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At 23:50 1999/10/20 EDT, you wrote: > My mom has Parkinson and has on-off depression spells. I want to try St. >John's Wort for the depression. It's supposed to work as well as Paxil. It's >used a lot in Germany for depression. However, the literature I have read on >St. John's Wort says it may, stress may, have some MAO inhibitor action. You >can't give an MAO inhibitor with Sinemet or it can cause seizures. > Has anyone used St. John's Wort for their depression from Parkinson with >Sinemet, and has it worked out O.K.? Thanks to all. john do you have a license to practice medicine? are you treating your mom's parkinson's? clinical depression is dangerous, potentially fatal the meds available for curing it i said curing it are myriad and work differently with different people i feel very strongly that your mom's depression should be under the care of a specialist professional - preferably a psychiatrist - ideally a psychiatrist/neurologist specialist - if such an animal exists cd is caused by altered brain chemistry in the same way that pd is 'trying st johns wort' for your mom's depression speaks to me of trying to tune a maserati engine with a crowbar with concern for my cd-pd-sibling 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]>