My mother suffered her second stroke within 18 months this past Easter. This stroke affected the opposite side of her brain than the first one. The first one gave her more physical challenges on her left side (which she had mostly overcome). This recent one affected her mental capabilities so much more.
Over the two months since her stroke I have noticed on at least a dozen occasions, while helping her work on cognitive exercises, instances where she would laugh uncontrollably if she wrote the wrong answer. Sometimes her emotions would switch quickly between uncontrollable laughter to crying, then switch back to laughter again. When this happened I thought I was imagining things. It's good to know this could be a PBA disorder. I will be discussing this possibility with mom's primary care physician as soon as possible.
I am A Vietnam Veteran with PTSD I cry at the drop of a hat the Va advised me it was related to the PTSD now I am not sure what test can be done to get to bottom of this. I did have a close call in combat when 2 mortar shells exploded next to my sending me flying through the air. My ears were ringing and I had a head ache for 2 - 3 days. What do you recommend
my mother has passed away but she had alzheimers and would cry all the time I did not know why I thought she was just scared ( not knowing what was wrong with her). now I wonder If this is what she suffered with ??????????????
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Pseudobulbar Affect: Just Another Name for Depression?
Over the two months since her stroke I have noticed on at least a dozen occasions, while helping her work on cognitive exercises, instances where she would laugh uncontrollably if she wrote the wrong answer. Sometimes her emotions would switch quickly between uncontrollable laughter to crying, then switch back to laughter again. When this happened I thought I was imagining things. It's good to know this could be a PBA disorder. I will be discussing this possibility with mom's primary care physician as soon as possible.