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It is rare that a patient will begin the diagnosis process with neurologist; typically it is a general practitioner or family doctor that notices the early signs of Parkinson's disease. What are some of the early signs or symptoms of Parkinson's disease?

Some of the early signs or symptoms of Parkinson's that a doctor may notice in a patient is when the patient complains of not sleeping well, or when the patient loses weight for no explainable reason.

The patient presents with not being able to make decision or when the patient is depressed or apathetic about life.

Occasionally the patient may have severe 'sluggish' bodily movements where everything seems a real effort. Other might suffer difficulty finding the right words which makes speaking with other people hard from them another symptom is a feeling of 'wooziness' when standing up.

The Parkinson's sufferer might find their eyesight deteriorating and often the eyesight doesn't improve with prescription glasses, while others might experience joint pain.

Upon examination, the doctor may notice slowness of movement, rigidity of body parts, tremors, and loss of the ability to stay erect or other postural implications.

Sometimes the early signs of Parkinson's disease are so subtle that only the trained eye can pick them up, otherwise they may be missed. It is in fact, difficult to diagnosis Parkinson's disease in the early stages. Approximately 8 to 35% of cases are misdiagnosed; so difficult is making the correct diagnosis. At the present time there is no laboratory test that can be used to accurately diagnose Parkinson's disease.

Family of the Parkinson's sufferer might often notice symptoms that the patient didn't notice himself such as: 'shaking' of the hand or whole arm, finding it hard getting up from a chair or out of bed or notice that the patient is generally more tired. It's important that you tell their Doctor about these symptoms.

They may be told that they speak too softly or that it is difficult to read what they write as their handwriting has become smaller and more cramped looking than the usual handwriting.

Family might notice that the Parkinson's suffer often forgets what they were 'thinking' about, then become irritated because they forgot there 'thoughts'. This in turn can make them more depressed.

Sometimes the Parkinson's suffer might find themselves unsteady on their feet which can cause them to fall over more easily.

The Parkinson's disease sufferer often get jerky movements in their arms and legs which then forms into rigidity of the body, this makes general movement very hard for the Parkinson's sufferer as slowly they become more unsteady.