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I've noticed that I get my words mixed up so often here lately. Sometimes I just transform the letters or like today, I completely use the wrong word!
Today as my hubby and I were heading out of the house, I noticed that my new flowers were very wilted.
I said this, "my flowers look terrible, I'm going to have to iron them when I get home!"
My hubby didn't even say anything, because I've gotten upset when he's made fun of some of my
speech slips lately. I know he had to have noticed that I said "iron" instead of "water"
This is very scary! Is this a Lyme symptom or am I in early Alzheimer's?
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- VERY, VERY common for lyme (and for anything that affects the inner ear, which lyme does). It also has to do with inflammation of the brain. And with adrenal overload. And toxin overload. And all of that together.
Absolutely, it's just part of the deal - for now.
I just called everything a parking meter for years. It gets better, really. Just try to have a laugh with it when you can. Put on your "oh, well" jacket, so to speak.
Usually, when I say the wrong word or term, it has exactly the same number of syllables as the one I meant to use. I take some comfort in that, at least.
Take your time before talking, too. That can help, sometimes. -
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- I know the spacing for this article makes it nearly impossible to read. However, it is of utmost importance that you copy and paste this to a word file and separate it out and print it so that you can more easily read it. Or - have someone do that for you.
. . . Attempts to indulge avocational or vocational pursuits is frequently interdicted by either the languor of Lyme or by encephalopathy. . . .
. . . impairment of concentration, inattention, easy confusion or disorientation when attempting intellectual tasks. . . .
. . . Lyme patients can be easily irritated by anyone just walking into the same room even though eye contact is never made or words exchanged. . . .
. . . disorganization, an inability to follow a train of thought . . . .
. . . Others forgot how to spell even simple words, how to read or must re-read with varying degrees of comprehension. One patient drove to Philadelphia instead of the desired Princeton destination because the initial letters were identical and confused him.
After shopping for groceries, another patient placed her shoes in the refrigerator and stored the food in the clothes closet.
Lyme patients can lose their way home or on the way to work, bypassing otherwise familiar exits or plain forgetting where they are in time and space or how they got there. This is known as topographical disorientation or environmental agnosia. . . .
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Also good sources that explain a lot: -------------
Deliberations of a psychiatrist who evaluates and possibly diagnoses Lyme and other tick-borne diseases of the mind, sharing case histories . . . . -
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Hi, Kim. Mixing up words as you described is a very common symptom of Lyme neuroborreliosis, but it is treatable.
Lyme spirochetes attack the white matter in our brains. (That's where we make connections with all the data stored in our gray matter.) New white matter can be made throughout adulthood, so don't fret now.
It's not surprising that you had a speech bumble on the way out the door. Just leaving can create overexertion and a sense tension that may make it more difficult to think clearly now.
Try fitting in a nap, or even rest 10 minutes with your eyes closed in a quiet space, when you find yourself mixing up words. Try not to do too much now as your body has been weakened.
Many people with Alzheimer's actually have untreated or undertreated Lyme disease. One of my Lyme-Literate heroes, Dr. M of NY, was able to microscopically examine the brains of 10 Alzheimer's patients after their deaths. LBb spirochetes were found in 7 of 10!
I like Dr Bleiweiss' article that Keebler shared and have read it several times. It's a good one to share with your hubby, too.
My LLMD gently told me three or four times during my first appt: "Don't worry, it's just Lyme in your brain. You knew that already. It's just Lyme in your brain." My LLMD believes these symptoms will subside, and so do I.
I'm confident we can eject these parasites! Smile
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I do this all the time! Gets better with treatment. Now I have good and bad days. I usually can tell when it will be a bad word day now so I just warn my husband. Though he's gotten use to it by now anyways.
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I do it too. I was trying to think of an example but...I forgot. I swear that is my new favorite phrase-I forgot-or I don't remember.
But when writing I do it too. The other day I wrote "Many want to come in at 9" but what I meant was "May want to come in at 9." I add extra letters or just write a whole other word that has completely different letters. I hate it.
I really would love my old normal back, I don't like this "normal"
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I am a Speech Pathologist.
My word finding abilities, mixed up words and inability to
Put the sounds in the right order almost made me file for disability.
I couldn't be a speech therapist if I couldn't speak and use language correctly.
Good news is that I went back to work over 1 year ago full time.
Anomia is the term used to describe word finding difficulties.
It isn't just the finding of the word, it is finding the right word.
Due to my profession, it was frightening and frustrating.
Gave me new perspective with dealing with my patients for sure.
It does get better. Slowly, but surely.
Try to laugh at the errors and just hang in there.
Hugs,
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I do this sometimes still, but its starting to improve. What hasn't improved for me is reading words wrong. Example, I was watching a movie one night and the word Omaha(the city) came up on the screen. I kept trying to figure out what Ohama meant. I finally got it though.
Also when I type I turn my letters around. I have to constantly re-read what I wrote and still sometimes I miss something. Its like I developed dyslexia!
I don't even care that much anymore. I just want to feel good.
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Thank you all for being so kind and supportive! It's good to know that hopefully this is another TEMPORARY symptom! I sure can't wait until my LLMd appointment on the 30th!!!!
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yes, it is constant with me too. it doesn't help that I have 2 young boys around me constantly talking or yelling or playing or running. I used to call this "mommy brain," but now I'm pretty sure I just had lyme and didn't realize it. It's gotten much worse and it does make my husband laugh.
Your "need to iron them" comment made me laugh b/c it sounds so much like something I would say! Much easier to laugh these things off and actually good for the brain to laugh!
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This happens to me all the time as well - I'm so tired of the word Lyme, I've decided to be like Denny Crane on Boston Legal and call it my mad cow.
You might investigate sound therapy, it can does remarkable things for speech and finding your words. I'll give you more info if you send me a private message.
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I had this big time until after treatment and after detox...got better.
I have also found that clearing "energy fields" that were disrupted...has helped and I no longer have this on a regular basis...it also helps when I had trouble making decisions...or felt just foggy.
I use EFT tapping points when I find myself getting wrong signals mentally in anything...and I get cleared pretty quickly. Its taping meridians gently but firmly in a waltx pattern, and toning (making humming type sounds like ah oh, ee or ah...etc. It clears mental blocks and physical blocks that may be connected. Amazing.
Dr. Mercola has some info on his web site on this for those interested in this self help easy technique to move forward.
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sutherngrl-I do the same thing.
I was reading a Drain-O bottle and it said something about cleaning total something or other. Anyway I was like what does TOE TAUL (that's how I was saying it outloud) mean. I kept saying it and finally I was like oh TOTAL!! I got it. I felt like a dumby!
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