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Hi Agnes, Welcome to the list. Hope you will find the friendship and iinformation here will help you. We have all gone through or are going through the same challenges you described so well. Often just knowing that many of us share the same fears and worries for the future helps with coping with our own emotions. Certainly receiving a diagnosis of Parkinison's, especially if you are a young onset patient can bring on depression. It is scary and it does take time to accept and find ways of dealing with it. Changes in brain chemistry is another facet of PD and can cause depression and many find that anti-depressants really do help. Others want to find ways of coping that don't involve more drugs. There's really no right or wrong answer - we each have to find what works best for us. What worked for me when i was first diagnosed and still does is getting involved in some activity that helps you to fight back at this rotten disease. There are lots of options. Are in interested in political action or want to find out more about it? -- Visit the Parkinson's Action Network <www.parkinsonsaction.org> To help research funding efforts -- the Parkinson Alliance <www.parkinsonalliance.net> or the Michael J. Fox Foundation <www.michaeljfox.org> There's a new young parkinson's site and organization <www.youngparkinsons.com> Also a new website devoted to grass roots advocacy for neurological diseases will be up and running soon - the Grassroots Connection (i'll post the url when it's ready for visitors.) These are just a few - you'll find links from these to many other Parkinson's communities and organizations. Read as much as you can about PD -- knowledge is power. You are not alone. Best wishes and keep writing, Linda Herman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn