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It seems from my observations that some PD patients experience mental/cognitive deficits and some do not, or at least not to a large extent. I was very surprised and unprepared to see in my father that his movement issues are really not significant. His impairment and inability to live alone results from the cognitive deterioration he's experienced. He cannot plan a meal, remember to drink water, find his way back to his assisted living room even when he's only a corridor away in a familiar environment, etc. He loses everything all day long and spends much of his time looking for important papers, his shoes, etc. He gets really depressed and really anxious sometimes and becomes fixated on certain issues beyond what most people would consider normal. What we talk about is the fact that he can still do many things well. He is wonderful to talk to about a problem, is very warm and loving to the family, learns everyone's names immediately and remembers them, and can enjoy movies, lectures, and drawing. He still loves to walk outdoors as he was a runner and jogger all of his life. He has friends with PD who have no apparent cognitive or mental problems, except maybe the normal things one expects with aging. It is obvious to me that PD is a very complicated disorder that manifests in many different ways. Myfirstname Mylastname wrote: > Give me a break pwp are not mad its ok to have movement disorder > Haroon > 62 diagnosed at 56 > ------Original Message------ > From: Nic Marais > Sender: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > To: [log in to unmask] > ReplyTo: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Subject: Re: a thought > Sent: Aug 13, 2009 2:24 PM > > True words Kathleen. > > Why don't we 'admit' to calling it a "Brain Disorder"? Or has that term got > other (wrong?) connotations? > > Nic 57/15 > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > >> A thought spurred by seeing how the ball on ECT/PD fell between the >> psychiatrists and the neurologists: >> >> The longer I live with PD, the more I think that to term it a "movement >> disorder" is limiting and misleading. PD affects everything, including >> cognition and mood. The sooner we all admit that, the sooner we can break >> out of the box our fragmented, competitive system of health care and >> medical >> specialties has put us in. >> >> Kathleen >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > *** This Message Has Been Sent Using my BlackBerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn