Has anyone else been crying uncontrollably?

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Day 4 of symptoms and I have basically been fighting back the tears or letting them all out for three days now. Sometimes for a valid(ish) reason sometimes for ridiculous reasons.

For example I just went onto the 'tell me your weird symptoms' thread and because scanning the first few replies I couldn't see 'crying' listed I burst into tears.

What the hell is this? When will I regain my composure? I am normally fairly stoic.

I think emotional response is more the point, rather than crying specifically. I had a panic attack, I have friends who have been depressed, others who were anxious, others angry.

Feeling very down and/or anxious are both symptoms. Hope you feel better soon.

I had that the day before I tested positive. It was weird. I was inconsolable. It lasted a day or 2. Be kind to yourself.

Thank you both. I had another cry when I got no responses to this thread but this evening I feel much much brighter. Haven't coughed in 2 hours which is amazing.

Aw that feeling of being alone wondering what on earth is happening is awful. Hope you're on the mend soon

I had raging anxiety, and felt very down for several days. Not anxious about the covid, just anxious. Had to get valium from GP.

My DH is a few days behind me and he’s suffering anxiety as well. It really does affect you emotionally.

Someone on the other thread has mentioned crying now OP. Hope you’re better soon x

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. In a way, the anxiety and paranoia are worse than the physical symptoms. I haven't felt this ill for years and am so incredibly low and sobby it's embarrassing. Imagining everyone at work talking about me using this as an excuse to get rid of me, plotting, planning... it's horrendous.

I felt incredibly low and teary for a few days with it. I think it was the feeling of it being like lockdown and not being able to go out.

Yes I posted about feeling teary, low, irritable too. It does pass thank goodness.

Yes, currently crying at encanto. The latest in a long list of stupid things I've cried at over last few days

It really has made a huge difference reading that others have had the same so thank you. I've been having sad thoughts about my siblings not liking me and colleagues thinking I'm bad at my job but I keep just trying to remind myself it is a symptom.

Hope the rest of you are coping well enough.
Oh and I now have a rash and cold sore to add to the list of horrors

A couple of DC were teary and I was too. I think it was partly the shock of testing positive but also the unknown nature of how it would pan out. In the end we were all relatively mild.

Yeah, I was teary too and it’s lingered with the brain fog.

Yes to all of this! I woke up in the middle of the night on day 2 and was inconsolable that DD is an only child (secondary infertility) and even more so that she doesn't really have extra curricular clubs and that I hadn't got her enrolled in swimming lessons again post Covid. Honestly, was absolutely inconsolable!

Friends that have had covid have all been very tearful and felt emotional for a few days

I had long covid 2020, I'm not usually a particularly emotional person but covid definitely affects emotions. I had anxiety, panicky feelings and could cry at anything on the TV 📺😭😂.... It will pass💐

@BergamotandLime I really felt for you, reading your post. It's so clear how much you love and care about your DD and I hope things feel more manageable at the moment. If you can, you will. If you can't, now that the warmer weather is almost here (🙏) hopefully you can get DD out to the park/playground a bit more and she might get to mix there

I've had a hideous virus that won't go away for over a fortnight and spent a good hour in tears over past griefs earlier. LFTs always negative, but this is nasty and I'm reading covid threads and going tick, tick, tick!

Hi, I'm currently going through covid, day 12 from first symptom and still feeling poorly and keep breaking down crying. Does it get better?xxx

There was a paper that said it’ll the inflammation response. I guess some of the last two years is also in our subconscious too and might affect our emotions if it makes us feel rough.

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I'm on day 9 from first symptom. I'm very tearful, I think it's a mix of things.
My brother died last Sunday, which knocked me for six.
I'm bored and frustrated with being stuck inside.
I have a history of respiratory illnesses making me fatigued for months and I'm anxious about long covid.
I almost wish I hadn't tested and just went on thinking I had flu.

@CherryogDog I'm so very sorry for your loss.

I'm almost a month in and I'm still tearful and still dizzy and exhausted. When will it end...

@Madhairday thank you x

This - I felt unusually emotional.

My symptoms gave me no cause for concern but there was that niggle in the back of my mind that it could turn nasty.