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Dear Kerry, I can identify with you Dad's situation. I too have a stressful job (Special Education with Behaviorally Disordered in a High School) and I feel strongly that any problems I have had with memory are due to this stress, not directlty to Parkinsons. Where Parkinsons comes in for me is that it adds a whole demention to stress that I didn't have before (is the student also looking at my stiffness, am I as effective on my job, etc.). When I have my stress in check my symptoms don't interfere much at all. Paul [log in to unmask] Jay M. Baus wrote in part: > > Hi, > I have been a subscriber to this list for several months now but this is my > first time writing. My dad is 52 years old and was diagnosed with PD in > January of 1995. He is doing pretty well...he has tremor in his left arm and > hand, shuffles a little when he walks, is slower overall.... but I think he's > progressing very slowly, which is good. He has a very high energy, stressful > job as an attorney and I definitely notice that when he takes a few days off > to go to the beach, his symptoms are barely noticeable, but day to day, while > he is working, he gets so tired and his symptoms become aggravated more. What > I am concerned about, is that lately, he has been telling me that he thinks > he is losing his memory...