People with Parkinson’s disease sometimes have difficulty assessing the extent of their actions. This problem also applies to speech, which must be considered as movement.
Your speech tone, volume or rate, for example, may seem normal to you but in reality be inadequately understood by others.
Your loved ones will be the first to notice changes in the way you express yourself. You will be more likely to repeat, speak louder or decrease your speech rate. These adjustments can lead to episodes of fatigue after speaking.
On the other hand, micrography is easily recognized, especially when comparing your current handwriting with that of a few years ago. You may notice that you have difficulty writing the first few letters of a text and that your handwriting is getting smaller. You may also add bridges to the “m” and “n” or have difficulty with letters that have loops such as “l” and “e”.