 [ Symptoms ] is ice cream bad for a cough [ Disease ] as for word finding difficulties i look at pd as a condition that affects the ram on a computer the basal ganglia initiate motor and thinking circuitry your memory is fine but the circuit that gets the word to speech is a little slow when you get in a hurry or you have a number of simultaneous tasks it gets worse you may consider 2 approaches slow down and concentrate on one thing at a time or perhaps discuss increasing your pd treatment with your doctor