Depression and Parkinson's Disease (from the Michael J. Fox Foundation)

[eShirl]

[hollysmom]

1. MY dad had parkinsons and I am scared to death I will get it.

He had it diagnosed for over 40 years, but it was slow for the most part, just a little shaking had. He had a signature stamp made so he could sign his name the same all the time. HE thought when he retired at 72 he could golf but that was when the paralysis started and he was confined to a wheel char for most of his life since them. HE could move around the house so slowly, it was like he was turning into stone. Some how he got out of bed one day and went into his drawer and took all the pills he had at once to kill himself. I think the pain of trying to unbend - it was horrible to see him try and lie in bed, so very very slowly, it took an hour before he could be horizontal after sitting up. He begged us not to call the hospital and to let him die and we did, the next morning he was dead and my mother called an ambulance - and he was cold and stiff and they tried to resuscitate him, broke a lot of bones. Mom did not allow an autopsy, but we saw all all the empty pill bottles.

[1monster]

2. My husband was diagnosed in March. From what we've learned about Parkinson's, it is not a hereditary

illness, but that it is related to MS and ALS.

The video about depression is interesting, though, because DH has most of his life had problems with depression. Since he has been on the meds for Parkinson's, he seems to be less depressed and more in tune with life.

[hollysmom]

4. MY father had an uncle withit

they locked him in a shed and fed him through a window. But that was in the 30's. I thought they had decided there is a gene of susceptibility but usually a chemical trigger. My dad thought it might be lead because he was a welder. Truthfully, since he died I have not kept up with the news.

[eShirl]

6. omg

that seems harsh

[hollysmom]

7. They were stupid and embarrassed and scared n/t

[Ilsa]

3. And the medications for the disease can cause

Hallucinations. It is a wicked disease.

[hollysmom]

8. oh yes my dad was really bad and then

I got him to go to a hospital that specializes in Parkinson and they found his doctor had prescribed 7 times the dosage of ldopa needed. he was much better after that. more clarity,

[eShirl]

5. My dad and his brother both had it,

my dad for just a few years before he died of a sudden illness (pneumonia).

[zebonaut]

9. Heart disease; depression; parkinsons alzheimers all related

All caused by excessive consumption of carbohydrates. The only role of the doctor is to make a diagnosis; but its the wrong diet that wears out the body after 40 years of eatlng that way. These are all diseases of wheat and sugar consumption