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What were the medical credentials of the author? Because it is in print does not guarantee that it is correct. Learn from sources you trust. Jorge Romero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:01 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 >