Rick wrote: >I wasn't aware of lack of verbal skills, or reduction in conversation > being a PD symptom. Can anyone corroborate? My husband has had terrible trouble with verbal skills. He stopped conversing effectively long before his body stopped functioning. Now he has difficulty expressing even simple thoughts. He does suffer from a significant degree of dementia - so it is hard to determine whether the speech difficulties have come from PD or from the dementia. ----------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 65/25) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn