To take laughing toddler to A&E?

[Hogi]

I actually don't know if I'm being unreasonable here. I guess i'm just worried.

I can't remember when it started but my toddler would have random burst of uncontrollable laughter a few times a day for seemly no reason. Nothing was funny and it usually gets a bit worse when he's going to sleep or waking up but we just thought it was a quirk of his because he does have a genetic condition and probably is on the spectrum so we just kind of ignored it because laughing can't be bad?

Over the last 24 hours it's been relentless, it's happening more than it ever has and it kept him awake - it was short bursts of laughter for over an hour and he was getting really agitated.

I googled it and it's saying it maybe something called gelastic seizures - it's rare (but so is he's genetic condition) and the history and his symptoms seem to fit what's happening.

He's again having a few attacks this morning and obviously the doctors aren't open but I'm thinking if a 2 year old is potentially having seizures then maybe we should get him checked out?

I don't know really I don't think he can wait a few days with this going on as it's really affecting him (more than it usually does).

I’m sorry @Anewuser i think you may have told me that before… apologies.

So I think re the laughing my own thoughts are as follows;

1. that yes it is a seizure and yes, record it to show the drs. When I’ve shown drs videos before the acid test seems always to be can he respond to me, snap out of it. So it’s worth trying. DS went through some v weird stuff last summer which I was convinced was seizure related. In one of my videos I produce some sweets and offer them and he takes one. The Drs said these were not seizures;
2. it’s not a seizure but is a direct response to something else. I exchanged messages with a poster on exactly this. For her DS it was a response to throat pain. When our kids can’t communicate fully or at all behaviour is their response to something not being right;
3. it’s just a behaviour, all part of neurodiversity;
4. it’s linked to something ‘biomedical’, controversial topic but Google yeast/ Candida/ autism. Laughing is a key feature of yeast/ Candida/ leaky gut. Not a popular view on here but it’s much written about in these fields.

for what it’s worth!