Has anyone spent time under the care of an endocrinologist for their PD? Or even been examined?

I wonder about this more and more. I particularly wonder at statements like "My neuro knew immediately." or "My doc was sure within five minutes of observation." I received a similar experience ten years ago. My neuro bragged about the fact that her training at the Cleveland Clinic taught her how to observe the tell-tale signs.

After ten years of study I can only reply "Bullsh*t!!" How dare you step into my life with such a momentous declaration without taking into account your own ignorance of other fields of medicine? Without factoring in the power of the thyroid, adrenals, and a dozen more glands to produce every symptom that you have so studiously observed?

My topic today is "aldosterone" of which I have an excess and now realize that I have had for at least five years. In fact, it may be what my version of PD has been all along. It is one of the adrenal hormones and its main role is to balance sodium and potassium levels. These two electrolytes alone are capable of producing all the symptoms of PD including the ones that are not in the books.

Our problems with stress and anxiety are the Achillies' heel of the entire facade. Nothing in the neuro's paradigm explains it. Consultation with an endo should be routine before diagnosis and a major part of the ongoing treatment program.

SO ARE you criticizing neurologists for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention efforts or all of the above?

as the human genome gets further analyzed, i assume the cause of most chronic diseases will be discovered.

i guess you've looked at studies looking for correlations with parkinson's and environment, foods, pesticides, etc.? things that cause oxidative stress?

it seems there are so many ways to damage the substansia nigral cells and so much genetic diversity better approach with pd is figure out how to protect/repair the neurons.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0604124802.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0302091734.htm

throughout life that the more knowledgablw someone is the more they will admit to ignorance.My motto is to beware of any one who brags,