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Dear Jeff: As another sufferer to clinical depression I want to thank you for sharing your succeses with us. What are you taking for meds? I take Paxil and Zypexia once a day and have noticed an improvement after about 3 weeks on the medications. Since I also have PD it is sometimes difficult for me to sort out the symptons for both diseases. -- Eric ---------- >From: Jeff Jones <[log in to unmask]> >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: CD Follow up >Date: Mon, Jul 6, 1998, 9:21 AM > >Good day List Members, > > A group of time ago I shared the fact that my not-so-finely tuned body had >embraced Clinical Depression (CD). A number of you wrote to me to share >thoughts. This is a follow up to share where my own wonderful self is today. > > The anti-depressant is now working 100% so the chemical imbalance that is >CD has now been corrected. I am currently dealing with normal mood swings >rather than the intensely negative moods brought on by the lack of >serotonin in my body. I am slowly replacing self-destructive paradigms >closely held for many years. These are paradigms that affected my self >worth and my ability to socialize with others. > > In the midst of the climb out of the morass of CD, I started looking at >me. This was something that I had not done in the past because I didn't >like what I saw. I knew that something had to change and the only thing I >could possibly change was me so I looked. I began to discover things >inherently me and, amazingly enough, began to like what I saw. I spent >much time dwelling on these things because the mind can only think of one >thing at a time and if I filled it with things good and pure, things >negative and destructive had no place to rest. This was a difficult >process but I knew that the expected result was worth the effort. > > Today, I am no longer dealing with a chemical imbalance. Early on, I >began exercising and now wear a size 34 pant rather than the size 38 I was >wearing when this wonderfulness started. My wind is much better and, when >riding my bicycle, I have no problem riding 50 to 60 miles. Those with >whom I regularly ride can no longer keep up with me. BTW, I'm 52 years >old. Pretty cool. I started yoga classes and am really liking the fact >that I have greater flexibility and breathe better. For years I have >wanted to learn to play the fiddle (blue grass) so I've begun to take >violin lessons and am doing well. > > At work, folks were very worried and have been great. They are more >concerned with my health than with doing lotsa stuff that can wait. I work >for EDS (Electronic Data Systems) and am part of a geographically dispersed >team tasked with developing project management and systems engineering >processes for folks across 30 to 50 different solution centers across the >U.S. and Canada. I have to get my technical fix at home developing windows >applications with Visual Basic. > > I am busy and doing all the right things. I am doing well enough that I >don't need to see my therapist regularly any longer. The bottom line is >that CD is eminently treatable and anyone suspecting that they are >suffering from this very insidious disease can get help. If any of you >suspect that you are embracing this wonderfulness, please let me know and I >can send you more information to help you assess the possibility. This >holds for loved ones (or those you don't like very much for that matter >:-}) ) as well. > >Take care, >Jeff Jones >[log in to unmask]