Hans, sorry I guess I didn't explain myself properly...I don't think that stress "caused" my PD....but I think stress was the "trigger" to cause PD to begin when it did rather than say 10 or 20 yrs later when I was older. I do believe that I was set "genetically" to have PD at some point in my life....."if" the right "trigger" came along!! Kelly in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Hans van der Genugten <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: Re: Pd-genetic trigger > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Kelly Grant <[log in to unmask]> > Aan: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Datum: maandag 20 maart 2000 17:57 > Onderwerp: Pd-genetic trigger > > > >> I do believe in the genetic trigger theory of PD!! > In my case it was "stress" that set it off......just before my symptoms > began to show, my husband left me for another woman, I moved and then I lost > my job...any one of these is stressful enough...but all 3 together...I'm > sure that in my case this stress was the trigger to begin my PD. << > > Hi Kelly, > > Stress doesn't cause PD but it exacerbates the symptoms. Stressfull events > can therefor make symptoms visible that were subliminal allready present > before the stressfull event. > > Hans. > >