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When my mother started having symptoms and seeing doctors, they would only say, "PD is one possibility." She thought they were trying to conceal the truth from her, and by coincidence she got a donation request in the mail asking for money for PD, and listing the most terrible symptoms ... drooling, loss of control, confinement to wheelchair (if I knew who did that I would flame them; certainly no reputable oranizations.) At any rate after some research on my part I was able to tell her honestly that PD early on is difficult to diagnose ... doctors were being honest. And one test is to give Seinemet (I've got Seinfeld on the brain) .. to give Sinemet and see if it helps. Certainly symptoms progress, but not with the speed and inevitable severity the donation request cited. On Tue, 22 Feb 1994, Michael Gary Duncan wrote: > No. I don't have any info on whether Parkinson's diesease is heriditary or > not. However, the relative who may be developing Parkinson had a sister > who had Parkinson. I don't believe any of the other family members have > the disease. The relative in question has been to two doctors, one who > diagnosed the problem as Parkinson (without doing any tests), and a second > who diagnosed the problem as not Parkinson (who did minimal tests).