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> ---------- > From: Audrey[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 11:54 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: depression > > > > > I don't agree that only medication will alleviate the symptoms and I find > that councelling only makes you dependant you your councellor to "fix" you > and you give away your power to them. Any time I went to these people, I > was worse after it. I found that I was focusing more inward and thinking > about my problems more because I was trying to understand my problems. I > decided to take action myself and quit these drugs that were doing me no > good. I experimented and noticed that certain things would give me energy > boosts and other things wouldn't. Gradually I got out of CD, and believe > me I've been to the worst of it. Now, I don't get depressed very often, > only the blues type of depression and I'm achieving great things....and > all without medications > > -------------- > I am happy for you that your cd was diagnosed and cured. I do not > intend > to argue the point, I only will restate the obvious. Cd is not a brain > disorder that can be*cured*. It is a condition that can be helped, > however, > by medicine and by psychiatiatric counseling. It is as all have stated in > the past day, truly a hell to be in. No amount of nutrition can solve it > any > more than exercise or sleep or ignoring it . It is a fact that we face > each > morning and that we go to bed knowing it will still be there the next day. > There are degrees of cd, and of course all of the things I mentioned will > help...but they will not cure it nor make it go away. Only meds will > alleviate the symptoms and counseling help to understand why you have the > feelings you have. If vitamins or keeping busy were the right answers why > then would suicide seem a better alternative? To know that there is > another > way to feel : To wake up one morning and find the dark tunnel is gone, > just > as my doctor promised, is a miracle well worth the work it took to find > it > and the pill I take to keep it away. > > BTW.. I had 3 months of twice weekly counseling and then was referred to a > psychiatrist/neurologist for treatment when meds seemed appropriate. He > insisted that I be part of all the decisions from the beginning for my > mental health. This included the choice of the family of antidepressants > which Prozac represented. I was lucky, it worked just as promised, and > continues to work at the lowest dosage. > > *Seattle* Audrey friend of pwp aussie John 49/42/38? > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: " Sinead Aungier" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:46 AM > Subject: depression > > > > > I had true clinical depression for several years and know all about it > and > > > drugs did me no good. I got out of it by eating foods high in vitamin > C, > > > such as potatoes, brocolli and cutting out foods that rob you of > vitamins > > > and also by maintaining a moderate body temperature. The medical > > > profession know very little about depression and I had to get out of > it > > > myself. I find that when you're busy and achieving things this gives > you > > > a natural high which can only be good for you rather that being stuck > in > > > your thoughts thinking about your problems, which only reinforces this > bad > > > mental habit. > > > > > Sinead > > >