dear camilla since i can only type with one finger i won't even try to copy definition but want you to know that websters dictionary had the exact same words to describe the word [perserveration] as you did. there was not a synonym given so you had it right. sincerely connie tate -----Original Message----- From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 8:55 PM Subject: Perseveration ? (this is about PD) >Dear listfriends--- > >On CARE recently we have been discussiog a symptom or characteristic of PD >which I've labeled "perseveration". By that, I mean to include the >physical and mental inability or difficulty in letting go of a thought or a >thing, which seems to be common woth PWPS, and can be very frustrating to >their CGs. > >Having to help someone let go of a walker or a spoon, etc, is no big >problem, but the *mental* letting go seems much harder. A simple >illustration might be when the CG has the meal hot and ready, calls the >PWP to the table, and s/he won't stop whatever it is s/he may be >doing---the CG gets "hotter" while the dinner cools ! Another example: >the PWP gets an idea into her/his head about something, and though it is >not an emergency can't wait for a time when the CG can take care of it, but >keeps pushing and pushing to "do it NOW!". > >Now I realize some of us" human beans" are just plain obsessive-compulsive, >but I wonder if this can be more than a personality trait or problem, and >may have some of its origin in the PD itself. My own dear PWP was seldom >like that in the "good old days" before he met up with Mr. Parkinson. When >we discussed this on CARE, a number of CGs said it rang a bell for them. > >The other day I was reading something about PD which I can not find, of >course, now that I want it. It described this very tendency, which I have >called "perseverating" but by a different name. I wonder if any of you >can relate to this, and may know the "technical" term for it which was >used? I would surely like to know ! > >Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 81/70/55 >Oxford, Ohio >http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm ><[log in to unmask]> > > "Ask me about the CARE list for > Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " >