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d are you in australia judy >From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: depression >Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 05:52:56 +0800 > >The subject of depression and PD is perennial. Some years ago I posted the >following as a gentle reminder that whilst it is arguable that 100% of PWP >look depressed it is a matter of record that only 40-60% are depressed. Or >to put that another way 40-60% of PWP do not experience long term >depression. > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Ok - who hid the Prozac >-------------------------------------- > >Thoughts on being told that everyone with Parkinson's will suffer from >Clinical Depression > >(Note: There is a school of thought, to which I don't subscribe, which sees >clinical depression as an inevitable companion to Parkinson's Disease. One >of its adherents suggested that it would be a good idea for all PWP to keep >antidepressants around "just in case" ) > >I'm starting to get really excited. I'm not depressed. Sad at times, given >to wishing things were different at times, but not depressed. Questions >crowd me: > >* Does this mean I don't have Parkinson's Disease? > >* Does this mean I do have Parkinson's Disease but someone else got my >share of depression? > >* Does this mean that I am wrong in believing that sadness is a >legitimate emotion in its own right? > >* Am I doing a Stevie Smith (Not waving, but drowning)? > >* If I convince myself that I'm too happy to have Parkinson's Disease, >but then find out I really do have Parkinson's Disease, will I, at last get >depressed? > >Wait a minute----all these questions have really got me worried. Hey! Was >that the tiniest tendril of depression slipping into the back of my mind? > >Yes---Yes it is----I belong again. > >Now then, where are those antidepressants I kept around "just in case"? > > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Dennis Greene 50/dx 37/ onset 32 >There's nothing wrong with me that dealing with PD won't fix! >email - [log in to unmask] >Website - http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ >(most recent update - Feb 2000) >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com