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SMalt4 wrote: > << Something interesting- ma y father, who suffers from secondary PD and > severe mental confusion, >> > > Is your Dad's mental confusion related to PD? I'm quite surprised at how bad > my Dad has gotten over the past year in the mental department. Last year he > was afraid he was getting Alzheimer's, but his neuro said no. So could this > terrible mental state be just the PD? I encourage you to consider B12 deficiency. This comes on very slowly, as the body recycles B12 quite efficiently. The slowness of onset of deficiency resembles Alzheimer's and has led to misdiagnoses. This is particularly important now, as many companies are fortifying foods with folate (due to the connection between folate and spina bifida in infants) and folate adequacy can mask B12 deficiency. If your neuro has not considered this already, I would bring it up. Best regards, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538