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Rick, regarding your inquiry regarding speech impairment. i have noticed i can not sustain a note like i was able to before. Think about, PD weakens muscles and what is the diaphragm? Operated by a set of muscles. i want say i could ever carry an "idol" quality tune but i could at least handle a controlled note. Then there is the issue of articulation. Yep, tongue and jaw muscles weaken. Now, contrary to what i was told in the beginning (dx ' 91) that there wasn't much evidence of diminished mental acuity, i have difficult finding words i know that i know i just cant find them for awhile. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.Rajaraman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 5:15 AM Subject: Re: Citalopram/speaking skills > > Hi Rick: > Speech impediment is a major draw back when PD gets worse. I understand > it may take different forms in different people. However, my first > symptom > was speech impediment. When I was lecturing in my class, I could feel my > tongue got twisted and the words may not come out straight. One of my > friends got his voice go down completely, no body can hear what he says, > but > he can still walk without much trouble! Fortunately, there is some > treatment > for this probem, and that is LEE Silverman's VoiceTherapy of LSVT for > short. > Unfotunately they make this training very expensive. As usual, everybody > wants to make a killing out our ailment. You should contact your PD group > and find out more about it. I understand the sooner you start the better > chance one avoids thus impediment. > Raj > ********** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:08 AM > Subject: Re: Citalopram/speaking skills > > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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