I've been thinking about this, too. My last big crash was after a visit from a friend--she had some news about her grown daughter that was devastating to me.

But you seem to be saying that it's not so much the emotions themselves that sets off your MG, but the expressing of them (like crying). I wonder if the reason that this is the case is that you hold back so much that by the time you do express them, they've really built up, so the expression is intense? Is there a way to let it out in small ways before it builds up--I mean, if you cry a little over some small thing, would that set off your symptoms? Or is it only a big emotional melt-down that does it?

What a tricky disease this is! One of the ways people recommend processing emotions is to do something physically tiring, but of course we can't do that, either.

Thanks for asking. This is the right kind of question to ask. Understanding what's going on is more than half the battle! As you figure this out, share it with us, OK?

Abby