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Linda, The reason I asked was: The other day I was reading posts from the autism list, and came across this story that another member had written. If I did not have respect for this particular member then I probably would not have given it a second thought. It may be difficult to follow what she is trying to say, because it is part on an ongoing conversation with another member. But I believe that you will be able to grasp the information that I found so surprising. I find myself wondering about my dad, and from what I have learned that there are subsets of autistic children, and whether or not this is true with Parkinson's, that Parkinson's symptoms can be caused by various factors, and not one factor is the cause of all Parkinson's. My father has tried several different types of l-dopa medicine and none have shown to be of any benefit. As with some members here, reporting dramatic improvements within days or weeks. Could it be that he is misdiagnosed when the signs and symptoms fit such a classical model? This is something that I am determined to find some answers to, but right now the list of possibilities are rather overwhelming. Linda Forrest's Mom Clipped from a letter sent to the autism list: I'm on the Alzheimers list, too, and one listmate surprised us over a few weeks with an incredible story about her own mother who was in a locked Alzheimers unit with severe Parkinson's disease, an inability to communicate, and bad behavior problems. She had a sore on her foot, and was treated with an antibiotic or something such, and in a few days, she became so totally normal that they felt constrained to move her out of the AD ward into the regular part of the nursing home where she has been happily living since without her Parkinson's symptoms. Even if she had could have had some sort of "susceptibility gene" toward Parkinsons, it certainly needed the presence of whatever the drug must have killed in order to become expressed in her. The "critter's" DNA was apparently just as relevant to her health as her own. Linda S. Breedlove wrote: > > Linda, > > I probably was not the original "someone" who wrote you (as I recall, > several on the list had this experience) but Ed frequently has to take > antibiotics for a recurring lung infection, and when he does he functions > and feels SO much better -- it's really uncanny. > > But wait -- it gets even more interesting...here's another observation: > > My father suffered a second stroke sometime last weekend and is > hospitalized now; he became progressively delirious over a 3-day period > UNTIL they started him on strong antibiotics in his IV, and there was just > an almost immediate thousand-percent improvement (Antibiotics were for > start of pneumonia). We could not believe it, and it reminded me of the > experiences with antibiotics which I've seen recounted on this listserv. > That's all -- regards. > > Linda B, (Ed, 50/4) > Columbia, MO > **************************************************** > > On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Linda Carlton wrote: > > > List, Someone had written that they had seen an improvement on > > antibiotics, could that person e-mail me, or send something to > > the list. Thanks Linda Forrest's Mom > >