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Dear Kathy and friends, My question is: what can cause "hypothermia?" PD ? Low sugar? Another brain imbalance? I have been somewhat functional for just the last 90 minutes -only time in 18 hours. This 4-day attack of hypothermia is so bad that I have to wear winter o u t d o o r clothes and boots, while indoors. I am becoming a lizard. I get better with sugary and sweet foods then drop off and shake violently-not PD tremor at all. And NOT end-of-dose. Feel exhausted, too. My thyroid blood test was normal. Doctor's office visit was a few days ago-normal thyroid visually and manually examined. The blood thyroid test was this past Tuesday, and the really unstoppable coldness had started 4 hours earlier. I've been so "off" I have had to crawl to the bathroom. My tasmar-liver tests also Tuesday were again normal. Even had a prostatic test - normal. I may go to Mercy Hospital tonight. Don't have answers. A local neurologist wonders if I am misdiagnosed and could have Shy-Drager's. What is classic in S-D? Is hypothermia a hallmark of advanced PD, or anything else? I have almost no tremor at rest. Dominated instead by stiffness. Typed with gloves momentarily removed, Ivan On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:29:01 -0400 Kathy Greene <[log in to unmask]> writes: >The last time I was cold and no matter what I did could not get warm >Iended >up in hospital. After 4 days and lots of tests someone tested my >thyroid. >I was extremely hypothyroid. Replacing the thyroid solved it easily. ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************