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Members responding to the question about mixing up words while speaking widely shared that this experience is very common among those living... Read more
I have issues with colours. I can see something is green and I call it something else. And only after pronouncing it I realise that it was wrong.
I also forget words - in my mother language!
When I was working as a consultant I would be speaking in general or giving a presentation there would be times my words would fumble. I remember my epilepsy specialist saying to me this is quite common for someone that has had a left temporal lobe removal as that removal did effect the speech area along with cognitive issues.
I remember hearing my neurosurgeon who performed the TLE say to me there could be times when my words will get mixed up over time but slowly that type of issue will improve. In my case there were two things I needed to pay close attention to as the area effected was put through trauma so it needed much time for healing (a year in my case). Secondly, the area impacted where the speech is may not totally recover.
I was given recovery steps that could be taken like memory games and strategy game ideas. I still do both to this day as they help build the areas on a constant basis that had gotten the brain surgery.
Hope the above is of help.
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member I also just keep the conversation going and the people that I work with understand why I do it and never make a negative comment or a joke. I have an amazing management team
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member,
What's funny on my part is I'd make the same remark a lot at times and a throwback from who I was talking to would say "I know you already told me". She does it now and we'll continue to talk.
Yes, I know what you mean about struggling to find the words to explain what I want to say! I sometimes just forget what I want to say and how to word it easily? Unsure what part of my brain is struggling to do this basic thing? Keri
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