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Ivan, Good to hear your warm greetings again. Was beginning to worry. This all sounds reasonable and I, with your permission, plan to pass the info onto my friend who asked me the question about sugar cravings and PD. Hope you are feeling better and on the mend with your recent problems. Jennifer Smith Ivan M Suzman wrote: > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 64 deg. F :-) > ******************************************************************** > Hello again, folks, > > Here's a thought, ESPECIALLY if you have discovered that you need extra > SUGAR at times: > > PD is caused by lowered dopamine. Dopamine breaks down to adrenaline; > so I wonder if dopamine deficiency in PWP's means lowered adrenaline in > those PWP's, too. > > Adrenaline, meanwhile, inhibits insulin. So, I also wonder if lowered > adrenaline could leave insulin production less regulated, resulting in > excessive insulin in PWP's. > > Raised insulin lowers blood sugar. Could this explain a PWP's need for > sugary foods and sweets, which we often talk about here on this list, to > compensate? > > "Hypoglycemia" is low blood sugar. A neurologist I talked to says that > lowered blood sugar symptoms--shaking muscles, cold sweat, exhaustion, > tremor -- are very similar to lowered dopamine symptoms that appear > either before dose, or with end of dose off-periods of PWP's . > > One last thought for now --does lowered adrenaline give you that BLAH > feeling (no motiviation to do anything because you just DON'T have the > energy? > > Ivan Suzman -- ÐÏ à¡±