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Jim, Your post was interesting. My dad has myasthenia gravis - occular only, thank God. When he is upset, negatively, his symptoms often worsen visibly & quickly, eg. ptosis- unable to keep eye open, is more pronounced. If something happy happens, his symptoms sometimes visibly improve, eg eyelid is more open & eye looks more normal. Kim On Sat, 18 May 1996, Jim Slattery wrote: > Thank you so much for the detailed reply. > I am often dismayed by the frequently conflicting "information" > originating from people and organisations with "their own barrow to push", > as we say here. > > Not so in your case. :-) > > Dr. Daniel Chan (see previous letter about Beijing visit) is > investigating, among other things, the possible affects of adrenaline on > PD sufferers. > > Three of our research team are "parkies". Each of us relates similar > reactions to stress, be it pleasurable or otherwise. The more stress (or > excitement), the worse the dyskinesia, followed by bradykinesia and > accompanying depression, followed by a longish recovery period. > > Triggers can be your football team scoring in a close game, attending a > family wedding, public speaking (despite the fact that we three are all > public speakers of long standing, and have no problem with the concept), > exciting "action" television, etc. Kinda takes the fun out of things, > huh? > > Any thoughts? > > (BTW, I don't want to become a pest. It is just that I relay information > received to our Web site, the only one in the Land of Oz, as far as I can > tell.) > > Jim >