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Mary Ann, *thank you* ~ for your quick response. You are very helpful, kind, and appreciated:>) Did Jamie take depression medication? If so, do you remember what and how much? God bless you too, Patti cg17 On Mar 17, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Mary Ann Ryan wrote: > Patti, Aricept has mixed results - some people do well on it while > others don't notice a difference. Our neuro refused to prescribe > any dementia drugs for Jamie because he claimed that they cause even > more balance issues - so I have no personal experience with that > group of meds. > > Please keep in mind that depression is very common in PD - probably > because there are a host of neurotransmitters involved in the > disease. It isn't surprising that depression may result as a > consequence. Please keep in mind that PD dementia is a lot > different than Alzheimer's dementia. Even at the end of his life > and despite severe dementia, Jamie still remembered who we were, > where he was and what was going on in the world. > > Just continue to stimulate your husband's brain with puzzles, books > and games. Social interaction is also very beneficial. > -------- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) > www.bentwillowfarm.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn