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Hi everybody. My dad took the suggestion of taking L-tyrosine not too long ago & he ended up on the second day with 30 minutes of dyskensia that he had never experienced before. He has not taken L-tyrosine again since then. He has had PD for about 3 years & is also having problems with depression. However, it has gotton better since his doctor switched him from Sinemet to Sinemet CR. He is now getting off of Xanax & starting a mild anti-depressent to curb the dopamine offset. He has really enjoyed all of the e-mail that I have forwarded on to him. He was just diagnosed last spring & has been devastated by it. The good information & sharing on the list has been so good for him. He says it gives him hope. He loves the articles & people's good experience with Pallidotomy's, Thalomotomy's (??), new medications that will not have side-effects, GDNF, etc. He's not quite ready to join the list though. I think he's afraid he will get depressed. He's just not ready. Well, anyway I just wanted to share his experience with L-tyrosine. Debbie Bevel [log in to unmask] The Woodlands, TX (28 miles north of Houston) Dad 66 yrs old, PD 3 yrs, Dx. 1 yr. At 12:31 AM 11/4/96 -0500, Kathie Tollifson wrote: >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] > > Debbie Bevel The Woodlands, TX [log in to unmask]