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Kay Thanks for your reply, I too would rather have PD than Schizophrenia. sandie -----Original Message----- From: pdawkins <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 12 May 1999 01:16 Subject: Re: PD & schizophrenia >Sandy > >My name is Kay Messiter and I work for Parkinson's NSW in Sydney Australia. >I am 45 and I have had PD for 12 years. > >My brother who is 48 has Schizophrenia - he was about 34 when we started >noticing significant changes in his behaviour. > >Another interesting factor is that my parents were first cousins and I have >since read material of young onset PD people's parents being first cousins. >My mother always told me that they had permission to marry (I don't know who >gave them permission and I never thought to ask) - I'm not sure who or what >government department keeps track of these sorts of things! Anyway I have >always felt that this is where my brother and I got the defective gene from. >My brother was a heavy marijuana smoker for many years and as I'm sure you >would be aware, it has now been proven that marijuana can cause >schizophrenia. > >It is interesting that we were both roughly the same age at onset of PD and >who knows if I had been a marijuana smoker perhaps I would have contracted >schizophrenia - I hate PD but I would rather have that than Schizophrenia. > >I have heard of a number of other cases of siblings of PD people having >Schizophrenia but as you mention, medicos and researchers don't appear to be >too interested in this link but I feel as you do that there is definitely a >connection. > >Kind regards > >Kay Messiter >