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Subject: Tears Hello Carol, you have raised a question to which which I have no answer, but it has prompted me to speculate a little: I used to think that the low emotional threshold which I experienced was some side-effect of one or other of the drugs which we take, but now I'm not so sure. Talking to other PWPs, I have found enough evidence to suggest that this low emotional threshold may actually be one of the most common of all the symptoms of PD. I think that more than just tears are affected; I used to be a very calm sort of person (the celebrated British stiff upper lip), but now I find that I flare up at very little provocation, and cool down just as quickly, a well as fighting back the tears at the slightest sign of an emotional scene on television. I was never much of a boxing fan, but I did notice, while watching a fight recently, that I could barely stay on my chair, and any furniture within reach of my legs was in grave danger of demolition. Does anyone know of a reason for this phenomenon ? Regards, Brian Collins