Some interesting results, to me at least from various medical tests. The DaT scan showed my dopamine receptors are functioning normally in the brain, and that I might have a Parkinson’s related syndrome but not actual Parkinson’s. Then my cardiologist called about the kidney function ultrasound I had not long ago, and that was normal, but he had also asked for some chemical panels and said that some numbers are really strange and probably indicate an adrenal gland issue. So maybe an answer will come along eventually, of course it means a referral to another out of the area specialist, my ologist list expands again. Endocrinologist this time.
since I don’t yet know which chemicals and hormones were looking unusual, I couldn’t doa deep dive in research, but the following link at least let me know several options.
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/adrenalgland/conditioninfo/symptoms
Some symptoms make sense
Some of them for sure, including one I’d forgotten about by now, the reason we adopted was because I never had periods from age 20 to 30. My Mom, my grandma and several cousins all had the similar symptoms. We joke that infertility runs in the family.
And I had serious bouts of abdominal pain and could never pin point if kidney or ovary so several ultra sounds since 2004 looking for cysts or tumors in that area,
and I wondered, I’d there a possible connection between the Adrenal glands and maybe Parkinson’s symptoms that are induced, not by Dopamine shortage but by something Adrenal? Googling Parkinson’s / Adrenal got me only one hit, but yeah, it’s a possibility.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7697198/
with that, I have to still admit I don’t know why my abdomen tightens as if anticipating punches, every time I move or get touched. Why my face twists and then freezes if I’m focused on anything else. Why I suddenly start shivering uncontrollably and drop anything, and lose awareness of the real world as my ears fill with the roaring of shattering glass.
i don’t know, but at least I do have a new direction to investigate.
duffybarkley 