Comments on: Excessive yawning in ALS/MND

By: lila

lila — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:18:52 +0000

i have noticed that i do yawn alot but not thought about it,but for some years now many people have brung it to my attention that i sigh with every pause in work, thinking,sentance.any time i stoped doing anything, i thougth it was just a way i was releasing tention.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:25:13 +0000

Did anyone else go to the research section labeled “Avanir Pharmaceuticals”? There is a trial for emotional lability.

By: Paul Wicks

Paul Wicks — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:30:43 +0000

In response to comments:

There seems to be some kind of interaction between SSRI’s and excessive yawning, that’s what the original study we were responding to had reported. Further references can be found here: http://www.baillement.com/ssri.html

All the best,

Paul

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:29:38 +0000

I have excessive yawning but I never experienced the yawning issued until I had an (intentional)overdose of an anti-depressant that I was taking: celexa. Since that time, which was the early fall of 1999, I have had “excessive yawning”. I notice however that it is more “excessive” when I am in moments of extreme depression or mania, or beginning a new medicine. So, in summary it could be at times of new stress perhaps. I was wondering if any of your theory covered this topic. Thank you. Christine

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:15:03 +0000

Hi there, quick question I was hoping you might have some thoughts on. My Dad has limb onset ALS (early stages) and has started yawning ALOT. I just wondered whether other people have it as a symptom of limb onset ALS or whether my Dad is just finding us all increasingly boring!
Many Thanks

By: randy simens

randy simens — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:33:26 +0000

I have PD & yrs, and have been prescribed numerous ssri”s for depression. Often I can get into a extensive amount of uncontrolable yawning. However, it can go away for weeks at a time. I believe there is a definite correlation betwqeen ssri’s and excessive yawning. thx

By: joy

joy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:34:57 +0000

just wanted to comment about excessive yawning. i do this quite often and alot of the times it seems to go on forever. just wanted to check if this happens because of ms.

thanks

By: Annalien

Annalien — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:40:56 +0000

I am the mother of Rudie. This is actually funny, since I just stumble upon this article. I don’t have ALS (as far as I know) and I suffer from excessive yawning. It irritates me, because people do think that I am bored with them. Well, that’s what my family told me.

By: Lisa Davis

Lisa Davis — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:59:03 +0000

I have bulbar onset form of ALS with the crying and laughing spells. Fortunately it does’nt usually happen at real inappropriate times, but they do last for a l-o-n-g time. Like it was’nt THAT funy.

Also I have noticed excessive yawning and involuntary sighing(taking in a deep breath)Maybe to get air in the lungs I do’nt know. My FVC is 86%

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:25:10 +0000

I’m in your mood community for depression. Something that has always happened on SSRI’s for me has been uncontrollable yawning. They aren’t pleasant yawns, rather I’m left with jaw and tongue tension much like I would have just before vomiting.

Doing some research today and was surprized that more research hasn’t been done about yawning.

I’ll be adding it to my symptoms.

By: Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:38:10 +0000

I have bulbar onset ALS and in retrospect excessive yawning along with emotional lability were symptoms starting a couple of years before I sought a diagnosis for an ongoing cough and husky voice.

I still suffer excessive yawning and emotional lability but the cough disappeared when I lost my voice.

By: Paul Wicks

Paul Wicks — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:26:57 +0000

Hi Adrian, thanks for letting me know. You might be interested in this website which is run by a french doctor and has a lot of content about yawning: http://www.baillement.com/

All the best

Paul Wicks, PhD
Research Scientist
PatientsLikeMe