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Old 01-22-2008, 08:00 PM #1
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Dysarthria is a speech issue. It has to do with muscular control that has been impaired by nerve damage. A lot of ALS patients have it as that is a neuromuscular disease. (DBF's step-dad has ALS and has the dysarthria as well. He also has swallowing issues too.).

A lot of the patient's from the rehab hospital I type for have this. I also had seen it quite often in the hospital when I was working there.
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Hello all. I read about this and have experienced fits of laughter for non funny things that I have the hardest time stopping. I know "pseudo" mean false or fake as in pseudoname but I really can't stop laughing sometimes. I wanted to see if anybody has this issue too and get thoughts/ideas about it. thank you
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Hi Doc.. I have never had this, but some here have and I think there are effective meds out there for it's relief.

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Hi Doc.. I have never had this, but some here have and I think there are effective meds out there for it's relief.

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Thank you Sally. This has only happened a few times but with the name "Pseudo" part and other readings I've done saying it is fake, I wanted to see what others had to say about it. Thank you again
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I have had occasional episodes of this since early childhood and they are almost always when I am over tired or really fatigued. It begins as giddiness and then expands from there if someone 'feeds it' if they too start laughing.
The instant cure is to remove myself from any sort of audience.

Apparently it can be the result of brain lesions or anxiety.

Inappropriate laughter due to brain lesions:
http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/ar...ticleid=100246

Inappropriate laughter due to personality disorder/anxiety:
http://voices.yahoo.com/can-uncontro...y-4668615.html

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When I read in a letlter that my former husband had been murdered, I laughed uncontrollably, which was not how I really felt about this at all. I grieved for a long time about this vicious murder. Why did I laugh? Explanations of neuro impairment are probably right, although at the time I was not in bad flare.
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I have had occasional episodes of this since early childhood and they are almost always when I am over tired or really fatigued. It begins as giddiness and then expands from there if someone 'feeds it' if they too start laughing.
The instant cure is to remove myself from any sort of audience. ....

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Erica, this is exactly how it happens w me. I am tired at night and I start to smile and the feeling that something simple/ordinary is very funny builds up. I get tears in my eyes and SO says, "Oh, you are a giddy girl!" Then I can't stop laughing- it is an effort.

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