Study Links Depression To Increased Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Thanks for sharing this article, Teri.  Between side effects of preventive and treatment medications for migraine, depression, increased risk of stroke, and compromised quality of life, eventual dementia or Alzheimer's is a concern I have.  My neurologist  has not brought this up to date, but I will be sure to address it at my appointment next month. Thanks again, Lynne
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I believe that Alzheimer's lurks in the brain for years, perhaps decades before--and may originally surface as depression.

 

I was my mother's only child and caregiver during the last years of her life as she suffered iwth Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. She fought a valiant fight and did all she could to ward off depression and apathy.

 

Both of us have a good sense of humor--and we still got on each other's nerves, and honestly, that's a good thing--it meant we were normal. I'm grateful for the time we had together at the end of her life.

 

Maybe this news will help people start on the proper meds early enough to offset some of their Alz. symptoms.

 

The more we learn, the more weapons we have to fight this terrible disease.

 

~Carol D. O'Dell

Author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir

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