Never having suffered from depression, I knew little about it. Well, I knew it couldn't be good. What causes it? Does the feeling (or lack thereof) just suddenly appear? Are there levels of depression? Is there a connection between PD and depression? Time for google.
Whenever I need reliable information, I go to Parkinsons UK. This is the British parkinson's site. It is nicely presented and easy to read. Their forum is one of the better forums I have visited. Parkinson's UK has many articles about PD and depression. Here is part of one I found interesting:
21 May 2015
A new study published in the journal Neurology suggests having depression increases the risk of Parkinson's. But how new is this finding?
What they found
The researchers looked at over 140,000 people with depression over a 20 year period.
They compared them to a group of people without depression, and found that their risk of developing Parkinson's was 3 times higher than the people without depression.What we think
Professor David Burn, Parkinson's UK clinical director, says of the findings:
"We already know that depression is a common feature of Parkinson's.
"This study adds to the growing evidence that depression is one of the very early symptoms that can occur before a tremor or movement problems.
"With depression so common in the population it's important to know that although the risk of developing Parkinson's is greater if you have depression, it is still very low."
- See more:here
Interesting. Wouldn't you agree?
But I still didn't understand depression until I found this short movie entitledThe Science of Depression. You should also check out this TED video What is depression
After all my research, I think the American humanist, Rollo May, described the condition best when he said depression is the inability to plan a future.
Now I understand.
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