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Daniel, there's no need to apologize for asking questions on this list. Finding answers is its' main purpose and after all you may be the one who finds a cure for PD (God bless you if you do). In answer to your posting, it is ironic that I woke up at 2:00 AM PDT and was lying there with all kinds of thoughts about PD racing through my mind ( a frequent occurrence ) and about 3:15 AM I decided to get up and go write down my thoughts. I decided to read my e-mail first and your posting was the first on the list. Is that some kind of an Omen or what? I often think that there are many symptoms which are mental and not easily seen and that these are as debilitating as the visible symptoms. Some of these may or may not be true symptoms, but I THINK they are, so to me they are real. One of these is fatigue. I can do something physical, like a couple of hours of yard work, vacuuming the house. cleaning the pool or anything which does not really take a lot of strength and I become very exhausted. I can take a nap afterwards and when I awaken I may even feel more tired than I was before I took the nap. Taking a nap, by the way, is something I need to do nearly every day. Feeling helpless and useless is another Mental Symptom. Because of the fatigue factor I have not been able to find employment that I can handle, I recently was hired by the Census Bureau to be an enumerator but had to drop out of training because the Stress of trying to get people to fill out forms they were sent but didn't respond to, especially when I would have had to go door-to-door in 100+ degree heat to interview them ( I live in the Southern California desert ). Another of the mental problems occur when I start wondering when, or if, I will become physically unable to get around at all. Will I be bedridden or have to use a wheel chair? There are many instances when the physical limitations cause me to become depressed to a point I wish I could just go to sleep and never wake up. I could go on and on with this stuff but it is too depressing so I will just say Good Luck in your research, I hope you find The Cure. Bob Chapman [log in to unmask] Daniel Myers wrote: > My name is Daniel Myers and I am a first year medical student. I am currently > doing extra-curricular research on Parkinson\'s Disease but much to my dismay, am > unable to find very much information on the mental and phsycological effects of > PD. Do sufferers commonly experience symptoms of dementia, depression, > confusion etc or are symptoms largely limited to physical movement? I would > sincerely appreciate any reply from sufferers, carers or indeed anyone with > experience in PD. > Please forgive me for my ignorance. > > - Daniel