..ok I'm not sure if this is connected to HRT but well I've never experienced this before. I've been on HRT for twelve months as of next week and for the last six months I've noticed that random things (usually things I find funny) trigger these episodes of insano laughter that is so intense that it is scary! lol! Honestly I feel like I have no control over it and that I can't make it stop and yeah... the fact I feel like I can't stop scares the utter crap out of me!
Well I guess I can stop it with a struggle.. but still it's not easy.

I thought of two possibilities so far, one that because of hormones I can now actually express such things as happiness and laughter. Like a new door has opened in my heart. And two ..that it's some sort of extreme emotion related to bipolar... even though I don't really get as extremely down... that I know of. I mean I get down but I wouldn't say it's as extreme as my laughter fits.

Anyone else experience this??

I get those every once in a while too.  I've had it happen a few times before HRT, but it's more frequent since I've been on HRT.  I wish I knew what caused it myself because it's really embarrassing sometimes

Yes, I've known that feeling once.

You start laughing at something that is actually funny.
You just keep on laughing stronger and stronger.
You feel like your feet are on the edge of an abyss and you can tell that your toes are already in the air.
You feel that it would not take much to send you plummeting into full-scale madness.
It is scary.

Chalk it up to the hormones.
Your body should eventually adjust and these episodes will no longer occur.

That would happen frequently early on in my transition   It almost got my mother, brother, ex, and I kicked out and banned from a very nice mediterranean restaurant. It was awesome LoL.

Needless to say, the trigger for that episode still brings a smile to my face every time I think of  it.

Sounds like one of the many wonderful changes one can hope for during HRT

Can't really understand what's puzzling you all about this ..... 
You've all seen young adolescent girls going off into shrieking fits of laughter every few minutes, often about very little?

Well.... regardless of your physical age, psychologically you're a pubescent female teenager and this mad laughter is entirely normal.

Me, I've just been enjoying it...a lot!   

Well I guess it's good to know I'm not alone with this, it's just that it is really scary. I think it is the "I don't feel like I'm in control of this" feeling, and laughter can physically hurt after awhile
If anyone has any triggers they want to share post them up...lols... why not!!!! *evil*..... ^________^

this is what got me yesterday when I made this thread....

   LOL!!! I love it!! Very funny!!

Hmm, hybrid turtle shoes anyone.

 Ha
Tell me about it
At a lecture last week on forensic medicine. The presenter was tall thin stooped ( a bit wimpy looking ). He started off " This year I've done 25 rapes, 6 murders and 6 assaults" Guy next to me whom I do not know, leans over to me and says "Looks good on it though doesn't he"  I was weeping. I had my fist down my throat. I was so embarrassed and I could not stop giggling. I did indeed wet myself, luckily I was wearing a pad  .

I was begging for the floor to open up. I'm sure everyone in the room knew.

Oh to be a teenager at 50+

Cindy

lols it happened again...

damn youtube

I think we are talking about two different things.

1) A case of unstoppable giggles.
2) A case where you actually fear for your sanity.

If it makes you feel better: That (laughing so hard you can't stop or breathe) happens to me all the time. And my brother. And a number of my friends. As far as I'm aware, it's totally natural and probably a good thing (as long as you don't have any severe respiratory issues). |D The hormones probably aren't the direct cause beyond just... making you feel more like yourself so you CAN open up and laugh at everything. Though I'm sure the hormone-induced adolescent case-of-the-sillies doesn't do anything to stop the giggle fits. x3

Side effects may include embarassing situations and drinks coming out of your nose, but other than that there's not much to worry about. Sometimes I feel like I can't breathe, but I've been around for 19 years and haven't suffocated (or gone insane... er, at least not to my knowledge) yet. (o__o)d

Enjoy your newfound tendancy towards hysterical giggle fits! 8D

I still don't think that we are talking about the same thing.
Yes, you can laugh to the point where it is physically taxing, where tears are running down your face.

Have you ever laughed to the point where you objectively view your laughter with actual horror?
Where any sense of something actually being humorous is long gone?
Where you truly sense that your mind is on the verge of cracking?

We are not talking about being excessively silly here.

Renate that was my initial concern in my first post, and yeah I think I did worry a great deal when it first started happening as I can't remember laughing that much since maybe pre-puberty. But I've found each time gets easier to control and is becoming more pleasurable, especially after finding out I'm not alone on this.
I understand the possibilities that something like this could be linked to something more... and it could be for some but I feel like I'm in the clear as far as that is concerned.
I'm continually finding it easier and easier to control myself and make myself stop when I'm "done".