Check out the Mayo Clinic here: http://www.mayoclinic.org/multiple-system-atrophy/ You may have to copy and paste into your address bar. Make sure you go through all the tabs (i.e. Overview, Diagnoses, etc.) at the top of the page.
I have been told by the so-called experts at Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Clinic that they cannot rule out the initial stages of Parkinsons or the initial states of multiple systems atrophy (MSA). I looked up MSA on the Mayo Clinic web site and decided I don't have it because, looking at it, I don't want it.
Good luck
Richard
thanks for the info...very interesting and may explain alot - I don't want it either; heck I want my old body back I had 2 years ago and I'd be happy =)
To me, it seemed that Parkinson's had a lot of similar symptoms but not the lethal prognosis of MSA.