I'm only asking because it's a similar emotional response. I mean a true good laugh.

Unfortunately no, no real genuine laugh either.

Theta,
After reading your last couple of posts here, it sounds as if it's about more than the tears. I wonder if you've talked about the Lithium with anyone else who is taking it. Compare notes. Perhaps the dose is a little too high for you right now.

I also just read where you are now situated. If you've moved recently and are not happy where you live, that's a big thing and enough to make a person feel different, especially if you've been through a cold, dark winter.

e.g. Seasonal Affective Disorder

Thank you, Lara,
I appreciate your response.
I've not yet gotten any discussion from those taking lithium.
I all along have suspected it to be the culprit with much that I suffer.
And I've not yet been able to get what I need for to see any pdoc here, and I'm told there are in fact none on the coast.

I cannot get lithium blood levels checked until this fiasco with my medical coverage is done and I have proper coverage. Fortunately I still have meds to refill.

Yes, it is a shocking change here. The inability to cry has been for nearly ten months now, preceding this relocation. It's a terribly depression-prone region, yes.

I am in hopes today of working out the medical coverage and soon getting blood levels.
You are right, it is a very high dosage, which I have always questioned.

Thanks again for your support. I appreciate it truly.

P.S. LOL ... The coast here is in a perpetual cold, dark, rainy winter! It just doesn't go away.
This is it. Good for trees, not good for people!

That sounds as if it's a good plan!

btw, I am not sure exactly where you moved but I have to tell you that I spent some time in the Seattle area in the late '90s. I absolutely adored it really but it certainly was damp. I bought some post cards when I left showing the 4 seasons and it just showed various shades of grey. Summer/grey - Fall/grey - Winter/grey - Spring/grey. It was quite funny really.