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Are you seeing a movement disorder specialist (MDS)? Why are you prescribed the diazepam? Is it for anxiety? It can really knock people out. Certainly could effect your speech. LSVT is supposed to be excellent. However, seems early in your PD to have a lot of speech problems. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sun Apr 25 19:40:02 2010 Subject: Speech Problems in PD I have been recently diagnosed with PD. I am a 50+ year old male in a "sales type" profession where I need to present and talk almost constantly. My current drug treatment consists of 6mg Diazepam in the morning plus Requip 2mg three times per day. I have been having significant issues with slurred speech. It seems to be worse when I am tired or stressed. Has anyone had any success with any programs designed to help this problem? I have looked into the LVST programs – are there any "Home Based – self guided" programs that I should consider? Does anyone know of any "Speech Related" trials that could be beneficial? Thanks for any help or advice! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn