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Emotional lability Symptom Report

Emotional lability, also called Involuntary emotional expression disorder (IEED) is a medical condition that causes sudden and unpredictable episodes of crying, laughing or other emotional displays. It is also called Pseudobulbar Affect, Emotional Lability or emotional incontinence. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Emotional lability severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Emotional lability

Treatments Patients Take For Emotional lability
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Amitriptyline 25 2% Amitriptyline: 2%
Sertraline 15 1% Sertraline: 1%
Citalopram 14 1% Citalopram: 1%
Fluoxetine 9 1% Fluoxetine: 1%
Escitalopram 8 1% Escitalopram: 1%
Quinidine/dextromethorphan 8 1% Quinidine/dextromethorphan: 1%
Prayer 7 1% Prayer: 1%
Paroxetine 6 0% Paroxetine: 0%
Venlafaxine 4 0% Venlafaxine: 0%
Lamotrigine 3 0% Lamotrigine: 0%
Meditation 3 0% Meditation: 0%
Alprazolam 2 0% Alprazolam: 0%
Clonazepam 2 0% Clonazepam: 0%
Duloxetine 2 0% Duloxetine: 0%
Memantine 2 0% Memantine: 0%
Nortriptyline 2 0% Nortriptyline: 0%
Amitriptyline-Perphenazine 1 0% Amitriptyline-Perphenazine: 0%
AVP-923 (DM/Q) 1 0% AVP-923 (DM/Q): 0%
BiPAP Humidifier 1 0% BiPAP Humidifier: 0%
Bupropion 1 0% Bupropion: 0%
Cannabis 1 0% Cannabis: 0%
Dextromethorphan-Quinidine 1 0% Dextromethorphan-Quinidine: 0%
Diazepam 1 0% Diazepam: 0%
Dronabinol 1 0% Dronabinol: 0%
Guaifenesin 1 0% Guaifenesin: 0%
Quinine 1 0% Quinine: 0%
Robitussin 1 0% Robitussin: 0%
Zenvia 1 0% Zenvia: 0%

Report created on November 07, 2009.