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Gelastic Seizures

Sat, 06/09/2007 - 19:39
Hello. I am new here to epilepsy.com. I have browsed through this site and read very little to nothing about gelastic seizures. Does anybody else here have gelastic seizures?

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Re: Gelastic Seizures

Submitted by davita on Mon, 2007-08-06 - 08:19
never heard of them....im interested so ill look em up online.... davita :-)

Re: Re: Gelastic Seizures

Submitted by griff on Tue, 2007-08-28 - 10:27
Sorry I am just now getting back, it's been awhile since I've been on here. Gelastic seizures are basically episodes of emotion, mostly laughing, but sometimes people cry I guess. I was diagnosed w/ gelastic seizures when I was about 8 or 9, I am 20 now. It is a very rare form of epilepsy and most doctors or patients do not know what they are. I just recently got interest in researching them and have learned alot. Apparently, gelastic seizures are caused by a Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH), which is a very rare brain tumor. Most doctors will be lucky if they even have a patient w/ HH in their whole career. I guess that is a little info on gelastic seizures. I was just wondering if anybody else here had them.

Re: Re: Re: Gelastic Seizures

Submitted by griff on Tue, 2007-08-28 - 10:33
Here are a few websites you all can check out to learn a little more: http://www.epilepsyontario.org/client/EO/EOWeb.nsf/web/Gelastic+Seizures http://www.hhugs.com/index.htm

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