Dennis Greene wrote: > > Marling, > > You wrote in part: > > > However, I believe that depression is usual (even though there are a few > > exceptions) with early onset PD, and whether or not you feel depressed, > > anti-depression meds should be available to you just in case. > > I'm starting to get really excited. I'm not depressed. Sad at > times, given to wishing things were different at times, but not > depressed. Questions crowd me: > > Does this mean I don't have PD? > > Does this mean I do have PD but someone else got > my share of depression? > > Does this mean that I am wrong in believing that sadness > is a legitimate emotion in its own right? > > Am I doing a Stevie Smith (Not waving, but drowning)? > > If I convince myself that I'm too happy to have PD, but > then find out I really do have PD, will I finally > get depressed? > > Wait a minute----all these questions have really got me worried. Hey! > Was that the tiniest tendril of depression slipping into the back of my > mind? Yes---Yes it is----I belong again. Now then, where are those > anti-depressents I kept around "just in case"? > > *grining from ear to ear* > Dennis and all, The same questions have showed up to me too...and I notice too that women are more prune to suffer of it than men as TPM being one of the many causes. Lucky us (:-) Regards, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+