Orgasmic epilepsy explained

Orgasmic epilepsy
Synonyms:	Orgasmic seizures; Orgasmic epileptic seizures; Orgasmic convulsions; Orgasmic auras; Epilepsy with orgasmic seizures
Symptoms:	Auras with spontaneous orgasms
Frequency:	Rare

Orgasmic epilepsy is a rare form of epilepsy that involves auras in which spontaneous orgasms occur.^{[1] [2] [3]} Due to their rarity and sensitive nature, they have mostly been reported as single cases and case series. A broader category is epilepsy with sexual auras generally. There are similarities and overlap of orgasmic epilepsy with ecstatic epilepsy and certain other forms of epilepsy.^[4] Orgasmic seizures were first reported in 1960 and a number of additional cases have been reported since then.

Notes and References

1. Book: Chakravarty, A. . A Note on Ecstatic and Orgasmic Seizures . 66–74 . MIMICS of Epileptic Seizures . Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited . G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series . 2020 . 978-93-90020-96-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=FHoxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 . 27 August 2024.
2. Janszky J, Szücs A, Halász P, Borbély C, Holló A, Barsi P, Mirnics Z . Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere . Neurology . 58 . 2 . 302–4 . January 2002 . 11805263 . 10.1212/wnl.58.2.302 .
3. Janszky J, Ebner A, Szupera Z, Schulz R, Hollo A, Szücs A, Clemens B . Orgasmic aura--a report of seven cases . Seizure . 13 . 6 . 441–444 . September 2004 . 15276150 . 10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.005 .
4. Arias M . Neurology of ecstatic religious and similar experiences: Ecstatic, orgasmic, and musicogenic seizures. Stendhal syndrome and autoscopic phenomena . Neurologia (Engl Ed) . 34 . 1 . 55–61 . 2019 . 27340019 . 10.1016/j.nrl.2016.04.010 . free .