Crying for no good reason...

[adavisirl]

Well, this peg/riba tx is a strange trip. I'm in week 10, and I notice I'm more and more prone to crying. I know that depression is  a real possibility while on tx, but I don't think I'm depressed. But I'm very sensitive to emotional situations. I finish a task and the boss thanks me - I'm crying. I watch a movie - crying. Walk down the street, think of my father who died of melanoma - crying. But it's more like a welling-up of tears that I can somewhat control, rather than full-blown blubbering! It happens several times per day.

Anyways, I function just fine at work, I sleep fine, my wife and I have a great relationship and she's very supportive, so things are not so terrible. Should I talk with my doctor about this?
It does lube my dry, sore eyes!

Cheers, and thank you all, this forum is excellent,
Andrew

[jmjm530]

Just like to add that I discussed this exact issue with my shrink -- crying at things like tv commercials, etc -- and he did not diagnose this as depression or did not think I needed ADs.

I can't say I was breaking down into uncontrollable crying fits, it was more a tearing up in the eyes/lump in the throat kind of thing that if someone wasn't looking at me might not notice. It was not loud sobbing, for example. I assume that is what was being discussed. I wish I could remember the name my shrink gave me for the condition but it translated into something like 'heightened sensitivity'.

Everytime someone posts here about this happening, we have many responses "that's me" responses, so it seems quite normal with the treatment drugs. I'm sure Mike Simon hasn't cried over Beaver since, nor have I cried over a TV commercial since completing tx.

-- Jim

[mikesimon]

I wasn't on ADs before TX, during TX or since TX and I did 3.5+ years of treatment. I have never been on ADs in my long life but, nevertheless I was a crybaby during TX. I stopped that crying at the drop of a hat - or the Beaver - very soon after stopping TX. So I am one who doesn't fit into your theory. Mike

[Mr Liver]

You didn't mention whether you are on anti-depressants ? If you aren't then you should discuss this with your doctor. Crying at the drop of the hat is an early sign of reactionary (chemically induced) depression. I'd bet most of the respondents to your post were on AD before tx or started them for tx. Your symptoms  may or MAY not stop at this level, even if you are on AD. Many people are under-medicated for depression while on treatment, and many times a dose escalation of AD is required. You NEVER want to ignore symptoms such as these. A fast escalation of depression is common when it is reactionary. The largest percentage of those who have to discontinue treatment are from those experiencing severe psychiatric side effects (30%). It's nothing to mess with no matter how many people tell you it's "doable".
Best regards,
PK

[SteveHepC]

I was on treatment and picked up a DVD of the movie ET. I cried with joy when ET came back to life.
Heck.....................even before I got this HEP thing, I cried at Opie and Andy, and even Lassie.

[Forseegood]

well, maybe it's because YOU didn't have a crush on Eddie Haskell like I did...Grandpa on My Three Sons kinda got me goin too....

[Whrose]

'the whistle in the wind....................the boy calling his dog...................
'lassie come save the day"
sobs, sniff sniff, blow)))))) erghh