Anyone else having stuttering issues with your pd that were not there before

[hollyb2]

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At times I do. I think stress brings it on.

[PatrickW]

Yes I do and now I know a little about what stutterer's go through. When it happens Both myself and the person I am talking with know what word I'm trying to get out and the look on their face i priceless - they want to help but know not too - hard to explain but funny to watch (with friends only). Not funny when it' neon but friends so I tend to not socialize as much as I used to.

[daveyno9]

i stutterlike mad in a stressful situation, when im tired & in the morning after i take my meds,the words arein my head but i cant get them out

[windwsprer in reply to daveyno9]

I recognize this...hang in there.

[myHealthPal]

when anxious then seems more difficult to get out the words i want to say

[Crosshalls]

I have always had a slight speech impediment,but now its so bad,and I too have great difficulty in getting my words out

[JackieMJ]

It seems most PD sufferers have this problem. Drives me crazy! My partner talks over me because I have a hesitation stutter where the next words just end in silence while I think on 'em. Seems like it's much easier to type than to talk.

[windwsprer in reply to JackieMJ]

I'm doing the same thing. I stumble over words or thoughts and strange things or nothing comes out. I assumed it was more due to age as I recently turned 70. I also go blank right in the middle of a sentence and quickly restart on something else as though that will cover it. People do look at me strangely. Whatever the thought was, it does not come back. It's worse some days and minimal others. I also have more word retrieval problems than I think I should and substitute a similar word. There are more pauses in my conversation while I try to access what I mean. Hmm. I also forget everything. I write everything down and then never think to look at anything I wrote. My neighbor, age 73 has some of the same 'can't think of the word' problems and forgetting. We've agreed that the upside is that we easily do what millions are striving to do - we live in the moment.

[JackieMJ in reply to windwsprer]

You just described me perfectly! I am now off Sinemet, and notice the stutter is worse. I will go back to see my doctor eventually, but I am not in a big hurry. Since the Sinemet gave me such bad side effects, I hesitate to take anything else until I feel I am REALLY in need.

[windwsprer in reply to JackieMJ]

And yes, it is much easier to type and the blanks or hesitations do not seem to be there at all. Hence, my wordy reply.