Orgasmic epilepsy

Orgasmic epilepsy
Orgasmic epilepsy
Other names	Orgasmic seizures; Orgasmic epileptic seizures; Orgasmic convulsions; Orgasmic auras; Epilepsy with orgasmic seizures
Symptoms	Auras with spontaneous orgasms
Causes	Epilepsy
Frequency	Rare

Orgasmic epilepsy is a rare form of epilepsy that involves auras in which spontaneous orgasms occur.¹⁴²³ Due to their rarity and sensitive nature, they have mostly been reported as single cases and case series.²³⁴ A broader category is epilepsy with sexual auras generally.¹ There are similarities and overlap of orgasmic epilepsy with ecstatic epilepsy and certain other forms of epilepsy.¹⁴ Orgasmic seizures were first reported in 1960 and a number of additional cases have been reported since then.⁴

References

Arias M (2019). "Neurology of ecstatic religious and similar experiences: Ecstatic, orgasmic, and musicogenic seizures. Stendhal syndrome and autoscopic phenomena". Neurologia (Engl Ed). 34 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1016/j.nrl.2016.04.010. PMID 27340019.
Janszky J, Szücs A, Halász P, Borbély C, Holló A, Barsi P, Mirnics Z (January 2002). "Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere". Neurology. 58 (2): 302–4. doi:10.1212/wnl.58.2.302. PMID 11805263.
Janszky J, Ebner A, Szupera Z, Schulz R, Hollo A, Szücs A, Clemens B (September 2004). "Orgasmic aura--a report of seven cases". Seizure. 13 (6): 441–444. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.005. PMID 15276150.
Chakravarty, A. (2020). "A Note on Ecstatic and Orgasmic Seizures". MIMICS of Epileptic Seizures. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited. pp. 66–74. ISBN 978-93-90020-96-6. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[Arias2019-1] Arias M (2019). "Neurology of ecstatic religious and similar experiences: Ecstatic, orgasmic, and musicogenic seizures. Stendhal syndrome and autoscopic phenomena". Neurologia (Engl Ed). 34 (1): 55–61. doi:10.1016/j.nrl.2016.04.010. PMID 27340019.

[JanszkySzücsHalász2002-2] Janszky J, Szücs A, Halász P, Borbély C, Holló A, Barsi P, Mirnics Z (January 2002). "Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere". Neurology. 58 (2): 302–4. doi:10.1212/wnl.58.2.302. PMID 11805263.

[JanszkyEbnerSzupera2004-3] Janszky J, Ebner A, Szupera Z, Schulz R, Hollo A, Szücs A, Clemens B (September 2004). "Orgasmic aura--a report of seven cases". Seizure. 13 (6): 441–444. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.005. PMID 15276150.

[Chakravarty2020-4] Chakravarty, A. (2020). "A Note on Ecstatic and Orgasmic Seizures". MIMICS of Epileptic Seizures. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited. pp. 66–74. ISBN 978-93-90020-96-6. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

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