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>Sandra's message about PD's link to Tourette/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder >blew me away! I've got one nephew who is severely handicapped by a >disorder that seems to combine Tourettes, OCD, and Autism -- the best >label they could come up with was Asperger's Syndrome!! His mother, >my sister, has a less debilitating OCD condition and her daughter, about >to enter a master's program in Polic Sci, must fight OCD symptoms daily. >My father, who is the one diagnosed with PD, showed signs of OCD >throughout his life. To one degree or another everyone in my family >including me has some degree of OCD/anxiety disorder/eating disorder. >I guess it's not surprising is it? Psychopharmacological research has >concentrated on neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine since the >fifties. Still, I expect that I may someday find myself with Parkinson's >and that my nieces and nephews and their children may need to deal with >OCD, Parkinson's, and Tourettes. To bad I can't get my brothers and sisters >to read up on it and be ready, if needed, to educate their children in >coping "conditioning." >HMK >[log in to unmask] > > Thank you very mutch for your information and comments