uncontrollable crying

I know that self esteem is not an issue. I have had a long life of challenges and adventures and I have met them all. I have been in many countries and met a lot of people. I have also done public speaking.

I don't think I feel much of anything after the crying except frustration.

Wow...thank goodness I found this because I thought I was crazy! All my life (I'm 26) I have had problems with crying. I know I put a lot of pressure on myself but this is just frustrating. I usually have 1-2 almost hour long crying episodes per week. Some have obvious triggers and some don't. I cry and cry and cry and the whole time I'm trying to talk to myself and figure out what the heck is going on. I can't seem to respond to any sort of dissapointment like a normal human being. Just last night, my new bike wouldn't shift. Frustrating for sure...end of the world? No. I felt the tears coming and tried to reason it out. But I couldn't make it stop and cried like my mom just died for an hour. This happens all the time and when I go to talk about it with anyone I cry. My psychologist thought I was non-functional because of the way I cried around her, but that's not the case I function just fine in life until this emotion takes over.
2 years ago I started on celexa and my life changed. The crying stopped and I felt like I woke up from a daze. I cried normally, I dealt with problems normally and finally felt normal. I decided to stop it due to some side effects about 2.5 months ago (with my doctor) and it has been hell every since. Back to my old ways. I noticed someone else on here had a good response from an SSRI as well. That is my plan right now. Go back on something because I can't live like I'm walking on eggshells waiting for the next breakdown.

You may be suffering from PBA and Nuedexta may help you without the side effects. Have your doctor look into it for you. It is somethiing new and has helped many who laugh or cry uncontrollably.

Um I don't have a brain disease that would cause PBA and this has gone on since I was a child. I don't cry when it's innapropriate per say. I don't cry during happy things or like in the middle of dinner or a conversation. There is a trigger and it escalates and I can't control the escalation.

I have finaly found a solution to this problem :D its vitamin B deficiancy so you need to Drink soya milk instead of regular!! It tast weird in the begining but you get used to it!!!! I haven't looked back since I started and haven't had a crying epesode for months :) just try it and see for yourself

Uncontrollable crying may be caused by a low thyroid or low serotonin levels.  You might have both checked

I have this problem, I'm 21, when i was a teen i cried often for stupid lilltle things really and when my fam and friends asked whats wrong it just make my crying worse and thought the need to make silly excuses up because i felt i would look stupid if i said i dont know why i'm crying, i put that down to teenage hormonal changes.  only last year, when i had fall outs with my ex i used to cry my eyes out then when i split up with him for good i cried my eyes out for days but i put that down to heart broken and hurt. But the last few months i have realised i have been crying for nothing or stupid little things like not being able to get a job or theirs no milk or bread left, it's very uncontrollable and it comes at any time, usually when i'm alone as i wouldn't wanna cry infront of anyone anyway. I can be fine and myself one minute then it's like i just get a bad headache and pressure in my brain and feel really bad and start crying and it can go on for about an hour on and off and you'd think something really bad has happened they way i cry. I put it down to a form of depression, i also sometimes get anxious about going places on my own and i have difficulties sleeping which i think i might have insomia which is caused by depression right?, i have told my mum and sister about all this and my sister says i might be caused by my implanon which i've had in my arm nearly 3 years now and due to have it out soon so when i have it taken out I will see if my moods change or still the same and if they are then I will see a doctor. Being like this is no good for anyone, I can't be who i am and it also prevents me from thinking i can get a job or do things and makes me think low of myself, some days i can be confident and think of how much i appreciate life then other days i can feel completely opposite.

I am 53 years old, I am a male. I have had this problem since I was 8 years old. I was diagnosed ( Bipolar Affective Disorder ) I have been on Lithium 1200mg a day as well as Prozac 40mg per day this has helped greatly. Make an appointment with your Doctor and talk to them about this matter regarding depession and mania.

John

I see this was posted this 3 yrs ago. I hope this is well behind you. But this story upsets me. Assuming that this wasn't an accidental oversight or miscommunication, you were expecting to meet with a teacher and a counselor - supposed "professionals," - yet instead you're met by SEVEN people?! You weren't prepared for that! You should have been told BEFOREHAND how many people would be in the meeting, their names, their professions, and WHY they were part of this meeting. This wasn't a cocktail party. You were there to discuss a personal and sensitive subject - in your case, your son, and what I presume to be his behavior, or grades etc. at school. You were no doubt concerned and somewhat anxious to begin with just meeting with the teacher & counselor. I know I would have been! You were not expecting to walk into a room full of people - FIVE of whom you don't know! - asking you about your son's "condition." I would have been furious, and would have no doubt cried as well. You should not feel foolish. You were put in an awful situation. Whoever arranged this meeting, be it the teacher or counselor, should have taken just a few minutes to prepare you - you ARE the mother of the child they wish to discuss, after all! - with details of who will be attending and why. It was unprofessional and grossly insensitive that you were misled. If this was in fact done on purpose, the person(s) responsible needs to find a new career . . . One that doesn't require an ounce of compassion for others.

First time I read this, I was barely able to see from all the tears. It was the worst day in a long time. I started crying a bit in the morning, and just continued through the whole day. When I finally came home it just started pouring out of me and i cried for hours. 

