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Susan, The speech difficulties you wrote about are very common among PWP. Many also have problems with low voice volume and lack of vocal expression (like the facial Parkinson's mask). Most annoying to me has been exactly what you described about blanking out on words - especially not being able to recall people's names (very embarrassing when you're about to introduce someone!) There's a speech therapy program called Lee Silverman Voice Treatment that some people have found helpful. I believe it deals mainly with volume and articulation. Maybe someone on the list who's gone through the therapy will write about their experiences. For more information about LSVT also see "Parkinson's Disease -Speaking Out" on the NPF website: http://www.parkinson.org/speak.htm Linda Herman On Sun, 18 May 2003 06:58:26 -0500 Susan Shockley <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I am taking requip, but all hear about Sinemet and how well it work. > My neurologist wanted to try this first. I still am not up on the > requip enough to say its effective, but I > am having more trouble talking, and that's not fun.I may start out > fine, but then I become completely blank about the words and yet my mouth > wants to keep going with some gibberish. It seems my mouth and brain are > totally disconnected (which could be the case anyway!)Is this medicine or > pd? > Anything interesting in commenting about this talking issue? > -Susan Shockley > > > - > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn