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Hi Carol! I was also bothered by tears at unexpected moments, beginning with my diagnosis of PD in May. I never knew when a bout of emotion would occur and I was making my husband very nervous whenever we were around other people. Sometimes I'd be fine and sometimes I'd react with tears when asked something as simple as, "How are you?" When I went to my neuro in May, she asked which symptom bothered me most. I told her that lability was driving me crazy so she prescribed 20mg of Pixal once a day. Thirty minutes after taking the first dose I was extremely nauseated, light headed, sweating, experiencing chills, and so drowsy I could hardly stay awake. My doctor reduced the dosage to 10 mg and all side effects, except drowsiness, disappeared. After a few days on the lower dosage, falling asleep at odd times, I asked if I could reduce the dosage to 5 mg. She agreed and that's when I got a rash on my ankles. She told me to stop the Paxil for a week and then start it again, gradually increasing the dosage to 20 mg. While waiting the week, I realized I hadn't had a single bout of lability since that first dose. I haven't started taking Paxil again (it's been about 4 weeks since I stopped) and I haven't shed a single tear. What I'm wondering is, does lability come and go? Has anyone experimented with taking an antidepressant when going through a period of emotionalism, discontinuing it when you gain control and beginning it again when the lability returns? Could that possibly work? I agree, unexpected tears are very embarassing. I also had teary times in my 20's and 30's. I think it could have come from the stress of raising three very active sons and being so darn tired much of the time. I do know stress makes things worse. Hang in there. Mary Sheehan