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I as a retired psychiatrist strongly second Janet's opinion. Clinical depression is a serious illness and especially when you are planning to mix St John's Wort with other PD meds I think you are looking for trouble. If your mother will not go to a psychiatrist ask her neurologist to consider something for depression or possibly her family Dr. but have someone evaluate and treat her bedsides yourself. Charlie Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton(Madison) WI [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 2:58 AM Subject: Re: sinemet and St. John's Wort for depression > 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]> >