No laughing matter

Wow. That’s gotta suck.

Laughter threatens woman’s health

Kay Underwood, 20, of Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, has cataplexy, which means her muscles weaken when she laughs, causing her to fall over.

Gives a whole new meaning to ROTFLMAO :laughing:

djm

wow…reminds me of these cute goats…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg

Hmmm. I wonder if Jack Benny might have also suffered from that condition? They say that when someone would truly crack him up and he was on the verge of hysterics that he would fall to the floor.

Cataplexy is part of the Narcoleptic Tetrad, aka the 4 hallmark signs of narcolepsy. The other 3 are excessive daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic (sleep-onset) hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.

That’s just reminded me of a program I saw about sleep disorders. There was a woman on it that fell asleep every time she laughed, almost ruined her life. She couldn’t go out with her friends, it affected her work and her relationships.

Quite sad.

I dated someone who’d fall asleep within three seconds of, err, a climax. I once tried keeping her talking to see what would happened, but she feel asleep on cue regardless.

Odd, it’s usually men who do this.

yep! if s1m0n was normal he’d 'a never noticed… :wink:

You could set a clock to her. Or a stopwatch, I suppose.

It’s a compliment.

:laughing: Best one I’ve seen in a long time! :laughing:

djm

The worst part is that he’s still awake and it’s being wasted. Sigh.

I have a similar problem, except that isn’t my leg muscles that fail me. :blush: