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Jo Ann; That is such a nice message you sent out. You must really be a fabulous person. Your post appeared to be so full of true concern and understanding that I felt it was my obligation to post. And since you were the one that convinced me that I should, it is only proper that you should be the recipient of the first post I've done freely and not worried about what it sounded like, or who would reading it, or if the other members were going to like me. Thanks Jo Ann for giving me a shred of my self confidence back. Sorry for taking so long to reply but I'm so far behind with everything. Marie M.. Marie McNeely 64/62/60? Jo Ann wrote: I believe that depression is prevalant in PWP's. Let's face it. Imagine what they have to look forward to. Yes, PWP's can vacillate between depression and happy times. Hopefully, more happy times than not. We cg's suffer from it as well, because we watch our loved ones go through what > they go through. All of us, whether PWP or CG, must fight with all the > strength we have to keep each other "up", and to fight fatigue and > sadness. This is why this group is so very, very important. Someone > wrote about dementia in PD's. Yes,the mental acuity demishes somewhat, > but most of the time the intelligent, articulate, loving person is trapped > inside a body that no longer functions as it once did, and the frustrations > and anger causes > the PWP to react differently than they normally would. > When I lurk, I read some notes and can tell when a person is "up" and > some when they are "down". In my years of counselling, I > learned to hear what a client doesn't say, as much as what they did say, > and the same thing with reading the postings . This is a wonderful group > of caring people, and to those with PWP? Keep posting, we like to know > what's going on, whether its your meds, your feelings, or your doctors, > and post when you are up and when you are down. We're all "listening. > Jo Ann from Houston