Posted by Drexxie on August 7, 2001, at 0:59:18
In reply to Re: I wonder if that's why it's called the Funny Farm? » Drexxie, posted by Mitch on August 7, 2001, at 0:16:01
This is truly interesting, Mitch!
I'd no idea that these laughing spells of mine were anything other than my general lack of control (that's one of the few constant threads I've found running throughout my life [grin]).
Nevertheless, when given a bit more thought, I can plainly see that these 'fits,' 'spells,' 'attacks,' (whatever the best term for them may be) were truly beyond my control.... As, there were myriad times when I would have done anything within my power to stop laughing. yet couldn't. All I sucessfully was able to do, it seems, was to get into even more trouble!
I've not given much thought to my behavior in such regard, in quite a while. Perhaps, the reason, my being so long on the Dexedrine. I had forgotten just how much I worried about these laughing spells. I remember now, that I'd not go to certain places for fear that I'd start laughing and get into trouble with my parents. Strange, that the more serious the situation I found myself in, the more likely I'd fall into fits of laughter... Must be somehow stress related, eh?
Jeez... Perhaps, I wasn't quite as horrible a kiddo as I once thought myself. I do recall thinking that I must be a very cruel person for laughing at some of the things which I did. Hmm...
If the Desoxyn leaves me prone to spells of outlandish laughter, I won't be off Dexedrine for long, that's for certain! Oh no... I dread the thought of how bad it'd be if I laughed even more than I do now! Now there's something I'd definitely say would not be funny!
-Drex
> It is just that Dexedrine is used specifically for gelastic epilepsy (the uncontrolled unconscious laughing spells). The Desoxyn might work just as well though. I am thinking this is an ADHD phenomenon more than an epilepsy-thing.
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> Mitch
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