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hi all At 21:35 1999/07/31 +0930, erika wrote, in part: >Hi all from Erika, >Just to clarify .......I am not my bro.-in-law's caregiver. We live >about 1 1/2 hours drive away from him. We are however in phone contact >with him and we visit him occasionally. It helped me a lot, to hear >that the paranoia is not a direct consequence of the disease, but >rather of the medication... i may be extra sensitive about this right now but it seems to me that drug induced psychosis ***as manifested in behaviours and cognitive distortions*** is still psychosis and has the same potential for danger e.g. if i suffered even a slight loss of touch with 'reality' due to drug induced psychosis at just a 'minimal' level i could potentially and 'unwittingly' cause harm to myself by taking the wrong medications at the wrong time etc and thus could get caught up in a really dangerous situation brain chemicals are us >I see my role as a supportive listener/friend. I hesitate to give him >the impression that I wish to "meddle" or "mother" or involve myself, >unbidden, in his treatment... it's a conundrum to be sure if i am temporarily colour blind and you see that i am about to drive through a red light is it 'meddling' to yell at me to stop? if i am in the pit of clinical depression where my thoughts are distorted completely negatively how can anyone convince me that treatment for cd is possible? and likely to be wildly successful? that the situation that i see as totally and utterly hopeless is not, in fact, at all? the 'brain' and the 'mind' are a one-piece marvel of an interconnected neuro-chemical-electro-synaptic-world-wide-web all on its own in each one of us when some of the hyperlinks are broken we can't walk straight and i need assistance from those who can when some of the hyperlinks are broken we can't think straight and i need assistance from those who can admitting to that need [in both cases] can be a real challenge especially for those stubborn ornery independent cusses among us >It is however important to me, to gain as much factual knowledge >about the condition as possible. It seems to me that Parkinsons >is much misunderstood by those not directly involved. Fear can be >the worst foe... absolutely! and positively! >Thank you so much for your time and effort in sharing your knowledge. >I may be able to to pass on the information to those closer involved >with his medication... wonderful! it's important that someone near him be aware of the potential risks unfortunately we cannot rely on any or all medicos to have the right answers there is 'much misunderstanding' about pd in all quarters >P.S. When I read the e-mails, I have this weird feeling, that >this dreadful and frustrating condition called PD, is yet >a generator of a great deal of patience, kindness and love. i consider it 'a trial by fire' learning the hard way is a good [the best?] teacher and i consider this cyber family a miracle of its time janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>