im sure all alzheimers patients during their course of illness become depressed
when i have my evaluations a few times a year i am screened for symptoms of depression
as a physician i know what they are and i look for them in my life
that said
sometimes
its only happened a few times
i get melancholic
lucky for me it only lasts for a couple of hours
then i shake it off and move on
i got that way when my mom died from alzheimers
i got that way when my younger brother died from alzheimers
i get that way every year around my moms birthday and his birthday
but its a temporary thing
then i move on
i think everyone with a fatal disease has this problem
my friend who died from huntingtons disease did
our friend his wife who died recently with cancer had depression
most do i think
i know my disease is fatal
but i feel like somehow im getting a reprieve that so far has lasted eight years
so this last week
after i worked in the garden had lunch took a short nap
i felt this overwhelming melancholy that i recognized
it lasted for about a couple of hours
i wanted to be left alone
sat down
and
read all of it
it took me about an hour and half
there is an article about a couple where the husband is in the same study i am in
we have the same hope that this stuff will work
i felt better after reading this special edition
i felt some hope that what i am doing is right
that there will be some treatment coming in the near future
i also watched the interview with dr rudy tanz a nationally well known alzheimers researcher
which gave me more hope
and
a better understanding of the disease process and future treatments
the video on there is lengthy but the article summarizes whats in the video
i suggest if you are dealing with the possibility of alzheimers disease in yourself or your family or your friends that you obtain a copy of this special edition from somewhere like amazon
or your local library
and
also watch this interview of dr tanz and or read the artcle on the intreview
i felt better after reading and watching
hopefully you will too
there is some hope for the future
the organicgreen doctor
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