Emotions, mainly the negative ones, running wild and out of control. Just as alcohol releases one's emotional restraints and self-control, the "dry drunk" does the same thing.
Hope you get things back in order and feel better soon, LL Mean.
and when it first started bothering me, they tried everything. Then a physician put me on prednisone for a short course (5 days). Gone. It came back 2 more times and prednisone worked those times, too. Haven't had a problem since.
My daughter is having what you are having. It has been going on for months now. Pain pills don't touch it.