After you cry, how long does it take you to recover?

[bloodless]

I avoid crying. The cost is way to high for that particular release of emotion. My eyes will swell almost shut and they hurt horribly. I get a massive headache and sick to my stomach. I cried yesterday morning and today my eyes still sting, my stomach is still queezy and my muscles are weak. I need a nap with a compress on my eyes, but gotta work.

[Kerrikins]

When I cry I feel and also look like crap for the rest of that whole day. If I cry in the evening I wake up the next day looking and feeling like crap. My eyes swell and hurt; ironically crying makes them feel extra dry, my nose and cheeks get red and I get a terrible headache as well. Not only that but rather than providing a release, crying only intensifies the emotions that caused me to cry ( feeling down in the dumps, grief, frustration, what-have-you) and makes the feeling last longer. Lucky for me I guess that it takes a LOT to make me cry, I hardly ever do it.
Kerrikins

[schika]

I though I was the only one whose eyes stayed swollen for 12-15 hours after crying. No tummy problems and no headaches~~~just the eyes!

[eyeamdry]

Crying is very tough on my eyes and I try and avoid it.  I can produce tears when I'm crying (not every time) but this doesn't lessen the painful effects of bawling.  Cool/warm compresses and gentle care are about all you can do.  Tell others your allergies are kicking up and your eyes are sore. 

[bloodless]

good cover eyeamdry!

[Patze]

Oh boy, I sure hate to cry too.  When I do, it's usually short lived (run out of tears), but my eyes will be red, swollen and painful for twelve hours or longer....it's such a mess.


Patze

[kwolfsheimer]

I hate to cry now also. 

It hurts so badly and my eyes feel like someone has stuck needles in them all day.  I cut an onion the other day-- what was bad is that I don't make enough emergency tears to really flush them out. It was like somebody had sprayed tear gas in my eyes.  I looked like I had gone through military training where they make you take off the mask in a gas-filled room.  Uuuugh! I have a hard time really crying anymore.  It takes a lot to get tears and when they come, they spurt in a gush instead of flow. 

[sjogrens53]

One of my Dr.s said that I have "toxic tears".  Sounds like the rest of you....I have sore stinging eyes for 2-3 days after a cry.  Sad.  Sometimes it would be nice to have a good cry and release some emotion.

[Joe S.]

Who can cry?

[Patze]

HI Joe,

Now a days I find that I run out of tears after a couple of minutes (very strange); used to be able to cry for hours (at least the length of a good chick flick).


Patze

[ynevar]

My eyes swell up more than they ever used to.  Used to be just swollen for a bit but now it is all the next day.

-Y

[deeindiana]

Crying doesn't hurt as badly since I've been on Restatis. It used to be that crying dried out my eyes painfully and left them red and sore for half-a-day. It still does to a certain extent, but not nearly as bad.
Deb

[Carebear]

Funny you should ask this, Bloodless. I was just wondering what ever happened to the good old days, when an old fashioned cry would cure just about anything.

I rarely cry anymore because it just hurts too much.  My eyes burn and get red, and my eye lids are puffier than usual for at least a day.  Sometimes it blurs my vision as well.

[wiccagal]

I get a massive headache and sore dry eyes after a cry.  I also get really dehydrated!!  once upon a time a good cry was a good cry  but now no so much!!

[LizPetillo]

My eyelids get puffy for a day ... red and puffy.  but the worst thing is the fatigue.
If I cry, then I'm totally wiped out for hours.
But that's okay.  Before the plaquinel I couldn't cry at all.
I'll take the being tired out. At least I can cry again.  It's a relief.