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[log in to unmask] replied: Original post: >> Does anybody happen to know why it has become so hard to type? My >> typing has been going slowly downhill for about four years, but it >>seems as if the "slope got a lot steeper" during he last 6 months. >> I sense there is something more going on than a mere deterioration >> of manual dexterity. It appears to be more than letters missed due to >> a light touch and strings of letter repeatssssssss due to a retarded >> release, which are frequent. I see it, to a more or lesser degree, >> on many posts to this exchange, so I don't think my problem is >> especially unique. Reply: >The repeating final letters, as you described was my first sympton of PD. >Looking back. it started many years before i was diagnosed - mostly >probelms repeating the letter "a" - especially words ending in a - would >end up like -- areaaaa. As you wrote probably due to retarded release of >the keys. >I also find keyboarding getting difficult and slow. Adjusting the >keyboard sensitivity (i'm not sure if this is the correct term - its an >option on the Windows control panel) helps a little. That fits like a (left hand) glove. The whole thing started late in 1994, with a barely perceptible, and sort of indescribable glitch in my left hand. I kept signing off as NAncy instead of Nancy. I use a Macintosh at home, and I understand the suggestions about voice recognition in response to your earlier post, do not apply. I did try adjusting keyboard sensitivity but it didn't seem to make any difference. Curiously, the keyboard at the museum is a little easier to use. I think some of the problem stems from dexterity, but it seems it is also related to a another form of mis-communication between brain and hand. Not surprising, I guess. Solutions to the problem are welcome. So are explanations. NAncy- there, I did it again ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn