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Marty Rose writes: >I have been suffering with severe depression lately. Tears are always >right at the overflowing point and no matter what I do I just can't seem >to shake it off. I have not been a depressed person until PD. It was >one of my early symptoms but only recently has it become so severe. I >am considering asking my neuro to put me on an anti depresant as I >cannot handle this much longer. I realize everyone is different, but I >would appreciate any comments from anyone who has tried medication for >depression. Marty, I am truly a cheerful person, even with PD, but there was a point a couple of years ago that I finally realized that a deep depression had snuck up on me. I headed for the health food store, which is my first solution for everything from bad breath to bad luck...a clerk mentioned the amino acid L-tyrosine almost as an occasionally successful solution. As I researched L-tyrosine I discovered that PWP's are clinically low in supply, and it in fact can help depression. So I bought some and within 2 days my depression had lifted, never to return. One other gal in our Young onset group also swears by it. L-tyrosine is also part of the chemical process that results in dopamine in our brain, so I have assumed that the shortage may works both sides of the street. Anyway, it has no side effects (I use 500 mg/day) and is dirt cheap. The biggest problem I have is finding it without B-6 in it, but in a jam I even take it with the B-6. Hope it can help you... Kathie Tollifson [log in to unmask]