At 05:20 AM 2000/05/07 -0700, Bob Chapman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: item one: >In answer to your posting, it is ironic that I woke up at 2:00 AM PDT >and was lying there with all kinds of thoughts about PD racing through >my mind ( a frequent occurrence )... item two: >I can take a nap afterwards and when I awaken I may even >feel more tired than I was before I took the nap. ... item three: >Feeling helpless and useless ... item four: >I start wondering when, or if, I will become physically unable to >get around at all. Will I be bedridden or have to use a wheel chair? >There are many instances when the physical limitations cause me to >become depressed to a point I wish I could just go to sleep and >never wake up.... item five: >I could go on and on with this stuff but it is too depressing so I >will just say Good Luck in your research, I hope you find The Cure.... as one who has been down this particular road and mired in that particular hole may i suggest that the CURE for the symptoms as described above already exists they are classic indicators of clinical depression and have little to do with pd there is no reason for any parkie not to be perky janet janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada come visit my website "a new voice" at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/