Sadness Attack

[Cantgetoverit]

Recently, I have been overcome with periods of intense sadness. Out of nowhere, I will experience crying and feeling completely overwhelmed to the point it sometimes takes an hour to get over it.  This is a problem, especially when I am at work or in public.  Any kind of slightly emotional thought seems to trigger it.  I feel like I am always at the edge of bawling.  Here is some background:  In the past year, my adult son (23) nearly died in an auto accident, fully recovered, then had a massive stroke last month, fully recovered again, but has a couple more surgeries to go.  In the meantime, my marriage with his step-dad has deteriorated quickly due to his unemployment and subsequent bankruptcy.  Now I know this seems like a "Duh", but I am not a person who "does" emotions well.  I am pretty much of a suck it up type.   My meds have been working great this past year and got me out of a multi-year depression, but now I am really irritable and some symptoms of my mania are coming back (high libido, racing thoughts, lack of concentration). Going to start talk therapy again soon and have an appointment with med doc, but what do I call this what I am experiencing?  Sadness Attack is the best I can come up with.  Anybody else experience this kind of thing?

[Alien Navel Cord]

I get small attacks sometimes, and then they go away. I don't know what to call them. It usually revolves around my mom dying last year. I'll cry or feel like crying for about 3-5 minutse and then it goes away and I"m ok. I know that is shorter than yours, but let me ask... what happens between the attacks, do you feel fine? Would you call yourself depressed in any way? I'm not depressed, but sometimes just feel sadness because I am a person who lost someone.