What fascinating reading, CTenaLouise...and Rick, too! I read both your posts and found the information, there, to be one of the most informative...if not THE MOST informative messages that I have ever read, especially as they relate to chronic stress and its inevitable consequences. Rick...extremely interesting in your post...your "take" on the subject... was what you noted about why PD has stymied science for so long...because it lies at the juncture of several disciplines (neurology and endocrinology) whose members do NOT communicate with one another. How frustrating it was to read this when it seems so obvious that the two must work in "sync". If it's so clear to me, why, then, is it not clear to these two disciplines? Or, are they simply "at odds" with each other in this respect...and if so, are those afflicted with PD the "victims", here, of their "arrogance"and unwillingness to work together? Or, have I just misunderstood all of this completely? I have not as yet pursued the sites specifically noted in your posts, but I certainly intend to do so. Suffice it to say that both of you have more than piqued my interest in this subject. Something like this makes it very clear to me...and I hope to you, too...my initial reason for having joined this forum...attempting to learn all I can so that I can be the best possible carepartner to my pwp.

Therese