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Old 08-09-2013, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Conductor71 View Post
Vicky,
Here is what they considered in their assessment:

My major symptoms emerged parallel to times of acute, intense stress. My tremor became prominent during my divorce and freezing coincided with workplace harassmebnt and sudden job loss. Still, this doesn't address why I developed bradykinesia in the first place, but rigidity barely registers for me and balance has never been an issue.

Laura
This is interesting-thinking about how the distinguishing characteristic of a pd tremor is that it worsens with relaxation - sort of like how the immune system turns on itself with arthritis.. like getting wires crossed and no ground. Your stress response was working but somehow became frozen?
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