Has anyone had a family member have Parkinson’s too?

[Fishaholic]

My oldest sister was diagnosed about 2 years before me.She had DBS about two years ago. And another girl about a half block away has Parkinson’s to.

[Juliegrace]

My mother has it and one of her brothers had it (he's no longer living). It can definitely be hereditary or possibly from exposure to pesticides. What is your ethnic background?

[recyclotron in reply to Juliegrace]

Two of my cousins have PD.

[Fishaholic in reply to Juliegrace]

I use to work in the oil fields and sprayed weeds on feed yards, and run a nurse rig for a Crop dusting company. I also have had head trauma. My sister thinks it’s from a mosquito sprayer we followed on are bicycles, when where young. Back in 1960, they where using strong pesticides. I read some where that Nebraska has more people with Parkinson’s then any other state. I’m just a 62 old,fighting,slow walking, no smile masked white guy liven in the good o USA.

[rhyspeace12 in reply to Fishaholic]

My brother was born in 1959 with autism. My father sprayed constantly for termites. I do believe that is what caused his autism. Over 50 years later, the 100 year old wood house has never had termites, so it was quite a strong concentration. I moved away to college 2 weeks after he was born. I must have not had the same exposure ,because all of my 4 kids were okay..

[ge1shh in reply to Juliegrace]

Julie, I wonder why you ask about ethnic background? I am Ashkenazi Jewish (grandparents from Russia), and I heard there is research recently suggesting a higher risk of PD for ashkenazi background. I was diagnosed in 2017. None of my family have/had Parkinsons, though both my parents had benign tremor when they were older.

[Juliegrace in reply to ge1shh]

I, too, am Ashkenazi Jewish. It is more than a suggestion that there is a higher incidence of PD amongst us.

[ge1shh in reply to Juliegrace]

I must read up more about it. I've met quite a lot of Parkie people now, but only one I know is Jewish. Although none of my numerous relatives has had Parkinsons, two of my aunts, sisters, had adult muscular dystrophy. I don't think the two conditions are linked though. Best wishes to you, Julie

[maricor828]

My brother

[aspergerian13]

My mother, atypical PD.

[Intrepid200]

My father sufferedfrom PD and died from it as well

[GAS-25]

My mother and her grandfather

[Intrepid200]

I am 60 yrs a Jamaican living in the USA prior to migrate I served in the military after of my service I worked in the Bauxite mining industry.

My father suffered and died from PD at age 50 yrs I started to hand tremor at rest in 2012 I was told that i have PD..My only sisteris also display signs of the disease as well .Parkinson's disease is in my opinion is a demon from the pits of hell it is about to rob me of my voice and my manhood as my ability to earned a living .

Am not stressed just speaking out loud as im not able to speak unless I have a pill Carbidopa/Levo/Entacap 150 four times daily.

Is anyone had or having the same effect as myself .problem is no voice just before meds AND struggle for about 1 hour after taking meds for voice to restore

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[Hidden]

My father had PD and his sister had PD. My father lived with it for 28 years and died of an unrelated problem. My aunt only lived 7 years post diagnosis and died of complications of PD. I am now in my 10th year with very mild PD.

[shallotpeel]

Both my grandmothers had PD & a year ago an uncle of mine died of PD.

[Basih101]

In my husband's boxing class there are two brothers two years apart with the disease.

[rebtar]

Father

[hopedope]

My brother was diagnosed 2 years before me.

[NRyan]

My dad had PD. My paternal grandfather died young (60s) of Melanoma. I always wondered if my grandfather would have been diagnosed if he lived longer.

[Livin_MY_life]

I had an atrial myxomia extracted at age 31. Prior to that i had 2 small transchemic attacks (TIA) that affected my right side. My Parky side. I went through open heart surgey like it was a blip on my radar. Seriously. But that is me, that is what i have always done.. Always. This Park Dx initially stopped me in my tracks, no one else in my family has ever had it. With that said, mental health in the family is not great. Lots of Bipolar and depression with some Parkinsonism effects from medication. Interesting. My “blip” has passed and I am moving on one day at a time. Whether my Parkinson’s is related to my myxomia I don’t know, but does it really matter? I’ve respond to meds, doing well, and hoping for the best while prepared for the worst. I choose to be positive and not worry if this is a family desisease because honestly, if it is it is not my fault, my mom’s my dad’s or any one else. However, it is my choice to participate in trials and i choose to do so so that I may possibly help my family or others.

[Perfectpitch]

I believe her father was getting it but he died before it became too evident. Her mother has a seizure disorder that could be somewhat related.

[PDGal4]

My father had PD, diagnosed at age 80 and died four years ago, age 93, of Parkinson's complications. I was diagnosed at age 57 six-and-a-half years ago. I did the 23andme tests and don't have the LRRK gene. My father was a cabinet maker and worked nights out of our basement using chemicals like lacquer thinner and shellac, but worst of all, he used this turquoise-green sticky pasty Formica glue which contained toluene (on the PD-cause list). My mother had Alzheimer's, from the same chemicals I believe.

In my women's support group, a good number of women there have father's and in one case, a mother, with PD. Most the time, they can trace a suspected reason--grew up on a farm (crop chemicals), exposure to chemicals through the military, etc.

[gaga1958]

my father got PD in his 50's, me too. I remember his arm/hand shaking so hard and I was thinking--boy, i could never handle living with that problem. little did i know.

he really struggled with much worse as it went.

also heard people from the mid-west states have higher numbers of PD due to farm pesticides. my grandparents had a farm in Illinois, lots of toxins

[mackailj]

My sister was diagnosed 5 years before me, which led my med team to diagnose me as wuick as they might have because the incidence is so rsre.

[Joconewt]

My brother-in-law was just diagnosed