Finnegan 1, I tried to respond to you twice and for some reason it was kicked off. I recommended a caregiver who could help both you and your husband through part of the day and relieve some of your anxiety. The caregiver could also assist in taking your husband to the nearest support group - hearing others, in person, speak of their experiences with PD, and giving him the opportunity to share his might help considerably. Perhaps more than psychotherapy.

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member Hello there !

My first thoughts, are that he needs to re-evaluated asap for the extent of his chemical imbalance. And then make a modification to his meds used to control his anxiety, depression, and stress. As you know, PD contributes to increasing the chemical imbalance, so as time goes by, a change may need be considered... Alan

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I feel for you, living with someone who suffers depression is so hard.

This time of the year is hard on my husband. That and the fact that he can no longer walk and cannot do the thing he used to do and love. He has really been doing poorly this past couple of weeks and has talked about wanting to die. He does see a doctor at the University Hospital that has him on sertraline, but this time of the year seems to be hard on him. We do try to get out as often as we can....go to our grandson and granddaughter' s basketball games and out to eat with friends once a week, but if the weather is bad we are home bound. My husband has had PD for 16 years, and it has only been the past year that he gets down more. We see his neurologist this week so hoping he can help.

I think we all have denial. After all, there is only one diagnostic test available. It is called a Dat-SCAN. I have been to 4 neurologists. Each says - OH, you have these 5 symptoms, therefore you have Parkinson's disease. With the 4th neurologist, I asked to take the DATSCAN only offered at Georgetown University Hospital in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.