Person never finishes sentences

I think it may be just a habit, but not sure. There's a famous chef named Lidia who did that on her cooking show on PBS. She owns a hot-shot restaurant in NYC called "Filidia's". Nice food, though.
 
Seems like a short-term memory issue.....if someone in their presence would remind them where they left off, maybe that would help....
 
debodun said:
Is there a medical condition that would make it difficult for a 68 year old person to never finish a sentence while speaking?
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There are all kinds of aphasia which can be caused by numerous disease processes such as parkinsons, mild stroke, early onset dementia among many other things such as stress/worry about other things and not concentrating on the conversation. Is she able to finish a sentence or is she having trouble formulating what she is going to say and people finish a sentence for her? Is she eating or is she forgetting to do that too? Diabetic? Not taking medications properly (either overdosing or underdosing)? Any complaints of headaches or other pain etc. Is her speech normal otherwise? It would be difficult even for a doctor to determine without more information to see what testing needs to be done. Sometimes where I worked a new resident would get upset about a lot of questions so we'd play a word game like boggle or ad libs (a fill in the blank game). Often while playing the person would express how they had difficulty with words etc. If you see her again, maybe make mental notes of all the symptoms, changes and if still observable, ask her about it in a gentle, loving way with the recommendation that she get checked out by a doctor. A doctor is able to make much better decisions when provided information.

I hope all goes well.
 
dkay said:
Is she able to finish a sentence or is she having trouble formulating what she is going to say and people finish a sentence for her?
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She starts out fine, thent seems like she hesitates in mid-sentence, then gets frustrated in not being able to complete it. No one finished her sentences, at least in my presence.

dkay said:
Is she eating or is she forgetting to do that too?
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She ate very little when I was with her. Someone else asked about that and she replied that she just can't eat very much at one time.[/QUOTE]

dkay said:
Diabetic? Not taking medications properly (either overdosing or underdosing)? Any complaints of headaches or other pain etc.
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I don't know about those, but she did mention that she is taking large doses of Omeprazole for indigestion. [/QUOTE]



dkay said:
Is her speech normal otherwise?
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Yes, she makes herself understood even if she doesn't finish.

Once she remarked "You may or may not like this but....". And never finished. I am still curious as to what I may or may not have liked. I just couldn't bring myself to ask her again. She may be sensitive to her problem, may not think she has a problem if she doesn't realize what's happening and, being just a casual acquaintance, not my place to interfere. She has a husband to see to her needs.
 
I have experienced people that do the same. But listening closely too them, it seems to me it is an {ADD} thing? Almost like they can't wait to get to the next topic.

There is a talk show host that does it all the time [drives ya nutz]....on top of that he talks so fast he's almost not understandable.

I can't listen to his show very long.
 

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