Loss of strength in hands on laughing!?!

[keeponsmilein]

Hi, wondred if anyone else has had this, since I was a small child
both my hands can loose strength and ability to grasp ect if I've really laughed , sounds weird i know, and 35 years on its still happens, am i nuts or has anyone else had this???

[Milliepochet]

Same thing happens to me!  I'm 39 years old and it's happened since I was a child. I convinced myself it was normal, despite all of my classmates always finding it peculiar and laughing at the symptom- which in turn made me laugh and just prolonged the weakness. Sometimes it's not even a hard laugh - even with a silly slaphappy moment (which disproves some theories I've heard about hyperventilating or lack of oxygen from laughing hard).  Not as frequently, it happens absent of laughter too!  Should I be concerned?

[BozHog]

This happened to me all the time through my school years and years after. It hadn't happened for many years.... until this morning! I'm 49. I used to think this was a common thing, but obviously it's not. I'm surprised at what little information there is on this subject.
I don't do a lot of writing by hand anymore, so maybe I just haven't noticed it.
Now I would really find out what's going on.

[Phoenixglaid]

I've have the same problem for as long as I can remember. I'm 26 and though mine is the worst when laughing hard, I find that there are times it just happens when i'm angry or sad. It's almost like cataplexy of just the hands. I was hoping someone had found a name for it.

[Sangrail]

It's a mild form of cataplexy.
"Cataplexy is a sudden and transient episode of loss of muscle tone, often triggered by emotions."

[ayushee]

yes even i face the samething every time i laugh
but dnt kno the reason behind it .
and my father used face this also , so may b this is heredity!!

[redsummer2000]

My son has the problem and he is 11 years old. He told me that he has had this problem for some years now, but he has never told me; or maybe I was doing something else and not paying full attention.  At any rate, I am surprised to see that no one has a diagnosis for this besides "cataplexy," and that so many people have been experiencing this since childhood.  I will continue to do my research.