Laughing/Giggling Fits

[Stellaris22]

Has anyone ever heard of this?

DH occasionally has fits of uncontrollable laughing/giggling, to the point where he struggles to breathe.

It's very odd and I've never come across it before, it's been happening for years and I've never really thought much of it.

Sad you've never had one yourself! Loads when a kid but even now at 58 I've had a few. Something just grabs you and you are literally crying with laughter and can't stop. My daughter gets into fits of giggles with her friends all the time! Especially during assembly when they are supposed to be silent...

How odd that you've never encountered it before! Last time I had one was when I gave my husband a lockdown haircut.

It's not really laughing at something funny that's just happened, I get those.

It'll happen out of the blue and I have to leave the room otherwise he'll be unable to stop and it causes him physical discomfort.

Is he ok afterwards? There is a type of epilepsy which is like this. I worked with someone who had it. It’s called a gelastic seizure and sometimes known as laughing epilepsy. Look it up

He's fine afterwards and other than the laughing uncontrollably there's nothing else he does. I'll look it up but doubt he would go to the GP to find out anymore. Thank you for the info.

It's just a bit disturbing sometimes because of the struggling to breathe and it's more hysterical than just laughing.