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David, My neuro tried to put me on an S.S.R.I. (selective seratonen reuptake inhibitor) for at least a year and I told her "no, i don't need it, I'm not depressed". Then one day she told me. Its not ONLY for depression it could improve your Parkinsons by up to 30 %. Because I trust my neuro, (She is director of clinical neurology at Univ. of Michigan) and because she has not been wrong with me yet, I tried it. She put me on Zoloff, although she likes Effexor as well, and in the very beginning it gave me a little nausea, but i worked thru that. My system got used to it in about two weeks and now i don't have any problem with nausea and she was right it did improve my parkinsons, I noticed it but also my co-workers noticed it. I talked to a Neurologist at Loma Linda that tells me the very first thing after receiving the diagnosis should be an S.S.R.I. But then what works for me may not be what is right for others, this is Parkinsons, after all, and that seems to be a very "custom made" disease. Diane -----Original Message----- From: David Thurston <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Nov 12, 2005 7:23 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: What to expect/Debbie On 12 Nov, 2005, at 06:09, Diane Nicolaou wrote: > One of the most helpful thing my Neuro did was put me on a small dose > of an S.S.R.I. about 6 months ago, even my co-workers noticed the > difference, said i had more bounce in my step. Don't be afraid to try > it. Diane, Could you tell us more, please? There are some bad things written about SSRI's. I have just started experimenting with venlafaxine (Effexor), which is an SNRI, but I'm finding it very hard going. David Thurston. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn LIVING IN GOD'S BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN MICHIGAN ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn