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hi all At 16:23 1999/09/03 +0200, bern wrote: >Janet I am so pleased that you are alright. Your poem did touch me >but then nowadays so much touches me that I did not consciously see >before Parkinon's. A piece of music .a child that is in distress, >a poverty stricken person anywhere in the world. My heart goes out >to them. Is it possibly all this Sinamet.? Does it cause our brains >to react differently or is it Old Age creeping up.? ... Our brain chemistry is an amazing micro-internet all on its own. I think that there is a great deal more to pd than its physical symptoms. There is a definite link with clinical depression; dopamine is associated with addiction, euphoria, has been named 'the feel good' neurotransmitter. [funny - Dr. Burns' book on cd is called 'Feeling Good'] One of the secondary symptoms of pd is 'a tendency to tears'. Since tears are a physical manifestation of strong emotion, I tend to think that this symptom description is a tad limited. I would venture a guess that pd changes our brain chemistry in a way that makes us more vulnerable and open to emotions; brings them all up closer to the surface. And I am starting to think that this emotionality is something separate from simply a reaction [anger, denial, etc. to our pd diagnosis and the ongoing daily realities of our 'affliction'] >I tell everone that I meet, I will live to be a hundred, Parkinson >or no Parkinson. I want to see the civilisation jump in the next >thirty years. Perhaps I too will be able to go to Mars or even the >Moon. I have alwayss been an optimist so perhaps I will reach the >100 mark. if i've done my arithmetic right when i join you on board the Mars-Mambo-Express i will only be 82! janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>