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Others have commented in the past, that Hillary exhibits symptoms like Stage 3 Parkinson’s, and is clearly falling regularly. No doubt that they would have worked hard on disguising any telltale shuffling gait, during her brief, controlled appearances.

She has probably been living with her condition for some time already (perhaps over a decade), and it has been intensively managed. She has been repeatedly seen accompanied by board-certified neurologists just a step away at public events.

It is likely not her only problem. We know she has thyroid issues and is overweight, likely with some alcohol-related issues. She is 70.

In the past, posters have proposed vascular dementia, as the best diagnosis to explain some of her symptoms (like seizures). That was the diagnosis in her supposedly leaked medical records. She could have that, in addition to Parkinson’s, and it could have been triggered by her trauma in the plane crash when Secretary of State. Vascular dementia is slowly progressive, but faster than Parkinson’s. If that’s it, cognitive issues are about due to start, during this Presidential term.

I've see the last stages of Parkinsons (not familiar with stage numbers). Muscle control is lost in major muscle groups, then the arms and hands, then you cannot lift a spoon. Then you lose the ability to swallow. None of this is monotonic. You have good days and get a little better and bad days and get worse. But there is a more or less progressive loss of muscle control.

In Hilary's case the 9/11 incident being tossed into the van was a seizure of some sort. It could have been Parkinsons freezing but not likely since her legs went limp (not frozen). Before the seizure her gate was slow but not shuffling.

The incident with coming down the stairs in India was more like Parkinsons. Parkinsons patients are very bad on stairs even in early stages. But she is not late stage Parkinsons because she would have not been able to go down any steps at all. It is quite impossible to get the level of muscle control needed regardless of medication.

It is possible she has some stimulative medication or something that produces muscle control. None of the regular dopamine substitutes will do that but there are alernatives and I have seen them do good things, but they don't last and don't work for advanced Parkinsons. I read a few years ago that Michael J Fox takes ordinary carbidopa-levodopa, not any alternatives.

Vascular dementia

Hadn't heard about that. I just listened to her NY speech yesterday. She has no speech impediments, but the vascular dementia can manifest other ways. She certainly seemed irritated and emotionally numb (robotic). Remember too that her double vision came and went. Her seizures come and go. Her brain health seems to be episodic, much more you typically see with Parkinsons.