And while we're on it, could you point me to the hard evidence that proves that percentage of neurons die before symptoms show up? Or where do you get that information?


Fiona,

I know of another woman (40 something??) from another forum whoo was misdiagnosed and got much better after the movement disorder specialist took her off the pd meds. She was able to say goodby to pd !

here is a link discussing the removal of ovaries increasing the risk of pd - i wonder if it is not only the estrogen the ovaries provvide but on a more esoteric level the dna memory which sort of indirectly applies to the ancestral influences for illness as well as the bodys' innate ability to respond and heal illness. How much do we really know about hormones?

having just gone through menopause i muse that my brain underwent a sort of hormonal reboot that at first cycled me through hot flashes , anxiety, frozen shoulder,fatigue etcc etc but some of those got better and how does one differentiatee those sx from pd or menopause? personally i don't take the reductionistic linear approach ccrediting onee sx to a single cause.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/...-estrogen.html

md