Sneezing induced by sexual ideation or orgasm: an under-reported phenomenon

Orgasm Induced Seizures: A Rare Phenomenon

A variety of stimuli can cause reflex seizures, Some triggers include light, music and cognitive phenomenon. There are case reports however where the phenomenon of sexual activity has been a trigger for epileptic seizures. Most of these cases reported are in women so far, and were found to be localized to right cerebral hemisphere. We report a case of a 36-year-old male with orgasm-induced seiz...

Zolpidem-induced sneezing

INTRODUCTION Zolpidem, as an imidazopyridine, is a widely prescribed drug in clinical practice for short-term treatment of insomnia. Nevertheless, there have been a number of cases associated with the adverse effects of the stated drug recently. Further to the existing reports of adverse reactions to zolpidem, the current script is going to report a case in which zolpidem has induced acute repe...

Review Symposium Sometimes an Orgasm Is Just an Orgasm

Machiavellianism, pretending orgasm, and sexual intimacy

Article history: Received 12 February 2016 Received in revised form 26 February 2016 Accepted 27 February 2016 Available online 9 March 2016 Machiavellianism is characterised by distrust, manipulation, and a willingness to exploit others. Previous research indicates that Machiavellianism is associated with a preference for short-term sexual relationships and low levels of relationship commitmen...

Suicidal Ideation Induced by Episodic Cannabis Use

The report describes a patient who presented suicidal ideation only in two different occasions, immediately after acute cannabis intoxication. He used cannabis only in these two circumstances. Although a definite association between cannabis use and suicidal ideation or behavior has been already reported in the literature, the described case presents two original clinical aspects that deserve c...