Focal emotional seizure with crying 2010-07-10T03:23:32Z HP:0010820 Focal emotional seizure with crying (dacrystic) is characterized by the presence of stereotyped crying, this may be accompanied by lacrimation, sad facial expression and sobbing. The subjective emotion of sadness may or may not be present. UMLS:C4023693 Dacrystic seizures Crying is a rare feature of an epileptic seizure, and is more commonly a feature of a non-epileptic seizure. The word dacrystic is derived from the Greek word dakryon (tear). Dacrystic seizure Focal emotional seizure