David, I won't comment on all of the symptoms which others have responded to, except to say that they all seem to be frequently found in many, not all, PWP. I can't understand why you think PD is questionable unless it is 'denial' (a river in Egypt) and I don't know why you don't take meds, when they very probably lessen the acuity of most, if not all, of the symptoms you have a problem with and which seem to be manifested more so when stress is present. Bob C Hans van der Genugten wrote: > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: "davidmeigs" <[log in to unmask]> > Aan: <[log in to unmask]> > Verzonden: vrijdag 11 augustus 2000 10:22 > Onderwerp: Parkie Center - WOW! > > Hi David, > > >> I had "vivid dreams" 3 or 4 years ago, and a few recently. I thought it > was > just a reaction to drugs that caused it in PD. It turns out it is just > another symptom of PD some people have. << > > Yes, it's PD, but can get more, and more vivid, because of the meds. > Sometimes they can be so vivid you actually can "kick" your partner out of > bed! > > >> Another symptom I have had for years is "inner tremor". << > > A well known symptom of PD. > > >> The dyskensia is another thing though. This is one of a few things that > makes me wonder IF PD is the shoe that fits. I get involuntary movements at > times, and I take no drugs. These are much worse with stress. << > > If you get sudden jerking, sometimes with cramp, movements, these can be > "clonic" contractions, cogwheel-like, but with bigger movement. > > >> A loud noise, or sudden movement makes me "jump". If I am walking in a > parking lot, and a car starts, or starts to move, I "jump" like being > startled. Even if I see it coming. Someone sitting behind me making noise > has the same effect. << > > Yes, "bang"-noises make me jump too from time to time. Do you have trouble > with people standing or walking close behind you, that that is irritating, > seems kind of threatening? > > >> after waiting for an hour << > >> walk slower than usual << > >> My voice dropped way down in volume, etc... STRESS INDUCED! << > > Yes. > > >> Maybe that is why my symptoms go up & down! Hmmmmm. << > > Symptoms may come and go like waves, waves of seconds, minutes, hours, days, > weeks, months, years. (In the end they are of course worse than in the > beginning). > > >> My neck pain & head ache << > > The neck and facial muscles can get "overworked", giving pain and headaches. > Also sometimes the "sinusses" of the nose can get painful or cramping, like > you have a bad cold. > > >> She hopes you don't think we live in a mad house << > > Ain't everybody with PD living in a "mad" house?? :))) > > Hans.