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In a message you wroteLanier Maddux Chattanooga Tn. >> I have read on this list and other places that PD is mis-diagnosised 25 to 30 percent of the time. So I have a question for the members of the list, which of the following cases is more likely? A. A person is told that they have something else and it is not reconized that they have PD. B. A person is told that they have PD, and it turns out they have something else, like for instance ET (essential tremor)? >> >>Lanier Maddux Chattanooga Tn.>> Hi Lanier, I wanted to share our experience with you regarding my husband's diagnosis. The first neurologist my husband saw, (he was not a movement disorder specialist) said he thought the "probable" diagnosis was fibromyalgia! Whoa! I thought. Where the heck he came up with that is beyond me. He was just an unknowledged $160 waste of time. He didn't take my husband's symptoms very seriously -- obviously. He thought if it wasn't fibromyalgia that it was possibly muscular dystrophy or arthritis. He wanted to do a muscle testing test ($250) in the office, done by him, but he didn't see a need for an MRI. He also scolded me for bringing in such a detailed list of my husband's symptoms. We realized he absolutely was wrong, because my husband was feeling so lousey. We did not walk, but ran to the movement disorder clinic at our local hospital for a second opinion. After 2 more neurologist -- the PD diagnosis finally was confirmed. So there you have it. Diagnosed wrong -- and not diagnosed with PD originally. My husband has a hand tremor when he uses his hand, so the doctor's are still undecided on whether or not it is essential tremor or a PD tremor. He had a tremor in his foot sometimes when driving before he started on Mirapex. People can have essential tremor and PD. He may be one of these people, or he may ET, PD and PD tremor. Hey, why not go for the gold and have it all! Take care, Tami A. :)