressure on the balls as the ring can't move.

My metal cage has gaps which allows my penis to expand without pushing the cage away from my body.

I now wear a smaller cage with a smaller ring with no issues.

 

How about having a daytime cage and a nighttime cage? (And ring)

 

I have faced this same problem with every off the shelf cage we have purchased. I now have 2 custom cages that are sized perfectly and the issue has gone away. After years of adjustments, I have leaned to go with a slightly larger ring and a narrower gap. If your wearing plastic, look at the Kink 3D. We have the N wide with the XD ring that is one size over my old ring size. The boys can’t escape due to the narrow gap and it’s extremely comfortable. If your going with metal and don’t mind spending a few extra dollars, look at the Red Chilli sissy cage. Same scenario, slightly larger ring with a narrow gap. You can go as short as you wish, but allow a little extra width in the cage. It’s worth noting, Miss A really likes the look of the Kink 3D cage, which has resulted in much more frequent teasing and play while caged…and longer periods between releases.

 

The ball burn comes from the base ring binding use a little Vaseline, or lidocaine cream when I first started getting used to wearing a cage the ball burn was bad.
It took me about 2 months to go 24-7, and occasionally I still get the burn

 

Everyone is different, some adjust quicker than others, seriously the lidocaine cream helped me a lot.
Maybe try a metal cage, regular round base ring to me seems to be most comfortable

 

A little dab of Aquaphor behind the scrimmage for a few days will help with any remaining discomfort

 

Behind the scrotum…

 

I am in a somewhat similar position. I have a HT v4 that I love but after a few days the pain on the back side of my right testicle becomes too intense. It becomes too tight to put any cream or lotion between the testicle and the ring. That's with using the biggest ring they have. I'm working on sizing so I can get a custom metal cage. I heard that might work better.

 

Cages that allow partial erections will routinely cause problems such as Ackwon's. Although counterintuitive in appearance, smaller cages offer an effective solution.

 

I have no experience with plastic cages, went right into steel. Ultimately ending up in a smaller length cage, I originally tried a tighter ball ring but found that caused pain, went up to the next size but being steel, I was able to close the ball gap by using a bench vise and tapping the locking post down just a bit.
No more issues, I also use a dab of this kee lotion around the ring at bedtime.
The only time an attempted erection gets me now is if drink too many fluids too close to bed. Which isn’t bad considering I also take daily Cialis in case my Wife would like to use her property.
I’m sure your body will adapt, hopefully soon for your sake!

 

Similar experience here, I used to take a very very low dose of Cyproterone acetate which will eliminate night time erections without impacting your ability to get hard when you want too. I no longer take it though because I don't need to.

Perhaps a bit of a function of age (57) as well, but these days with a smaller enclosed steel cage like those above I wake up firm often, but rarely in pain any more. My body knows not to go into a full blown boner and gets a early warning not to try from the small cage. I found like those above once the erection establishes itself it makes it harder (forgive the pun) to go down.

My looker2 was actually the same size as the steelheart but the looker 2 would allow the flesh to explode through the bars and establish itself, also making it less secure because you could grasp and squeeze it through the bars. The steel heart offers no such opportunity for expansion or playing. Far far more comfortable, secure, actually its a perfect cage in my view with the tether.

Even a full blown erection attempt you can barely see it with my smaller cage.

 

@cogman - I'm curious how long your cage is from ring to end. I can't tell from your picture.

 

Only you can answer that.
I would advise that any time you have lot of pain would if you are sensible be worth investigating until you learn to tell the difference between something causing discomfort and damage

and if you are not sensible there's no point me saying any thing at all

 

You mentioned the rings you wear, but what are the actual sizes of the rings, what are they in MM? Maybe get a custom ring made in between them?