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I think we are confusing "Brain Disorder" with "Mental Disorder". Anyway, after reading Dr. Langston's article, "Body Disorder" seems more appropriate... (Using the Latin word for 'Body'?; "Homo Disorder", NO!! "Homin Disorder"?) Nic 57/15 On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:41 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kathleen: > > Of course you are right. My most painful symptom is dystonia in my foot > which is a muscular/nerve disorder (I would guess---have to have latitude > because I'm a civil engineer, not an MD). One of the more annoying > symptoms, > addressed with Ambian CR daily is insomnia and then there are the sensory > and > eyesight problems neither of which fall into the movement disorder > category. > > Paul > > > In a message dated 8/13/2009 2:00:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn