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> Where can one find the article you refer to about alcohol and the PD
> patient? The subject of brain chemistry and emotions is fascinating. I'd
> like to read more about it.
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Dear Clara,
Sorry that I'm so late in responding to you, but I was looking
for the article that I quoted. Of course, I couldn't find it in the OU
library, but then their medical journal archives are not all that great.
I heard the study quoted on the radio one morning. It should be
easy to find in a medical library. I'll keep looking and if I'm
successful I'll let you know.
The whole business about women and depression fascinates me. I
had a hysterectomy four years ago, and was put on depo-provera for a
time. I have never been depressed in my live, but for the first time I
had an entire day when I was "down." I was also famished all of the time
and had a great deal of difficulty maintaining my 'don't eat in between
meals rule.' The upshot was that I refused to take the following doses
of the med, and my symptoms stopped. I realized that there are women who
deal with depression and over eating simply because they may have too
much progesterone in their systems--for me a remarkable illumination.
----
Peace
Mary Ann