It always starts with something someone says to me, or if something doesn't work out the way it supposed to. And than everything becomes negative in my mind, I feel like I am so worthless, stupid, like nobody loves me, like I will never get anywhere in my life etc. Rationally, I know that isn't true, I am surrounded with people that love me, I have tons of friends, great boyfriend, I have an MA, I was a good student, but when I have my crying episode none of these things matter and my mind focuses only on the parts of my life I am not happy with - I am unemployed and living with my parents (and I am 27) and I feel stuck in one place. But even for that, I know it's not my fault, unemployment rate in my country is about 27% and in fact I am happy to have parents to support me. 

Like most of you, first I thought that it's a depression, but it just doesn't fit. I am happy most of the time, really happy. And just out of the blue, something goes wrong and there goes the waterfall. I hate it, especially when I am with my mom and dad, cos then they think it's something they did (most of the time it's not), then they get sad and start saying "stop crying, stop crying" and that just makes me cry even more because I am frustrated that I can't stop crying. 

I am on a birth control, so perhaps it's the hormones, so I will look into that. Also, I started to take herbal medicine for anxiety regularly. I would recommend herbal medicine or tea based on valerian root. 

Thanks to everyone posting, reading your experiences really helped me. Finally I see that I am not crazy and that there are people who understand. 

Some of you may have PBA. Pseudobulbar affect. It is a symptom of several different neurological deseases and can be treated.

I too suffer from over sensitiveness. Which means I tear up at the tiniest amount of stress. Usually I'm talking to a teacher or my parents about something serious and I tear up for no reason and unless I take a moment to calm myself or stop breathing I burst into full on weeping. Just last night, I was disappointed because I wouldn't be seeing my boyfriend. I knew that any reaction I had would be an over-reaction. I still burst into tears and when I went to bed, I still hadn't stopped crying. I ended up hyperventilating myself to sleep. Strange over-reactions on my part.
My dad also suffers from this sensitivity as he struggled to keep his composure when in stressful conversations. I think it may my a hereditary trait for me and a personality trait as well. I just try to cope with it and try to assure people that it is a regular occurrence. Good luck :)

Oh my god I do this too! 27yo female where who cries uncontrollably when I get angry, uncomfortable or face confrontation. Not hysterically but I tear up and it shows in my face that I'm about to cry. I can be engaged in a knock down drag out argument and be totally coherent .... other than the uncontrollable tears streaming down my face. Co-workers often comment on it and it's going to eventually effect me professionally. I'm really intrigued by one posters comment that this could be a version of panic attack. I used to get panic attacks that would wake me out of a dead sleep but I haven't had one in several years. I am not depressed and I've done the whole anti-depressant thing in response to this - my mom always called it "not feeling good" - when I was a teenage and now I am starting to wonder if the attempts at suppression were holding me back. I cry everyday now. I wake  up in the morning, decide that life is horrible and that I hate it (for the record I have a brand new awesome puppy, boyfriend of 7 years, love my job and I live on the beach in NY - life does not suck) and I cry until my boyfriend gets out of the shower. Then I wipe it up and go on my way. This seems to be helping me control it later in the day at work but while I've been controlling the tears somewhat for about a year I still can't stop the facial contortions and I don't have complete control. If I have (and I mean absolutely have) to confront my boss about something I rush through it so he can't focus on my face and my voice and tenor become distorted. In short he can tell. Does anyone else have any suggestions about herbal/natural supplement options? I refuse to go back on anti depressants or anti-anxiety meds because I abused the anti anxiety meds as a teen and the anti-depressants never really seemed to change anything. Besides, I don't necessary feel depressed when I'm not crying my eyes out! I'm so sick of arguing with my boyfriend over stupid c**p and him saying please stop crying. He knows I'm going to respond that I CAN'T but he doesn't understand why. I'm tearing up writing this I'm so happy to have found some kindred spirits ! 

I find it helps if I sip water, it gets rid of the lump in my throat that brings on the tears. I have to sip every sentence or every few seconds until the emotional stimulus ( talking to my boss about my short comings, seeing something sad on tv, the ASPCA commercials,  having a serious conversation, talking about babies, talking about my dog, ect.) is gone. I cry at everything. All the time. I can cry dozens of times a day. my mother calls me emotional. But I just feel like its more than that. I am bipolar, but bipolar doesn't mean happy one second, sad the next, they are long periods and highs and lows. Hyper to sleepy. Invincible, to wanting to die.  It's not so much happy to sad. You can be happy in a low and sad in a high. And despite a happy mood, and positive outlook and good day, I can still cry at everything. It has to be something more than hormones. I had it before I hit puberty, well before. I've been "sensitive" my entire life. 

I meant to hit the "like" button but hit the "dislike" button instead....I wish I knew how to fix this. I suffer from the uncontrollable crying as well; most recently in my work environment with my direct manager. I am hypersensitive and she is just the opposite and to me is just a cold person without any compassion for anyone. She feels that I am unprofessional simply because I have had two bursts or crying..but this was in her office, privately as I felt I needed to address some concerns. she has written me off as "weak" and a disruption to the department but what she really fails to see are my strengths.. Perhaps there is some medical component...I am open minded and willing to give that a try...I guess these are some of the nice things about people who cry uncontrollably...Last time I checked there was no crime in caring about people and being passionate about their work.

At the end of this post I was able to turn my thumbs down to a thumbs up :)