Ditto experience on cold weather, change of seasons (fall / spring) and tense movies or sports... climate changes make me sleepy while stress makes me hyper On 7 Nov 96 at 14:18, Emma Bennion wrote: Yes Last winter we ran out of heating oil and I was so 'off' in the cold that I did not have the sense to borrow electric fires to help keep warm. I notice that I get a great many queries from YAPP&Rs (young onset pwp) at the change of the seasons, whether it is summer to winter or vice versa. My daughters asthma is bad then too, so I wonder what it is that effects us both? Keep warm! regards Emma >>Hi,Im Barry Segal from Morrisson, Colo. Im 45 and have been diagnosed >>since Jan of 1987. > >> my symptoms flare up >>more in response to situational stresses than to medication >>deficiencies(stress,cold, excitement,boredom,and sometimes for no >>reason at all). > > >Hi Barry, > >Welcome to the list. You will glean much information from this group and >find people really helpful. After all we are all in this thing together. > >You will find stress and excitement quoted by most PD people as factors >which worsen their PD symptoms. In fact I suffer if I watch any exciting >sport on the TV! Horror films are TABOO in this household! I'd have >nightmares too, I reckon. > >But, never thought of the cold as a factor. I will keep an eye on it. > >Anyone else find that the cold is a factor in their symptoms? > > > > >Ernie Peters ([log in to unmask]) > > John K Mier [log in to unmask] (spiderr on okbridge)