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Jorge A Romero, MD wrote > A special type of stuttering called palilalia is common in > Parkinsonism. > > Instead of hesitating at the beginning of words, the person with > palilalia will hesitate and repeat syllables in the middle of a > sentence. This sounds like what happens to me. It usually hits me late afternoon on. We have a rule in my home, before 1 pm let me finish my own sentences, but after that if I am stuck, finish it for me. I would like to add a little story about my grandson, David. Just over 2 years ago he was a very shy 8 year old who sometimes stuttered, especially if he had to speak in front of very many people, as in class at school. He was embarrassed by this and tended to be a very quiet person. Then I began to stutter. One day, late in the afternoon as I drove him home from school, he noticed my stuttering. He said, "Grandma, you stutter just like me." I said yes I do now. He began to overcome his problem from then on. It was as if it was suddenly ok for him to stutter because his grandmother did too. He is now a very outgoing boy with many friends and even performed in a school dialogue play about Martin Luther King this year. He has almost no stutter left, and he is the most helpful to me when I just cannot get my words out. Marling 51/5 still trying to laugh by the way, ever try to use sign language because you cannot talk, while your hand is tremoring?? such fun, NOT.