When I started this blog I was recovering from a deep depressive episode.  I wanted to let the world, well, at least a little part of the world know many kinds of people suffer from depression.  My other reason was to let others know the symptoms, the hopelessness it makes one feel and the sadness that is so difficult to escape.
I believe that I have accomplished these goals personally.  You can read my entries and know how I feel as others do feel about this awful disease. Severe Depression is recurring for me.  It doesn't go away no matter what medications I am on, but the meds do allow me to function.
In the year and a half since I started this so many things have happened.  Many more sad than happy.  I cannot go into to too many details because they are private, personal and I just don't feel like discussing it on a public forum like this.
However, the one thing I want to discuss on my blog is being the partner of a someone who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.   My husband is 46 and one of the sad things that happened last year is at the age of 45, he was told he had Parkinson's.  I would like to share in this forum how he was diagnosed, the symptoms to look out for and how he is fighting this battle head on.  I also want to talk about how little information there seems to be for younger people with this diagnosis.  And, there is even less info for the partners or "caregivers" as we are called.  I have to say though, the best information comes through Michael J. Fox's website and emails.  He is really the face of Parkinson's and being a young man when he was told he had it helps younger people stay informed.
I have changed the name of the blog because, as you will read, my husband and I have something in common - our brain's are a little "off".  The chemicals in our heads do not function properly.  I would like to inform you of what is happening with us both as we fight our diseases together.

Thanks, if you continue to read this blog.