I couldn't have said it better myself. As a person who had practiced
psychiatry for 20 years  I agree with you 100%. .

Charlie

At 04:44 AM 6/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Rick: Listen to Barb on this one. Don't give up your
>anti-depressant. You'll need it...especially if you keep
>reading books of this kind. Depression is a very real,
>TREATABLE disease about which my misinformation abounds. My
>experience, both personal and in the field, and current
>literature does NOT support the notion that your S.S.R.I.
>will cause or worsen your PD.
>                   Carole Hercun, RN,C.
>P.S. Incidentally, those "writhing" motions you describe,
>called a dystonic reaction,when associated with psychiatric
>medications, are a relatively uncommon reaction to
>anti-psychotic meds, NOT anti-depressants.
>
>
>--- Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi Rick
> >
> > One thing we PWPs tend to do is initially believe
> > everything we read, or everything that is told to us by
> > someone who's in the medical field - and that "medical
> > field" TODAY seems to include the the lovely blonde
> > TV anchor on the 6:00 pm news,  your newspaper
> > delivery person, the waitress at the neighborhood
> > Denny's, and the manager of your local fluff 'n fold
> > laundry) - tells us about OUR disease and OUR very
> > own body.
> >
> > I ask you, m'friend, does ANYONE, including your wife
> > AND your neuro, and the author of that book, or ANY
> > book know it feels to be in YOUR body along with YOUR
> > version of this oft described "designer disease?"
> >
> > I suggest ya read that book, and then pick and chose the
> > most relevant part of it (presuming there IS any
> > relevance
> > in it), then mull what ya read around for a while, and
> > THEN
> > read something else .... something such as the wonderful
> >  "children's" book, "Stuart Little," by E.B. White.
> > Better
> > yet, rent the video version of "Stuart Little," and
> > you'll see
> > or rather "hear" everybody's favorite Parkie, Michael J.
> > Fox,
> >  in action as a master voice-over actor.... WHAT a treat
> > -
> > both book AND video!o!!
> >
> > I swear, Rick, you'll get as much, if not more, useful
> > information about how to live with a bizarre condition
> > such as PD and to STILL enjoy life as you would
> > from a year's supply of Paxil! (And I've got  the book,
> > the video AND the Paxil to back up what I've stated!)
> > <rueful grin>
> >
> > The worst that could happen to ya from reading or
> > watching"Stuart Little" is you'll have a big smile and
> > a warm heart  every thing ya think of him, and  you
> > won't have a drug hangover as ya might with the Paxil.
> >
> > Barb Mallut
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Hermann <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:38 AM
> > Subject: antidepressants and PD
> >
> >
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >My wife brought home a book from the library yesterday
> > about
> > different
> > >medications, all across the board, that the author tried
> > to
> > classify as
> > >"good" or "bad"--bad meaning having side effects or
> > inducing
> > symptoms that
> > >might be worse than the condition or disease being
> > treated.
> > (Sorry, I
> > >didn't bring the title of the book with me to where I'm
> > writing
> > this
> > >message.) Anyway, he notes antidepressants as being
> > potential
> > contributors
> > >to parkinson symptoms, and quotes nearly unbelievable
> > statistics
> > from the
> > >journal Lancet that indicate a correlation between
> > antidepressants and PD.
> > >Oh man, this kind of thing wears me out. I take Paxil,
> > have been
> > for three
> > >years, dx PD for two, but had symptoms prior to Paxil.
> > >
> > >One thing that gave me pause was the author's listing of
> > "writhing,
> > >twisting movement of the limbs" as being a Parkinson's
> > symptom,
> > when in
> > >fact it is a medication side effect.
> > >
> > >Anyone else have anything to say on this? Personally, I
> > don't
> > think my PD
> > >symptoms have much if anything to do with taking an SSRI
> > antidepressant.
> > >
> > >Rick
> > >49, dx 1998
>
>
>
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