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Isn"t it amazing how many of us - young onset, and older PWPs - had a major depressive episode just prior to the onset of the Parkinson's or was it prior - shouldn't we be considering that depresssive episode as THE FIRST PD SYMPTOM? Hilary Blue (49/16) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marling McReynolds wrote: > > Terry, > My CD diagnosis came nearly a year before the PD diagnosis, and > I was in the pit for some time already. In fact it was the insistance > of my counselor that finally made the gp send me to the > neurologist. She has insisted all along that I have a chemical > imbalance not a "mental problem" and that there are other physical > problems (ie the PD) which add to my depression. > > I agree it is so good to know that you are not alone and not > "abnormal" because you are depressed. > My depression usually is me telling me that I am worthless and > unworthy of help and unworthy of living. What a slide that causes. > > The help and praise from this list lifts me and keeps me going on. > > "don't forget how to laugh, and do it often" > [log in to unmask] > http://members.tripod.com/~marling