Jana, I can be going along talking and . . . what was I saying?

There are LOTS of things you can do to get your brain happier. That stupid thing that doctors said Rachel had, called cortical plasticity? It is actually good to try to maintain your brain plasticity!!! Or think of it as a flexible brain.

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007...lasticity-pbs/

PBS has had some great shows on how to both understand and improve brain function. Creativity is one of them. Nicky, reducing stress is another.

There probably is some physical (NOT psychosomatic) reason for why a lack of acetylcholine makes you less able to think clearly. I'm not smart enough to lay that one out.

I know what you mean, Jana, if I lost my ability to be creative and think well, I would go nuts like you. Or if I lost my eyesight. I've had a lot of things "taken" from me due to this disease but that would be the worst. Good post!

Annie