Emotional?

[AliciaB]

Crying is this part of CBD? Hubby has had several times where he will start crying, over a movie, cleaning out the garage the least little thing seems to trigger it. He has never been this emotional and I have never seen him cry about anything until recently. It makes me sad for him.

[doglington]

Yes. My husband has PSP and one of the earliest signs was his crying - it was just accepted by everyone as "normal now."

Its more emotional incontinence. Some others have laughing.

xx

[Marie_14]

Alicia it is certainly part of PSP and both are related. My husband cried a lot. Sometimes I thought he was crying because he was so sad and knew he was going to die. However it is listed as a symptom of PSP. Constantly laughing too is another symptom but it seems you have one or the other.

Marie x

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Larry laughs and cries over TV programs frequently.

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Dad's psychologist said emotional outbursts completely unrelated to the current situation are not uncommon.

Rin

[rriddle]

If this is upsetting to your husband, you could ask the neurologist about an antidepressant or a PBA drug called Nuedexta (in the US).

[jzygirl]

Oh yes it is part of psp. Brian used to cry... not loud crying but it was there and it seemed as if the brain couldn't work out what response was needed but an emotional response was needed.... so we used to ask him happy or sad tears it was nearly always happy tears. Was grateful that it wasn't inappropriate laughing... sad and happy tears are easier to explain then the happy or sad laughter.

Jane xx

[Brenive]

We have this problem also ,...Brenda xx

[Pentland]

Hi. My husband has CBD and went through a spell of crying. He has never been someone to cry so it was definitely another horrible symptom of this horrendous illness. I hope it passes for your husband soon. Take care.

Margaret

[aliciamq]

Yep, my husband cryed often even watching the news!! He still gets caught up easily - I have also experienced the sometimes inappropriate laughter like when I'm cleaning up a mess he made - I'm always very kind about it - when he laughs at me, I want to say - OK - just wait a minute here- 🤔

[Kevin_1]

Hi AliciaB

Liz has this too.

Mainly crying. It has eased off recently.

I'm with doglington, it is most likely mild emotional incontinence. This is commonly reported in PSP, but...

It has enabled Liz to have a damned good weep over the illness. Just because whe is less emotionally 'continent' does not mean that crying over a movie and then talking a little over her own loss was not beneficial to her. Plenty of tissues and hugs and listening provided.

Her periods of out of control laughter when I tried to help her onto the commode for example tested my patience and sanity to its limits though.

Thankfully we never had the anger and lashing out 'symptom'. Though she can still switch into amazing passive aggression which was so skilled and well timed I could go back and re-write the textbook. I am still recovering from a three hour spell of from a few days ago.

Antidepressants might not be the answer, even SSRI's (first choice under the Nice Guidlines) can cause sedation. Not always. A good question to ask is if he is settled in himself most of the time and also whether he feels genuinely low most of the time. Mood does not change very quickly. A few dys is more the nor. (Different from affect and emotions which can be quick). I'm saying this because there is a tendency for G.P.s to reach for the prescription pad and it is often the carers ho have a deeper insight.

Wishing you all the best through the PSP maze.

Kevin