14-08-2019 01:03 AM
14-08-2019 01:03 AM
One of my many side effects from my medications is that I have not been able to cry in years. It is like my tears well up and then nothing .... well all that changed yesterday. I cried. It wasnt full on bawling but the tears flowed and it felt good to be able to see and feel my own emotions. Does anyone else find it hard to cry due to mood stabilizers? My mental health nurse has said she has never come across it before.
14-08-2019 09:07 AM
14-08-2019 09:07 AM
I haven't cried since I've been on meds, but, I've not been really upset by anything drastic. Last year when my brother first had his accident I'd wake up crying and sobbing.
14-08-2019 10:47 AM
14-08-2019 10:47 AM
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14-08-2019 11:31 AM
14-08-2019 12:11 PM
14-08-2019 12:11 PM
Mr shaz hasn`t cried since he has been on meds,
he is not mood stabilizers
only anti depressants and anti anxiety meds
15-08-2019 01:02 AM
15-08-2019 01:02 AM
16-08-2019 06:01 AM
16-08-2019 06:01 AM
@greenpea When I was on mood stabilisers I felt just like you do. I couldn’t cry, though I desperately wanted to. My meds have changed now, and so the tears flow, exhausting, but good.
16-08-2019 06:08 AM
16-08-2019 06:08 AM
@Maggie that is good to know I was beginning to think I was the only one. I used to be a cry baby growing up .... cry at the drop of a hat .... so not being able to cry actually is upsetting.
16-08-2019 06:12 AM
16-08-2019 06:12 AM
@greenpea I have hear a lot of people say they can’t cry on mood stabilisers, and it is upsetting. Partly crying is a release, so if it’s not being able to be used, where do you release what crying would?
16-08-2019 06:21 AM
16-08-2019 06:21 AM
@Maggie it does make you wonder doesnt it.... so many nasty side-effects of mood stabilizers and anti psychotics .... I don't know what the answer is.
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