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On 27 May 2000, at 5:57, Linda J Herman wrote: > David, > My first noticeable symptom was a shaking hand, 4 1/2 years ago, at > age 45. When I went to my family doctor, he remarked - you have symptoms > of Parkinson's Disease, but I've never seen it in a patient so young. > Over the years on this list, we've read of similar experiences of many > others who were told by doctors that they were too young to have PD. Many > have been initially misdiagnosed and treated for other conditions - MS, > anxiety, arthritis, stress, carpal tunnel syndrome etc. And in spite of > all the publicity from Michael J. Fox's advocacy -- this seems to be > continuing. > SNIP Hi David, Linda, Chuck, Hilary, and Good Morning All....... Like Linda says Parkinsons is often misdiagnosed especially in Early Onset.... I had first symptoms at age 38 and was thought to have anxiety, stress, depression, MS, carpal tunnel syndrome, at various dr. appointments. It took 11 years for diagnosis in my case. Here is a link to Janet Paterson's web site ... Newbie Confusion http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/2nd/10.html Here you will find a couple of posts from Hilary and myself ... If you have any trouble loading the page Chuck gave you at: http://www.parkinson.org/dhtml.htm then try the shorter version .... http://www.parkinson.org/ (The first one can be particularly *clunky* and only leads to the second URL in any case...) You are definitely not alone... Have a sunny day ........ murray [log in to unmask] View the Parkinson's Awareness Links at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html