Thanks for your heartfelt response. I can walk, talk and write but everything is different now. Slower and more labored. I also feel as if my issues are physical but I am constantly being told that the physical is one thing and the psychological, another. Still confused. My husband, shrink and even neuros think I should get a job and stop obsessing about it. Hard when you think you are going to fall any minute. Thanks for your in-put.
Marie Turner said:
I feel sad at my lost skills and little hope for the future.I have the same dilemma as you Neta.
Which came first the chicken or the egg.I have had a history of depression but have all the classic signs of Cerebellar Ataxia.Who would not feel depressed when you cannot walk,talk or write.
I feel better if I say it is a brain disease.With me it is just physical,not affecting the cognitive skiills.Depression is horrible and like Ataxia only another afflicted in the same way can understand.I can understand your questioning.I am in the same boat.I am not depressed but my thoughts are a bit negative as a result of having Ataxia.Not the other way around as your shrink seems to think.Let me know the outcome.I have been on meds for years and the Ataxia is worse.