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5 things you should know about life with pseudobulbar affect

“I have fits of uncontrollable laughter and it’s not fun or funny.” That’s how Jennifer explains life with pseudobulbar affect (PBA). Wendy has the same condition and describes her experiences: “It’s frustrating because you have no control over [laughing or crying]. They occur…
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emotional incontinence, emotional lability, involuntary emotional expression disorder., multiple sclerosis, parkinson's disease, pathological crying and laughing, PBA, pseudobulbar affect, stroke, traumatic brain injury

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Not a Laughing (or Crying) Matter: The Impact of Pseudobulbar Affect

Share Your Experiences with Pseudobulbar Affect to See if You Qualify for a $50 Honorarium Insult to injury. For many people, this saying describes what it feels like to be diagnosed with Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA). PBA is a neurologic condition that appears in…
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ALS, alzheimer's, dementia, multiple sclerosis, PBA, pseudobulbar affect, stroke, traumatic brain injury

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Pseudobulbar Affect: Struggling with Emotional Control

Share Your Experiences with Pseudobulbar Affect to See if You Qualify for a $50 Honorarium Laughing and crying. They’re two of our most personally revealing behaviors. Why? Because they let people around us know when we feel joy and when we feel pain….
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emotional incontinence, emotional lability, labile affect, multiple sclerosis, PBA, pseudobulbar affect, stroke, TBI, traumatic brain injury

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